Electronic resources: changes in 2025

Lib4RI

We are delighted to share the latest developments in our product portfolio for 2025. Based on comprehensive data analysis and evaluation of research needs, we have adjusted our subscriptions to ensure optimal access to essential resources and publishing opportunities for researchers at the 4RIs. Negotiations with Wiley continue at a national level. 

Negotiations with Wiley

National negotiations with Wiley for 2025 and beyond are still ongoing. Corresponding authors from the 4RI are currently not able to publish Open Access via an agreement. Lib4RI is committed to not paying for hybrid APCs outside of an agreement as it has a negative impact on our negotiations. We further recommend against researchers paying themselves for the same reasons and go for green Open Access instead. We would like to make you aware there is a possibility that Wiley cuts access to its journal content during these negotiations. swissuniversities has released How to get an article if this occurs. 

We support swissuniversities' commitment to negotiate with Wiley - even if it means temporarily not being able to offer an Open Access publishing option. We understand this could cause difficulties or delays for researchers planning to publish in Wiley journals, and hope that negotiations are resolved soon and in a beneficial manner. Please don't hesitate to contact us if you have questions and we will continue to keep you up to date on any developments. 

Further Read and Publish Deals

Beyond Wiley, we are very happy to inform you that corresponding authors from Eawag, Empa, PSI and WSL have a new opportunity to publish their research Open Access with ASME. For more details regarding this agreement, please visit our dedicated OA Agreements webpage. Additionally, our Search is easy to use and helps you finding Open Access publishing opportunities for individual journals. 

Scite AI

We are pleased to inform you that after a successful trial, we negotiated a licence for Scite AI for 2025. For more details on the product, please see our previous newspost. We are currently organizing an online training session to help you make the most of Scite AI. Updates about the training will be posted on our website soon.

Journals

Added products

  • ASME: Read and unlimited publishing in ASME Journals and Conference Proceedings. 

Cancelled products

E-books

Added products

Cancelled products

  • ASCE: Proceedings
  • Springer Nature: Intelligent Technologies & Robotics package

Databases

Added products

Cancelled products

  • Ecomed: Giftliste
  • Digento: Le Grand Robert
  • Springer Nature: Springer Materials

Access & Contact

Discover our extensive and diverse collection of journals and books using our advanced Federated Search Tool. Navigate through a wide range of Databases with our user-friendly database list, where you can filter by topic or alphabetically.

Your input is highly valuable to us, and we encourage you to share any questions or feedback you may have. Our decision-making process is guided by user feedback and we appreciate your insights.