E-Media
Access to e-media
The University Library of Bern provides a variety of electronic media such as e-books, e-journals and databases.
Many of these e-media are subject to a fee and would not be allowed to be made publicly accessible for licensing reasons.
In the research portal swisscovery University and PHBern, these accesses are only displayed within the campus network, in contrast to freely accessible e-media.
The access options to e-media are described here for each location and target group:
Access to e-media on campus for University Bern members / PHBern
Access with WLAN "eduroam" (login with campus account) or "public-unibe" (code available on site)
PHBern: Access with WLAN "eduroam" oder "public-phbern"
Access to e-media on campus for non-university members / alumni / members of other universities
- Access with WLAN "public-unibe" (code available on site)
- Public research stations are available in the university and PH libraries.
Access to e-media outside campus for University Bern members / PHBern
Uni Bern:
- Access with VPN client: The VPN client is installed on the computer and must be switched on in each case in order to access the e-media.
- Access without VPN client: Another option is the SWITCHaai login (only for individual databases).
PHBern:
- Access with VPN client: The VPN client is installed on the computer and must be switched on in each case in order to access the e-media.
Access to e-media outside campus for non-university members / alumni residing in the canton of Bern
Access to some licensed databases.
Login works via the SWITCH edu-ID, which everyone can register for.
Access to e-media outside campus for non-university members / alumi outside the canton of Bern
Only freely accessible e-resources are available for external guests.
Freely accessible e-media
- Articles and books in swisscovery University and PHBern - search with filter "Open Access".
- Media with national licenses (journal archives accessible throughout Switzerland)
Further information on available content and registration for use - Public databases - filter "further search options" > "accessibility (all)" > "public".