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Reservations are only available for members of the departments D-CHAB, D-BIOL, and D-MATL and cover the period from January 3 to February 16, 2024.

Scopus AI is a generative AI-enhanced research tool integrated into the Scopus to help navigate and understand academic content. ETH Zurich is one of four European institutions to receive early access.

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 Coffee Lectures have been held at ETH Zurich since 2013. The 30th series of Coffee Lectures will start in October 2023. If you want to know how long the Coffee Lectures have been around, read here (German).

Starting October 2, 2023, the Scientific Writing Lab in HCI G2 will be open again every Monday from 4:00 to 6:00 pm.

You haven’t got a First-Year-Student Survival Kit? But you are a first-year student?

Die aktualisierte Infobroschüre für 2023/2024 ist online und gedruckt in deutscher und englischer Sprache am Infodesk erhältlich.

Locker rentals for the semester will begin at 8 a.m. on Monday, September 18, 2023.

Due to the annual revision works, the Information Center will remain closed from September 11 to September 15, 2023.

Media can be picked up and returned on Monday, Tuesday, Thursday and Friday from 9:00 a.m. till 12:00 p.m. You can reach us also by e-mail at infodesk(at)ethz.ch.

Starting September 18, 2023 with the beginning of the fall semester, the usual opening hours apply: Monday to Friday 8:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m.

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.

Become information savvy by taking the course with the longest name. A short introductory video is available here. You can download the flyer as a PDF here.

In July 2023, Prof. Albert Eschenmoser, who shaped the organic chemistry of the 20th century like no other, died at the age of 98. In 2017, he donated his most important books to the Information Center.

The Information Center will be closed on Swiss National Day.

All nine presentations in the 29th series of Coffee Lectures are now available to rewatch on YouTube.

Catching up with the research of the Department of Biology – this is possible with an image.

Catching up with the research of the Department of Chemistry and Applied Biosciences – this is possible with an image.

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.

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.

During the learning and exam period, we will again offer extended opening hours in the evenings and on weekends. Read all the details here.

Starting June 13, 2023, there will again be three weeks of Coffee Lectures with a mix of different topics. The 29th series will again take place live on site but will also be broadcasted via Zoom and later made available via YouTube.

The 27^th Issue of our magazine Infozine is now available online, once again with a mix of news from the Information Center, the world of scientific communication and tips and tricks.

The group rooms can now be reserved for the learning phase. Read here how.

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.

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.

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.

Whether you are a new user or looking for some advanced tips: join our swisscovery course on March 9 to make the best use of the Information Center and ETH Library's holdings.

Starting March 14, 2023, there will again be three weeks of Coffee Lectures with a mix of different topics. The 28th series will take place live on site but will also be broadcasted via Zoom.

Locker rentals in the exterior of the library will begin on Monday, February 20, 2023, at 8 a.m. for the duration of the semester.

Do you want to save a lot of time during your research or Master's project? The Chemistry | Biology | Pharmacy Information Center offers a broad range of valuable crash courses on scientific information retrieval and visualization. From text-based liteterature search with Scopus, visualization with PyMOL or ChemDraw, or, the effective use of PubMed. There is something for you too!

This spring semester, Dr. Gina Cannarozzi, will teach a new 1 ECTS course in scientific writing tailored for doctoral and Master’s students in life sciences, chemistry, and pharmaceutical sciences.