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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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Scientists of the University of Zurich can now publish Open Access articles in journals by Elsevier and Karger free of charge. The prerequisite for this is an employment by the University of Zurich or affiliated hospitals of the corresponding author of the submitted article. The author must give the e-mail address of the UZH (or […]

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Since the end of 2019 there has been no contract with the publisher Springer Nature for access to its electronic journals. The termination was supported by all Swiss universities as part of the implementation of the national Open Access strategy. So far the publisher has not restricted access to the journals. In the meantime, negotiations […]

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last update 29.5.20 The Main Library aims at expanding their e-book collection to support students and digital teaching especially during the current situation. In the field of life sciences, some publishers offer temporary access to their textbooks (access only in the UZH network). Publisher Selected titles Cambridge Universtity Press(until 29.6.20) Neal Introduction to Population Biology 2018 […]

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Some publishers provide simplified or even completely open access to their content during the corona crisis. The following providers could be interesting for geography: ACM digital libraryBerghahn JournalsCambridge CoreDe GruyterJSTORMIT Press (until end of June)Nomos eLibraryProject Muse: KomplettTaylor&Francis (until end of June): eBooks accessable, no downloadSpringer Textbooks (until end of July)University of California PressUniversity of […]

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The Read&Publish offer for the UZH could be extended with the Karger publishing house for 2020. The offer includes free access to the Karger eJournal Collection for all medical disciplines from 1998 onwards. At the same time articles by authors from the UZH and University Hospitals* can be published free of charge in Karger journals […]

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