Coffee Lectures: The 36th series!
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End of October we start another series of Coffee Lectures with topics for students, assistants, and researchers. The 36th series of the Coffee Lectures begins on October 21, 2025.
Selection of newly acquired books October 2025
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A selection of newly acquired books, for the four subject areas Chemistry & Pharmacy, Life Sciences, Bridging Scientific Disciplines as well as Popular Science & Lifelong Learning, can be found online.
The book exchange cart is back!
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Our book exchange cart will be available again from October 1 to October 15, 2025. Take the opportunity to get your media collection in order and bring your discarded items to ETH Zurich for exchange.
Our new info brochure is here!
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The updated info brochure for 2025/2026 is available online and in print, in German and English, at the Infodesk.
First-Year-Student Survival Kit 2025
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You didn’t get a First-Year-Student Survival Kit? But you are a first-year student?
Between Truth & Deception – Our Book Recommendations
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Fake news, forgeries, manipulation – with the advent of generative algorithms, the topic is coming more into the spotlight. Yet humanity’s struggle with truth and deceit is anything but new. What stories, what ideas, what strategies lie behind it all?
Events
Course Information Retrieval & Management in Life Sciences and Chemistry
5. Searching and retrieving scientific information using subject-specific databases in chemistry (1) | |||||||||
Physical Property Data Searching
Accompanying seminar for "Fallstudien 1 für Chemieingenieure" on searching physical property data in SpringerMaterials, NIST databases and in DETHERM database.
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Swisscovery and SWITCH edu-ID (No. 36)
Certain library services are free of charge for ETH Zurich members. To avoid unnecessary bills, your edu-ID must be correctly linked to your ETH profile. We show you how it is done and what the benefits are. | |||||||||
AI in SciFinder (No. 44)
Discover AI-enabled search and summarization in SciFinder. This popular database is under constant development and practical new features are added regularly. | |||||||||
Embase (No. 67)
Are you doing systematic reviews or searching for information on adverse drug events, pharmaceuticals, or medical devices? Here we review Embase's unique search features and data coverage. | |||||||||
Course Information Retrieval & Management in Life Sciences and Chemistry
6. Searching and retrieving scientific information using subject-specific databases in chemistry (2) |