Compilation of new acquisitions and electronic resources
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New acquisitions
List of titles on the subject (last and current month)
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Journals
List of titles on the subject
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Digital textbooks
List of titles on the subject
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Databases
A selection of the main databases
- Web of Science – Comprehensive bibliography for journal articles on the humanities and social and natural sciences; includes the Science Citation Index Expanded – Further information
- SciVerse Scopus – Interdisciplinary, the most comprehensive bibliographic database with respect to number of journals covered, particular focus on non-anglophone literature, enables citation analyses and includes unique author-ID's – Further information
- Current Contents Connect – Interdisciplinary bibliographical Web of Knowledge database for scientific journal articles published from 1998 onwards – Further information
- Essential Science Indicators – Web of Knowledge database containing statistics and citation analysis for scientific journals
- Journal Citation Reports – Database with citation data from medical, scientific and technical journals
- NTIS (National Technical Information Service) – References to scientific reports on technology, natural and social sciences by the U.S. government
- LexisNexis – Mainly Anglo-American economic, financial and legal information, also full text versions of newspaper and journal articles. – Further information
- Perinorm – Database for standards (incl. DIN, ISO) and technical regulations from 23 countries – Further information
Additional databases
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Reference works
Selection of the main reference works
- Encyclopaedia Britannica Online – English-language general encyclopaedia with various search functions
- Brockhaus-Duden – German-language general encyclopaedia, specialist lexicons from various fields, German spelling rules
- Oxford Reference Online – Collection of general and subject-specific English-language specialist lexicons and dictionaries
- Complete Dictionary of Scientific Biography – Biographical lexicon for natural sciences and natural science history
- World Biographical Information System – Comprehensive compendium of biographical data giving brief information about over six million people
- Van Nostrand‘s Scientific Encyclopedia – Basic reference work for natural sciences and technology, with more than 10,000 keywords and links to entries
- The Gale Encyclopedia of Science – Basic lexicon for the natural sciences, with search options
- Historical Encyclopedia of Natural and Mathematical Sciences – Lexicon on the history of natural sciences and mathematics
- The Oxford Companion to the History of Modern Science – Lexicon on the history of natural sciences from the 16th century onwards
Additional reference works
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Specialist information
- Swiss National Science Foundation – Swiss institution working on behalf of the Federal government to promote all scientific fields
- SwissCore (Contact Office for European Research Innovation and Education) – Platform for Swiss and European scientific research projects in Brussels
- German Research Foundation – Promotes research projects in all scientific fields, with a special focus on interdisciplinary and international projects
- NSF (National Science Foundation) – Independent national institution in the USA to promote research and education in technology, natural and social sciences
- Nobel Prize – Website of the Nobel Foundation with information dating back to 1901
