The Arte Digital Media Library is a video-on-demand service co-published by Arte and UniversCiné. It offers more than 3,000 videos: nearly 800 feature films, over 1,900 documentaries; 220 youth programs (films, documentaries, animated films); recorded performances (concerts, theatre, etc.).

Access : two viewings per month per person

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The Cochrane Library is an EBM resource comprising six databases including the Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews, which provides access to systematic reviews published by the Cochrane Collaboration and CENTRAL (Cochrane Central Register of Controlled Trials). 

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About 2'400 journals published by Springer from 1997 mainly in the fields of natural sciences, medicine, engineering, computer science and economics

Attention 2026: No contract in place since 01/01/2026. Access to articles published since 01/01/2026 is not available. Open Access publishing is no longer covered by the Read & Publish agreements. More information is available on the HES‑SO website and on the swissuniversities website.

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413 journals in various disciplines including: health sciences, life sciences, material sciences and engineering, social and cultural sciences.
Including access to archives from 1999.

Attention 2026: No contract in place since 01/01/2026. Access to articles published since 01/01/2026 may be unavailable. Open Access publishing is no longer covered by the Read & Publish agreements. More information is available on the HES‑SO website and on the swissuniversities website.

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Gartner Campus is a database produced by Gartner, one of the world’s leading providers of technology analysis.

The platform provides access to visual analyses of the technology market and key industry players (Magic Quadrants); evaluations of major technology vendors (Vendor Ratings); analyses of the maturity and adoption of emerging technologies (Hype Cycle); and a search engine that allows users to explore more than 700 technology topics (covering artificial intelligence, cybersecurity, cloud computing, digital transformation, data analytics, etc.) across most business and industry sectors.

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Swisslex is a legal database that contains court rulings of Swiss federal and cantonal courts as well as legal journals and commentaries.

Link : Only for HE-Arc Gestion, HE-Arc Santé, HES-SO Valais Gestion, EHL, HEIG-VD, HEG Genève, HETSL, HESAV, HETS Fribourg, HETS Genève, HETS Valais.

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SpringerMaterials provides curated data and advanced functionalities to support research in materials science, physics, chemistry, engineering, and other related fields

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ScholarVox Universities is a digital library offering streaming access to around 35,000 books in French and English. Five collections are available: Sciences (Engineering), Business-Management, Psychologie-Sociologie, "Health Sciences, Life Sciences and Medicine", Computer Science. This platform allows you to consult the e-books in their entirety and provides access to several useful features.

Link for the HES-SO and HES-SO Masters, except schools in domains Design et Arts visuels, Musique et Arts de la scène, and the HEG Genève

Dedicated collection for HEG Genève (connexion with SWITCH eduID) : Link

MGG Online (Die Musik in Geschichte und Gegenwart) is a comprehensive encyclopaedia of music, it offers in-depth articles on every aspect of music as well as many related areas such as visual arts. MGG Online contains the second print edition of MGG, published from 1994 to 2008, as well as current, continuous online updates and additions.

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Access to the archives of nearly 350 titles (printed and electronic) of the Swiss press: French- and German-speaking daily newspapers, business press, magazines, etc.

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