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Preprints are publicly shared versions of manuscripts before peer review. They have gained new importance during the present pandemic, where fast dissemination of research results is wanted. Further benefits of publishing preprints are: setting a time stamp (when the question arises who discovered a result first), gaining visibility (due to open access of preprints), receiving […]

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What impact does a journal have? Can this impact be “calculated”? These questions can be answered to some extent via the Journal Citation Reports (JCR). This is a platform that evaluates journals from the literature database Web of Science Core Collection.Specifically, the journals that are included in these indices: SCIE (Science Citation Index Expanded) SSCI […]

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With this blog post we would like to provide a guideline on how to create citations and reference lists with the LaTeX typesetting environment, which is a free and open source document preparation system, especially popular among scientists who want to include mathematical and technical expressions in their documents. In order to cite in LaTeX […]

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Are you looking for geoinformation on Switzerland? Search the Swiss Geoportal, which provides geodata on various topics. geo.admin.ch is the geographic information platform of the Swiss Confederation within the Federal Administration. The portal is an important step in the implementation of the Geoinformation Act: the platform records the official geodata of each federal office, so […]

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You are searching in Web of Science, Scopus or PubMed. With the browser extension LibKey Nomad you can go straight from one of these databases to the fulltext!gelangen! The LibKey Nomad browser extension is available for Chrome, Edge, Firefox, Brave and Vivaldi.weiterung LibKey Nomad gibt es für Chrome, Edge, Firefox, Brave und Vivaldi. How to […]

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What are the Creative Commons Licenses? When browsing online we often find content that we would like to copy and reuse in our own work. But are we allowed to do so? Who do we need to contact to find out? Which conditions apply? Online content that is not labelled is generally protected by copyright […]

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Author Impact Beamplots present a new visualization tool in Web of Science. They showcase the range of a researcher’s publication and citation impact in a single data exhibit. Beamplots make use of field-normalized citation metrics (percentiles). They put the citation counts in a larger context. Furthermore, they do not unduly penalize those with gaps in […]

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The Coffee Lectures of the Main Library take place at the end of November/beginning of December. In about 15 minutes you will get an insight into these topics: 23.11.2021 24.11.2021 25.11.2021 30.11.2021 01.12.2021 02.12.2021 07.12.2021 08.12.2021 09.12.2021 Author Impact Beamplot in Web of Science CC-BY & Co: Creative Commons in a Nutshell Do it Yourself! […]

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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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Since its introduction in 2019 SciFindern has proven to be an improvement compared to the old platform in every way. Most users have switched to SciFindern by now and the feedback has been positive throughout. For this reason, the discontinuation of the legacy SciFinder platform at UZH is scheduled for December 31st 2021. If you […]

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