Engineering and Environment
Discover a selection of relevant sources, specialist literature and useful links in the field of engineering and environment.
IEEE Xplore Digital Library
Literature (journals, conference reports, standards) from the beginnings to the present day in electronics, electrical engineering and computer science. Also included: IBM Journal of Research and Development, the NESC (National Electrical Safety Code) and the IEEE Standards Dictionary.
Scopus
Around 1.4 billion books, articles, conferences and patents on technology, natural sciences, medicine, humanities and social sciences.
SNV-Connect
Successor solution to the e-NORM standards database. In addition to references, it also contains the full texts of approx. 50,000 standards from SWISSMEM, Electrosuisse, INB Interdisciplinary Standards Division (SNV), SIA and all ISO standards. These standards can be saved as PDF files and printed out. The database is accessible to FHNW members via SWITCH edu-ID.
Web of Science
Multidisciplinary reference database, contains books, articles and conference papers on economics, technology, natural sciences, art, education, etc. Includes metrics for analyzing journals and articles as well as Journal Citation Reports (JCR).
All licensed subject databases can be found in the database list.
Collections HTU
In swisscovery you will find different collections for the FHNW School of Engineering.
The printed optometry collection can be found in the FHNW Library Olten, electronic media can be accessed from anywhere within the FHNW network. All e-books on optometry / ophthalmology can be found in the corresponding swisscovery collection.
DOAB
The Directory of Open Access Books (DOAB) lists over 4,800 scientific e-books from 155 publishers.
Internet Archive
Internet Archive is a non-profit online library with many freely accessible books, films, software, music, websites and more.
LIBRUMopen
LIBRUM Publishers & Editors offers Open Access publications on Swiss history, archaeology and arts.
SCNAT knowledge
This portal providesinformation and publications in the field of natural sciences.
Swisstopo
Swisstopo is an application for searching, displaying and using geographical information. It enables the interactive display of maps and superimposed technical data.
vdf Open Access
The university press of ETH Zurich offers many Open Access publications.
Contact person

Dieter Lang
Team lead acquisition and cataloguing
Library Brugg-Windisch
+41 56 202 77 70
dieter.lang@fhnw.ch