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News

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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.

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.

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

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PyMOL: CompiCampus Course Fall 2025

Type of Event: Workshop
Language: English
Time: 13:11–20:30
Place: HCI, Seminar Room G2

The Chemistry | Biology | Pharmacy Information Center is offering a training course for PyMOL, a 3D molecular visualization and analysis software that can produce high-quality renderings of biological macromolecules, such as proteins, DNA, or RNA, as well as small molecules.

 

Course Information Retrieval & Management in Life Sciences and Chemistry

Type of Event: Course
Language: English
Time: 15:45–17:15
Place: HIL E6

3. Searching and retrieving scientific information using search engines and literature databases

ChatGPT & Beyond: Compicampus Course

Type of Event: Workshop
Language: English
Time: 18:15–19:15
Place: Zoom

Within the framework of the Compicampus IT short courses, the Chemistry | Biology | Pharmacy Information Center is offering a phenomenological introduction to large language models.

Course Information Retrieval & Management in Life Sciences and Chemistry

Type of Event: Course
Language: English
Time: 15:45–17:15
Place: HIL E6

4. Searching and retrieving scientific information using subject-specific databases in life sciences

CompiCampus: Getting Started with LinkedIn Fall 2025

Type of Event: Workshop
Language: English
Time: 18:15–20:30
Place: HCI J7

LinkedIn is a professional networking platform useful for career development, building networks, and job searches.

 

Course Information Retrieval & Management in Life Sciences and Chemistry

Type of Event: Course
Language: English
Time: 15:45–17:15
Place: HIL E6

5. Searching and retrieving scientific information using subject-specific databases in chemistry (1)