Two new databases from EBSCO

Two new EBSCO databases are now available to employees of the Federal Administration: the multidisciplinary DACH Information database and the International Security & Counter-Terrorism Reference Center database.

BiG open only in the mornings in September and October

The Library am Guisanplatz will exceptionally be closed in the afternoon in September and October 2023. In the mornings it will be open as usual from 8.30 to 11 am.

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New: Nexis Uni database

The Nexis Uni database with more than 11,000 sources is now licensed for the Federal Administration.

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The BiG introduces itself

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 New loan and request options on the Alexandria search portal

New loan and request options on the Alexandria search portal

On 14 November 2022 we launched the updated user interface and adapted ordering process. The new features are explained here.

E-media

E-media

The Library Am Guisanplatz BiG provides employees of the Federal Administration and the Armed Forces with access to numerous journals, newspapers, e-books and reference works . National licences, which are available to anyone resident in Switzerland, complete the library’s e-media service.

Library collection

Library collection

The Library Am Guisanplatz BiG holds not only books, periodicals, newspapers and electronic resources; its catalogue also contains numerous regulations, atlases, maps, plans, official documents, photographs, postcards and autographs. The Alexandria search portal contains over a million registered titles and more than 1.3 milion copies, many of which are accessible to the public.

Library Am Guisanplatz BiG Papiermühlestrasse 21a
CH-3003 Berne
Tel.
+41 58 464 50 99
Fax
+41 58 463 19 06

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Opening hours September and October

Monday to Friday
08:30 - 11:00

The Library Am Guisanplatz will exceptionally be closed in the afternoons in September and October 2023.

Library Am Guisanplatz BiG

Papiermühlestrasse 21a
CH-3003 Berne

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