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This gateway provides the HES-SO community with online resources such as specialized databases, academic journals and ebooks in the fields of education and research of the HES-SO. These resources are subscribed by all HES-SO schools or only by a few domains.


Most libraries offer complementary resources specific to their communities. For any information or questions, you can consult their websites and address them your questions or problems of access.

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Interdisciplinary Databases

PressReader

More than 7'000 international newspapers and magazines accessible from a smartphone or tablet by downloading the Pressreader app or from a computer.

Link : only for the HEIG-VD and HE-Arc schools

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Smartphone application

Music and Performing Arts Databases

RILM - Répertoire international de littérature musicale

Produced by Répertoire International de Littérature Musicale, this comprehensive music bibliography features citations, abstracts, and subject indexing. It facilitates both focused research and browsing for readers of all levels from classical to popular music, from ethnomusicology to music therapy, from elementary music education to advanced music theory.

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Social Work Databases

Social Services Abstracts

Bibliographic database focusing on social work, social services and related fields, including social welfare, social policy and community development. Social Services Abstracts is part of Sociological Abstracts.

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Libguide (Sociological Abstracts)

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Interdisciplinary Databases

Sociological Abstracts

Bibliographic database in sociology, social sciences and social work, indexing articles, books, book chapters, theses, etc. since 1952. Also contains Social Services Abstracts.

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Libguide

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Engineering and Architecture Databases

SpringerMaterials (incl. Landolt Börnstein)

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

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Business, Management and Services Databases

Statista

The business database Statista holds statistical data on more than 80,000 topics from some 22,500 sources as well as industry and business data in more than 170 sectors, as well as market research, trend analyses and prognoses, historical and current facts on companies. This database is also available in French and German, but 20% or 30% of search results will depend on language.

Access only for "Economics and Services" domain

Getting started guide and database discovery webinars

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Interdisciplinary Journals Databases

Swisslex

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

Link : it is necessary to request the creation of an account at your library with your institutional address.

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Interdisciplinary Databases

Teacher Reference Center

Reference database for education (assessment, best practice, continuing education, pedagogical research, curriculum developement, instructional media, literacy standards, school administration, teacher education), indexing 280 peer-reviewed journals and magzines

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Engineering and Architecture Databases

Techniques de l'Ingénieur

Database in all fields of engineering which includes 19,000 reference articles mainly in French and English, fact sheets, interactive articles and news articles. The "parcours pratiques" enable a rapid acquisition of operational skills on several themes through didactic sequences. A multilingual dictionary translates more than 45,000 technical terms into English, German and Spanish.

Link : only for the Engineering and Architecture schools

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Design and Visual Arts Social Work Databases

Tënk

Tënk is a platform dedicated to author documentary cinema. It offers 300 films a year, with a regularly changing programme, each film being available for two months. Films are selected by an expert programming committee. These documentaries (ranging from feature-length to medium and short films) explore a wide array of themes, including the arts, cinema, sciences, history, ecology, feminism, social struggles, and decolonization.

Access for HEAD Genève, ECAL, HETS Fribourg and HETS Genève only

List of currently available films

Interdisciplinary Databases

Ulrich's

Worldwide directory of available journals, series, yearbooks and newspapers

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Interdisciplinary Databases

Web of Science incl. Conference Proceedings

Multidispiplinary database including:
- Science Citation Index
- Social Science Citation Index (Inkl. Wrtschaft
- Arts & Humanities Index (inkl. Architektur)
- Emerging Sources Citation Index
- Conference Proceedings Citation Index - Science + Soc.Sc. & Humanities

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Libguide

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