How can you access national licences?
Register as a private user (SWITCH edu-ID) or visit an authorised library
Registration via SWITCH edu-ID
Private users with a permanent address in Switzerland can register for free access. They can then access all national licences via swisscovery.
| Create a SWITCH edu-ID account | 1. Create a SWITCH edu-ID user account. If you are not redirected directly to the SLSP registration platform, log in here with the SWITCH edu-ID user account you have just created. |
| Register for national licences | 2. If you already have a SWITCH edu-ID user account, please log in here. |
| Accept terms of use | 3. Please read and confirm the terms of use for national licences in the swisscovery user account. |
| Confirm mobile telephone number | 4. For immediate access, you can save your mobile telephone number in your SWITCH edu-ID user account. To activate it, you need to confirm the SMS code sent in the SWITCH edu-ID user account. If you now switch to the swisscovery user account, you can click on “Activate my temporary access”, which is only valid for two weeks. |
| Confirm address | 5. To have access to national licences beyond the two-week period, you need to confirm your address in the SWITCH edu-ID. You will receive a confirmation code by post, which you need to activate in the SWITCH edu-ID user account. If you now switch to the swisscovery user account, you can click on “Activate my permanent access”. |
Visit an authorised library
As a private user, you can also access the national licences without registering if you are on an authorised institution’s network. To do so, visit one of the authorised libraries (“walk-in user”).
Authenticate as a private user (SWITCH edu-ID) on the publisher's platform
To access the content of the publishers Cambridge University Press, De Gruyter, Oxford University Press, and Springer you must log in to the respective platform.
| Publisher | Approach |
| Cambridge University Press | 1. Click on “Institution Login” at the top right. 2. Type in “Switch edu-ID” under “Find your institution” and click on “Continue to login”. 3. Fill in login details. 4. If you are asked to choose an identity, click on “Private Person”. |
| De Gruyter | 1. Click on “Manage Access – Not authenticated” at the top right. 2. Click on “Add institutional access” in the white block. 3. Click on the blue button “Access through your institution”. 4. Type in “Swiss National Licences Private Users” under “Find your Institution” and click on the result. 5. Fill in login details. 6. If you are asked to choose an identity, click on “Private Person”. |
| De Gruyter (V&R Unipress Böhlau titles) | 1. Click on “Institution Login” at the top right. 2. Type in “Switch edu-ID” under “Find your Institution” and click on the result. 3. Fill in login details. 4. If you are asked to choose an identity, click on “Private Person”. |
| Oxford University Press | 1. Click on “Sign in through your institution” at the top right. 2. Type in “Switch edu-ID” under “Find Your Organization” and click on the result. 3. Fill in login details. 4. If you are asked to choose an identity, click on “Private Person”. |
| Springer | 1. Go to a journal article. 2. Click on “Log in via an Institution” in the centre right. 3. Type in “Switch edu-ID” under “Find your institution” and click on the result. 4. Fill in login details. 5. If you are asked to choose an identity, click on “Private Person”. |
As a member of an institution, you have automatic access
If you are on the authorised institution’s network, no registration is necessary.
Search portals with integrated national licences:
swisscovery
Elektronische Zeitschriftenbibliothek (EZB)