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| Bibliographic references |
 ABI Inform
Primarily business and economics (management, finance and banking, accounting, trade, etc.), but includes engineering journals and journals from other fields as well, more than a third of which are available in fulltext. ABI Inform Global and Trade&Industry are included in the subscription. |
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ACM Digital Library
Information Technology:
- ACM Digital Library: all their publications available in full-text (journals, conference reports, newsletters, special interest groups)
- The Guide to Computing Literature: references to other - non-ACM - literature including dissertations and technical reports. |
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Derwent Innovation Index
Patent database with explanations (abstracts) for each patented invention. Similar patents are grouped in patent families and precise classification of patents. |
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Dissertations & Theses (Abstracts and Index)
References for more than 2.4 million dissertations and master's theses worldwide from 1861. Abstracts are available for dissertations from 1980 and for master's theses from 1988. Previews of the first 24 pages are available for some dissertations. |
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Espacenet
Patents: Espacenet, the database of the European Patent Office, contains patent information (original documents including illustrations) from 72 countries and regions. |
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Factiva
Newspapers and magazines worldwide, including several Swiss publications, as well as company information and press photographs. Alerts are not possible.
Limited access: please leave the database as soon as possible after your search with |
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FIZ Technik - FHNW Zugang
Access to FIZ Technik databases for FHNW. |
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FIZ Technik - FHO Zugang
Acces for FHO to FIZ Technik database. |
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GreenFILE
GreenFILE contains information on the impact of humans on the environment. The following topics are covered: global climate change, green building, pollution, sustainable agriculture, renewable energy, recycling, etc. |
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IEEE/IET Electronic Library (IEL)
The IEL contains the full-text articles of recent publications (from the beginning to the present) in the fields of electrical engineering and computer sciences published by the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) and the Institution of Engineering and Technology (IET):
IEEE Transactions
IEEE Journals
IEEE Conference Proceedings
IEEE Standards
IET Journals
incl. IBM Journal of Research & Development |
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Inspec
Published by the Institution of Electrical Engineers (IEE): Physics, Electronics, Information Technology, Control and Mechanical Engineering as well as interdisciplinary fields such as Nanotechnology, Geophysics, Biomedical and Material Sciences. |
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Journal Citation Reports
Provides information on academic journals, such as the impact factor, as a measure to assess the significance of a publication. |
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LexisNexis - deutsche Suchoberfläche
Swiss and international newspapers and magazines (e.g. Tages-Anzeiger, Handelszeitung, Le Temps, Le Monde, Washington Post, The Economist) as well as country and company information. |
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LexisNexis - interface française
Swiss and international newspapers and magazines (e.g. Tages-Anzeiger, Handelszeitung, Le Temps, Le Monde, The Economist) as well as country and company information. |
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NZZ Online
Archive of the NZZ from 1993 to the present and the NZZ am Sonntag from 2002 to the present. |
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OECDiLibrary
The Swiss Fachhochschulen have a subscription to the OECD Statistics, Books & Periodicals, such as OECD Economic Outlook, OECD Economic Surveys, OECD Journal. |
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Perinorm
Information on important national and international norms.Please request user name and password in your library. |
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SpringerMaterials - The Landolt-Börnstein Database
Most important source for data in the fields of physics, chemistry and material science. Contains 91'000 documents with 165'000 chemical substances, 3'000 product characteristics and one million bibliographic references from scientific journals. |
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Web of Science
Multidispiplinary database including:
Science Citation Index
Social Science Citation Index (with economics)
Arts & Humanities Citation Index (with architecture)
Conference Proceedings Citation Index:
- Science
- Social Sciences & Humanities |
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WISO Technik
WISO Technik contains the databases TEMA (mechanical, electronic and energy engineering, information technology, materials science, textiles and medical technology), ESTEC (environmental engineering), CEABA (chemical technology and biotechnology), Infodata (IT) and FOGRA (printing industry). Acces for HLSU and ZHAW. |
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Zentralblatt für Mathematik
Pure and applied mathematics (mechanics, physics, economics, biology, chemistry, information technology, communications, operations research, statistics, etc.) |
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| Reference books |
Brockhaus Duden
Acces to the search interface for all or individual Brockhaus Duden reference works. |
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Encyclopaedia Britannica Online
Complete Encyclopaedia Britannica plus Merriam Webster's Collegiate Dictionary and the Internet Dictionary. |
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Encyclopedia of Polymer Science and Technology
Information about polymers, plastics, fibers, biomaterials, elastomers and polymerization processes. |
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Enzyklopädie der Wirtschaftsinformatik
Encyclopedia for business informatics. This encyclopedia is still in the development stage. |
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Kirk-Othmer Encyclopedia of Chemical Technology
Information on chemical substances:
- properties, manufacturing and uses
- chemical engineering
- environmental and health issues |
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Le Grand Robert
French language dictionary. |
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Oxford English Dictionary Online |
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Oxford Reference Online
Acess to the search interface for all or individual specialized reference works of Oxford University Press. |
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Oxford: A Dictionary of Computing |
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Oxford: A Dictionary of Physics |
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Oxford: A Dictionary of Statistics |
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Oxford: A Dictionary of the Internet |
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Oxford: A Dictionary of Weights, Measures and Units |
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Oxford: Bilingual Dictionaries |
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Oxford: The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Mathematics |
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Oxford: The New Oxford Dictionary for Scientific Writers and Editors |
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PONS dictionaries
German - English, French, Spanish, Italian, Polish, Russian and vice versa. |
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Publicus
Swiss yearbook of public life. |
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Römpp Online
Chemistry reference (Accessible for HEVs, EIA-FR, BFH, FHNW and ZHAW) |
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Ullmann's Encyclopedia of Industrial Chemistry
Reference work of chemistry as well as chemical and life science engineering; 7th edition. |
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Ulrich's
Worldwide directory of available journals, series, yearbooks and newspapers. |
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| Statistics |
Swiss statistical encyclopaedia
Statistical tables and reports on the Swiss population, society, state, economy and environment. |
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STAT-TAB
This new interactive statistical database of the Swiss office of statistics replaces Superweb. Allows the compilation of statistics according to individual requirements. |
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COMPASS
Communication Portal for Accessing Social Statistics in Switzerland. |
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DARIS
Data and research information services for the social sciences. |
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Eurostat
Statistics of the EU member countries; cooperation with the OECD and UN as well as with Central and Eastern European countries, the former Soviet Union and Mediterranean countries. |
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OECD Statistics
Statistical databases of the OECD. |
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| Further links for «Engineering and IT» |
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arXiv
Preprint server at Cornell University (previously Los Alamos) with articles in physics, mathematics, IT, quantitative biology, statistics. |
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| ETHZ Research Database |
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CERN documents
900'000 bibliographic references and 360'000 full-text documents from CERN: preprints, articles, books, journals, photos, etc. |
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Intute: Science, Engineering and Technology
Internet portal incl. cross search function for freely accessible e-journals created by a network of British universities. |
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TechXtra
Cross search of engineering and technology ressources on the internet. |
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Department of Energy: DOE InfoBridge
Bibliographical references and full-text research reports published by the US Department of Energy in teh fields of physics, chemistry, biology, environmental and material sciences, engineering, energy technology, etc. |
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Scitopia
Metasearch of the contents of 15 leading scientific societies in the natural sciences and technology. |
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ViFaTec - Virtuelle Fachbibliothek Technik
Engineering website published by the TIB/UB (Technische Informationsbibliothek / Universitätsbibliothek Hannover) |
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Medical physics web
Website created by the Institute of Physics for the medical physics community (fundamental science, engineering and clinical applications). |
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