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We would like to present for UZH/USZ members some useful services and tools for your home office. Journals in your pocketWith the tool BrowZine you can manage your favorite journals in one place. You can read articles online but also offline, and you don’t need to be in the IP range of the UZH.How can […]

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The new PubMed is built on a completely new technology platform to ensure the future scalability of the database. A variety of changes have been introduced: A new responsive design allows use on any devices. More intuitive and easier navigation thanks to new features. Results are now automatically sorted by “Best match”. New text snippets […]

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LaTeX is a free and open source document preparation system, and especially popular among scientists who want to include mathematical and technical expressions in their documents. Overleaf is an online LaTeX editor, which is available to all members of UZH and highly recommended for LaTeX beginners since it also contains useful guides and tutorials: University […]

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With Kartenportal.CH you can find numerous maps on a variety of topics, periods and regions. And this without having any bibliographic information available! The search will be done either with “Google Maps zoom and drag function tool” or by entering a geographical name in the search field. Additional optional filters can specify the search. MapRank […]

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CAS (Chemical Abstract Services) have launched an innovative new platform to search for literature, substances and chemical reactions: SciFindern. While the databases are still the same (CAplus and MEDLINE), the new tool comes with a new, easy to use interface offers several improvements compared to the old one: Search History. SciFindern remembers all your searches. […]

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This spring semester, the main library is again offering coffee lectures. Due to the current situation the Coffee Lectures are held online via ZOOM. The access information for each Coffee Lecture is provided in the course description. We are looking forward to many viewers! Further information can be found in the detailed program.

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In literature search, there are some myths. We want to show 3 myths and refute them with facts. Myth #1: Web of Science as well as Google Scholar are freely accessibleGoogle Scholar is freely accessible. To access Web of Science a license is required. Within the IP range of the UZH, this database can be […]

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While preparing for a presentation, writing an article or thesis you find figures and data that would fit your work perfectly. Here we provide a short guide on how to get permission to reuse content published in different media. All rights reserved The copyright is owned by the publisher and reusing the content without their […]

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Data should be open and accessible – to everyone and for all purposes. That is the definition of Open Data. More and more research funders are behind this, including the SNSF. On the one hand, researchers are faced with the relatively new task of making their data available for reuse. On the other hand, they […]

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Guest post by Dr. Lars Malmström, S3IT, Computational Biology, UZH Scientific endeavors across multiple domains, including the life sciences, are changing as a result of the proliferation of digital devices and sensors that produce vast amounts of data. As a result, it is increasingly important to manage the scientific data actively and to document the […]

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