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The Consortium of Swiss Academic Libraries, the Swiss National Science Foundation and swissuniversities are appealing to scientific publishers to make publications Open Access available in response to the corona crisis. This should also support research on COVID-19, as well as research, teaching and studies at universities, in view of the very limited services of libraries.

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swissuniversities and the Elsevier publishing house have signed a memorandum of understanding to conclude a Read&Publish contract, which will be valid retroactively from January 2020. It is already possible for all UZH authors to publish free of charge in Open Access in all Elsevier journals. Exceptions to this rule are journals from Cell Press, The […]

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On 17.12.2019 swissuniversities published a media release (german only) concerning the ongoing negotiations with the Elsevier, Wiley and Springer Nature. An article in UZH News informs about the consequences for the UZH. Options for accessing scientific articles for which there is no campus license can be found on the website of the Main Library.

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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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According to the Cochrane handbook, at least the databases Embase, Medline (e.g. via Medline/Ovid or PubMed) and the Cochrane Central Register of Controlled Trials (TRIALS) must be searched for relevant literature (1). Depending on the investigated topic, specialised databases (e.g. Cinahl for nursing, PsycINFO for psychological interventions, AMED for complementary medicine, BIOSIS for life sciences, […]

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The new Journal Citation Reports (JCR) with the Impact Factors 2018 has been published. The JCR 2019 lists 11’877 journals, including 283 new titles. However, 17 journals were removed due to abnormal citation behaviour. The JCR contains 236 disciplines. 3 new disciplines have been added: Quantum Science & Technology (SCIE), Development Studies (SSCI) and Regional […]

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McGraw-Hill’s trusted Case Files® are the world’s best-selling case library and are available on AccessMedicine in an interactive format. With these regularly updated cases, you can train critical thinking and prepare for clinical practice. They help students learn and apply basic and clinical science concepts in the context of realistic patient cases. All case files […]

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F1000 (formerly Faculty of 1000) provides a modern scientific working environment that enables the discovery of important keypapers (F1000Prime), the collaborative development of ideas and writing of manuscripts (F1000Workspace) as well as fast, uncomplicated publishing with Open Access (F1000Research): F1000Prime … is a literature recommendation service for biology and medicine (extension to physics and psychology […]

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PubMed has some built-in features that will assist with your search, unless you (unintentionally) override them. Here, we show you e.g. where to check how PubMed interprets your search, what Medical Subject Headings are, or how to highlight search terms.   Automatic Term Mapping and how to (unintentionally) prevent it When you type your search […]

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Four questions to Hanna Bös, E-Media Department of the Main Library What is the daily business of the Main Library’s E-media Department? We acquire all e-media for the UZH – i.e. electronic journals, databases and e-books. The E-media Department is not responsible for the selection of the titles. We are responsible for buying, licensing, administration […]

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