Zentralbibliothek Zürich

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    09:00 - 19:00

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    09:00 - 19:00

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UZH students can reserve learning spaces in the various libraries of the UB Zurich here.

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    Coffee Lectures: Quantitative Datenvisualisierung mit der Software «R-Studio»

    05.12.2023 13:15 - 13:45

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    Coffee Lectures: Einführung in die Datenbankrecherche I: EBSCO

    07.12.2023 13:15 - 13:45

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    Die Stadtzürcher Klöster – was von ihnen übrigblieb

    09.12.2023 11:00 - 11:45

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    Mittagsmusik im Predigerchor: Duo Aratik

    13.12.2023 12:15 - 13:00

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    Führung im Warenhaus Jelmoli: Alles, was Sie brauchen!

    13.12.2023 18:00 - 19:30

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    Expedition im 21. Jahrhundert – kleine Reise ins Unbekannte

    13.12.2023 18:00 - 20:00

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Exhibitions

Nägelis Postfach: Der Zürcher Musikverleger bei der Arbeit

Nägelis Postfach: Der Zürcher Musikverleger bei der Arbeit

Eine Ausstellung zum 250. Geburtstag von Hans Georg Nägeli in Zusammenarbeit mit einem Projektseminar des Musikwissenschaftlichen Institut der Univers...

Provisorium Musikabteilung

07.07.2023 - 13.01.2024
Alles, was Sie brauchen!

Alles, was Sie brauchen!

Entdecken Sie mit Jelmoli ein Stück Zürcher Warenhausgeschichte

Themenraum Turicensia

03.11.2023 - 03.03.2024
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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!
Courier and interlibrary loan services

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

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Using e-media

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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

Zürich by Wick

Zürich by Wick

Während fast 30 Jahren sammelte und notierte der Zürcher Chorherr Johann Jakob Wick (1522–1588) Nachrichten aus seiner Heimatstadt und aller Welt. Die...
Globi – ein Kinderfreund und Erwachsenenschreck in der Zentralbibliothek

Globi – ein Kinderfreund und Erwachsenenschreck in der Zentralbibliothek

Seit 1932 prägt der blaue Vogelmensch Globi, ursprünglich erfunden als Werbefigur des Kaufhauses Globus, die Schweizer Kinderbuchlandschaft: Zahlreich...
Nägeli’s postbox – Zurich’s music publisher at work

Nägeli’s postbox – Zurich’s music publisher at work

In the early 19th century, Hans Georg Nägeli (1773–1836) was Zurich’s most important music publisher, a busy music teacher and a pugnacious politician...
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