In addition to our move to a new catalogue, this winter was also a period of major additions to our digital resources. We joined the Consortium of Swiss Academic Libraries and signed new contracts with major publishers. Here are some of the new accesses we unlocked to help you study in the time of COVID-19.
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Holidays are made for gaming!
The Library shouldn’t just be about work. Some of our special collections are also here to help you enjoy your time in Geneva – especially when you’re staying for the holidays. Let’s talk about games with Guillaume Pasquier, our resident board games expert.
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La Bibliothèque encourage et soutient les professeurs, les chercheurs et les étudiants qui utilisent le cinéma dans leur travail, en tant qu’objet d’analyse ou simple médium. Elle leur met à disposition une collection riche de plus de 3500 DVD, des outils de diffusion et de partage comme le site communautaire VIMEO et les invite à effectuer des propositions d’achat. Riccardo Bocco, professeur d’anthropologie et sociologie, ainsi que Davide Rodogno, professeur d’histoire internationale, témoignent.
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The Library is happy to join the activities organised at the Institute for Sustainability Week from April 1 to 5. To celebrate the event, an exhibition is taking place in the Davis Lounge, where a selection of documents on the Environment will be exposed.
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Proquest’s Ebook Central platform offers a large number of books for our community, but they’re not the easiest to use. Here’s a brief summary of how you can download e-books from this platform, and how to mitigate some of the most painful limitations of single-user (non-downloadable) titles.
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