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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.
From 1 June to 31 July, the HES-SO is offering its students, teachers and researchers a trial access to Open Edition Freemium e-books and e-journals available for download. The Freemium offer gives access to 197 journals on the platform dedicated to newspapers, as well as more than 14'000 e-books from OpenEdition Books.
From June 15 to August 31, the HES-SO is offering its students, teachers and researchers a trial access to Tënk streaming video platform, which offers a selection of quality documentary films, mainly in the fields of Design and Visual Arts and Social Work.
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Indexing articles, books and book chapters, this bibliographic database provides cross-disciplinary coverage across the social sciences, focused on four primary subject areas: anthropology, economics, political science, and sociology.
4,500 journals in the following fields: public administration, arts, law, economics, finance, history, education, psychology, health, political science, sociology, humanities and social sciences, etc.
The HES-SO subscribes to all JSTOR journals.
Embargo: between 1 and 7 years depending on the journal titles
The Nexis Uni research tool is particularly suitable for students, university staff and library users in search of national and international business (ex. Creditreform, Schweizer Firmen,...) , press and company information (ex. La Tribune de Genève, Bilan, Tages Anzeiger, Handelszeitung,...)
Full text of Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) journals, books and statistics.
349 journals published by Oxford University Press available since 1827,
Embargo : 3 years
Informations and registration for non affiliated people (swiss universities and high schools)
Ebook Central gives access to the titles purchased by the HES-SO libraries (about 1'000 titles available)
413 journals in various disciplines including: health sciences, life sciences, material sciences and engineering, social and cultural sciences.
Including access to archives from 1999.
Scholarvox Universities is a digital library offering streaming access to over 40,000 books in French and English. Four collections are available: Humanities and Social Sciences, Engineering Sciences, Business and Health Sciences, Life Sciences and Medicine.
This platform allows you to consult the e-books in their entirety and provides access to several useful features.
Link for the HES-SO, except domains Design et Arts visuels, Musique et Arts de la scène, schools HEG Genève)
Dedicated collection for HEG Genève (connexion with SWITCH eduID) : Link
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.
Libguide (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.