The ETH-Bibliothek has electronic and printed holdings of books, reference works and language courses. Search on the Knowledge Portal.
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E-books (electronic books)
- Full text versions available online
- Access for members of ETH Zurich to licensed e-books in the ETH Zurich network
- Access for all external users to licensed e-books in the public areas of the ETH-Bibliothek
- E-books from the Rare Books Collection are freely accessible online.
- E-book providers' platforms
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Books
- Most of the printed monographs are not freely accessible. The ETH-Bibliothek's stacks are not open to the public.
- Open access resources are available in the Baubibliothek, Bibliothek Erdwissenschaften, GESS-Bibliothek and Grüne Bibliothek.
- Most documents published after 1900 can be borrowed or else they can be viewed in the Reading Room Collections and Archives.
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Books published before 1900
- With a few exceptions, the documents in the Rare Books Collection can be ordered online in the Knowledge Portal.
- They can be viewed in the Reading Room Collections and Archives but cannot be borrowed.
- Depending on the location of the stack, documents ordered are available for viewing in the Reading Room Collections and Archives within 3 to 24 hours. They remain available for 7 working days.
- Books which cannot be ordered online can be requested for viewing using a form: Antrag für die Benutzung von Sonderbeständen der Sammlung Alte und Seltene Drucke (pdf, 67 kB) (German). These books can only be used by prior arrangement.
- Research platforms with digital content from rare books
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Digital textbook collection
Textbooks and standard works in digital form relating to all subjects
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Reference works
- Online reference works can be found in the Knowledge Portal
- Printed reference works relating to the subject areas of ETH Zurich: reference collection at the ETH-Bibliothek InfoCenter
- Printed bibliographical reference works: reference collection in the Reading Room Collections and Archives
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Reserve collection Study and Career Development
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Language courses
- Search and order via the Knowledge Portal. You can collect them at the circulation desk.
- German, English, French, Italian, Japanese, Russian, Spanish and other languages from all over the world
- Various levels of difficulty (e.g. preparation for examinations)
- Most are supplemented by multimedia aids such as CD, CD-ROM, diskette, tape or video
