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Do you want to save a lot of time during your research or Master's project? The Chemistry | Biology | Pharmacy Information Center offers a wide range of valuable crash courses on scientific information retrieval and visualization: Text-based literature search with Scopus, visualization with PyMOL or ChemDraw, ChatGPT for many applications, networking with LinkedIn, information management with Obsidian or, the effective use of PubMed. There is something for you too!

Locker rentals in the exterior of the library will begin on Monday, February 19, 2024, at 8 a.m. for the duration of the semester.

To celebrate the International Day of Women & Girls in Science on February 11, the Chemistry | Biology | Pharmacy Information Center wants to bring attention to successful women scientists with a book exhibition, “Get Inspired by Women Scientists”. The day recognizes the role that women and girls play in science and technology.

The Coffee Lectures of the Information Center Chemistry | Biology | Pharmacy will take place again in 2024. Our 31st series of Coffee Lectures starts on February 27, 2024, and has one new topic.

For the second time, Dr. Gina Cannarozzi is offering the course Scientific Writing for Life Sciences and Chemistry (1 ECTS), tailored for doctoral and Master’s students in life sciences, chemistry, and pharmaceutical sciences.

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.

Have you been given books that you don't want to keep but that others might like? Then use our book exchange cart in front of the entrance to the Information Center.

The 28^th Issue of our magazine Infozine is now available online, once again with a mix of News from the Info Center, the world of scientific communication and tips and tricks.

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.

As every year, there is once again a Christmas tree from the Höngger forest in the Information Center. The fir tree is in the lounge, which is located on the H floor in the library.

In case you missed the Coffee Lectures from the last series: You can now find the videos of all nine Coffee Lectures on YouTubeIn case you missed the Coffee Lectures from the last series: You can now find the videos of all nine Coffee Lectures on YouTube.

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.

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.