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    Zürich im Buch: «Katharina von Zimmern Flüchtlingskind, Äbtissin, Bürgerin von Zürich»

    18.09.2024 18:30 - 19:45

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    Coffee Lectures: Einführung zu Systematic Reviews für Nicht-Mediziner*innen

    19.09.2024 13:15 - 13:45

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    20.09.2024 15:00 - 15:20

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    Keine Angst vor alten Schriften – Weiterführender Kurs

    21.09.2024 09:15 - 13:30

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    24.09.2024 13:15 - 13:45

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Wissensdurst – Information und wir

Wissensdurst – Information und wir

Zentralbibliothek Zürich: Schatzkammer & Themenraum Turicensia

06.09.2024 - 07.12.2024
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Borrowing from the Zentralbibliothek Zürich

Borrowing from the Zentralbibliothek Zürich

You can get access to more than 6 million media from the Zentralbibliothek Zürich. Welcome to a world of knowledge!
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Courier and interlibrary loan services

If you are looking for specific literature that you have been unable to find in the Zentralbibliothek Zürich, you can order documents via courier, pos...
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Requesting items from our holdings

If you are interested in a book or a volume of a periodical that is in our closed stacks or one of our external stores, or want copies from books or m...
Using e-media

Using e-media

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Advice services at the Zentralbibliothek

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History, philosophy, religion, culture

History, philosophy, religion, culture

For decades, history and philosophy in Germany have been wrestling with the importance of National Socialism and the extermination of the Jews in the public consciousness. Information on this and countless other topics can be found in our large collection of historical and philosophical specialist literature.
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From Zurich

A playful way to defend your homeland – military cartography in Zurich

A playful way to defend your homeland – military cartography in Zurich

Wars in the east reveal that the Swiss military is behind the times, with many Zurich-based officers believing that they need to fill gaps in their ow...
The guilds of Zurich

The guilds of Zurich

Every April, the guilds of Zurich don their costumes, saddle up their horses, decorate their floats and celebrate the ‘Sechseläuten’ spring festival....
Bookmaking – a foray through the history of publishing in Zurich

Bookmaking – a foray through the history of publishing in Zurich

Publishers straddle the divide between culture and business – two spheres that cannot be easily combined. Nevertheless, courageous book-lovers in Zuri...
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