Freely accessible information can be used by all customers regardless of IP address.
Please note the following aspects when using the paid electronic media:
Legal information
For fee-based electronic media, the ETH Library has licence agreements with the respective providers that stipulate terms and conditions of use based on aspects such as copyright law.
The following applies in general to the use of these media:
- The full texts must only be printed or saved for personal use and for research purposes. Use for commercial purposes is prohibited.
- Systematic downloading of articles, e-books or other full texts, as well as search results, in particular by robots or similar software, is prohibited.
- Articles or other electronic media may not be passed on to third parties or made publicly accessible, either electronically or in printed form.
- Third party use is also uploading licensed content or data to external platforms, specifically ChatGPT, DeepL or other AI platforms, where storage and future use are controlled by third parties.
It is not permitted to upload content (PDFs, etc.) from e-resources to reference lists (e.g. Moodle, Leganto). This also applies to password-protected areas. Direct links to e-journals, e-books, articles and book chapters are permitted.
- Passwords and other access data are confidential and must not be made known to third parties.
Network-dependent access
- Members of ETH Zurich can access fee-based electronic media or those licensed by the ETH Library from the ETH sub-networks (e-journals, databases, e-books, etc.).
- Access for all external customers is possible only on the premises of the ETH Library.
Network-independent access
- Members of ETH Zurich (ETH staff and doctoral students, ETH students) can also access a large number of electronic resources licensed by the ETH Library remotely via their institutional login (Shibboleth).
Access to databases and e-journals with password
- For licensing reasons, some databases may only be used by members of ETH Zurich (ETH employees and doctoral students, ETH students), they require the use of the institutional login (Shibboleth) or a personal account, which can be setup upon request.
- In exceptional cases, a user ID and password are required for access to databases and e-journals. Members of ETH Zurich will find the corresponding information in the protected area: Login information for databases and e-journals. Please log in using your ETH login. External customers should contact the library staff in person or via e-mail to info@library.ethz.ch.
Fast and convenient literature search
Click on the link resolver button (ETH Get it) in a database or the Online Resource link in the ETH Library @ swisscovery to access a service page with further links for options for obtaining the required document.
