Blog der Hauptbibliothek

For UZH students, the Main Library offers a large range of important textbooks in the fields of science and medicine. Recommended textbooks can be borrowed or read as e-book.Here we list the most important textbooks with a link to the e-book and the signature in the Main Library – Science. Missing a book? In swisscovery […]

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In summer 2020, the library of the Department of Anthropology (AIM) was integrated into the Main Library – Science (Y15). A large part of the library’s collection is now accessible in the open access area on floor J.The collection covers a wide range of topics in anthropology, including a number of older publications from the […]

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Did you know that Switzerland’s glaciers have lost almost a third of their remaining ice mass since the year 2000? Or that the Great Aletsch Glacier stores around 20% of Swiss glacier ice? Or that the Great Aletsch Glacier stores around 20% of Swiss glacier ice? Information on glacier extent and ice thickness can now […]

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How much water will I have available to irrigate my fields in the summer of 2085? What is the electricity production from hydropower along the Rhine in 2085? How much glacier area is there in the catchment area of the Aletsch glacier in 2085? How many tropical nights will Basel have in summer 2085? Will […]

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If you have published a scientific article, chances are that you are receiving emails from “journals” congratulating on your work and inviting you to publish with them. The more often you took the role as corresponding author of a publication, the more your inbox is likely to overflow with these invitations. While you might be […]

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Geoinformation is becoming increasingly important everywhere: transport, energy, environmental protection and nature conservation, spatial planning or even civil defense and disaster control, to name just a few areas. Since March 1, 2021, swisstopo geodata can be used freely by everyone. The geodata contain, among other things, digital maps, aerial photographs or landscape models. This decision […]

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Openstax offers free access to english textbooks and learning environments including exercises. The ebooks can be downloaded as PDFs or used online. Logged in users can create highlights and annotations. We particularly recommend the following ebooks: Chemistry 2e Physics Vol. 1 (mechanics, sound, oscillations, and waves) Physics Vol. 2 (thermodynamics, electricity and magnetism) Physics Vol. […]

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The statistical evaluation of the collected data is still missing to complete the master’s thesis or the research article. Should you use the t-test or the Mann-Whitney U test? Or work your way through a statistics book? Here we present a small selection of useful sources. For Beginners “How to lie with statistics” (reprint, the […]

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Ready for the beginning of the semester 2020, the following literature is available as course reserve collection (Campus Irchel, Building Y15, J-Floor). Course GEO 111 / GEO 112 Physical Geography I / Human Geography I GEO 113 Remote Sensing and Geographic Information Science IGEO 351.1 / GEO 731 Physical Geography: Glacier and PermafrostGEO 351.3 Physical […]

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The Main Library aims at expanding their e-book collection to support students and digital teaching especially during the current situation. Several publishers have accommodated us with temporary open access to their online contents. The following textbooks in basic mathematics are newly available in the UZH-network: Papula, L. Mathematik für Ingenieure und Naturwissenschaftler Band 1. (Springer, […]

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