Library for the Research Institutes within the ETH Domain: Eawag, Empa, PSI & WSL

Functional Ecology, Learned Publishing and Financial Planning Review will become fully Open Access in January 2025. This already has consequences for authors submitting in summer 2024.

We're pleased to announce that the Consortium of Swiss Academic Libraries has renewed the agreement with Elsevier. It signifies another step forward in the Open Access (OA) transformation and puts us on track to have more than an estimated 90% of our publication output OA.

Clarivate released the Journal Citation Reports (JCR) 2024. The 2024 report introduces unified rankings across subject categories. This is intended to simplify the comparison of scientific journals.

Are you wondering who you can turn to to discuss where to safely store your research data? Looking for a repository to publish research data? Or are you curious about how to use a computer cluster for your analysis? Visit our new pages on research data management to find out what resources are available at the four federal research institutes.

Text data mining (TDM) can reveal hidden patterns and trends within vast amounts of text. Our new resources offer an overview of the key steps involved in TDM projects. We provide a list of data sources, analysis tools, and essential considerations to get started with your first project.

Lib4RI is conducting a user survey and we need your input! As part of our ongoing effort to improve and tailor our services to your needs, we want to gather feedback to support you in your research as best we can.