Universitätsbibliothek

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 PH Bern, these accesses are only displayed within the campus network, in contrast to freely accessible e-media.

The access options are described here:

Access to e-media on campus / in Bern university libraries

For University Bern

Access with WLAN "eduroam" (login with campus account) or "public-unibe" (code available on site)

For non-university members / alumni / members of other universities

Access to e-media outside campus - at home and on the go

For University Bern members

  • 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).

For non-university members / alumni residing in the canton of Bern

Access to some licensed databases (german website only).
Login works via the SWITCH edu-ID, which everyone can register for.

For non-university members / alumi outside the canton of Bern

Only freely accessible e-resources are available for external guests.

Freely accessible e-media

The following e-media are freely available