In this section, you can request resources via the national SLSP Courier service from selected swisscovery and Renouvaud libraries, as well as from some of the local courier services. You can also request digitization or postal delivery.

The first time you access this section, no options will be displayed. You must first select your preferred delivery location by clicking on the “Select location” field.

Here you can select your preferred pickup institution and pickup location for courier deliveries, or choose your home or office address for postal deliveries:

This step only needs to be completed once. After clicking the “Select” button, your settings will be saved, and available services will be displayed each time you visit swisscovery. You can change these settings at any time by clicking on the location field again.

The “Further Request Options” offers the following services:

•  Digitization (available to all users except those with special conditions and for journal requests)
• Local courier services (Universität und PH Bern, ETH Zürich, Université de Neuchâtel, Université de Genève, and HES-SO)
• Postal delivery
• Reservation
• SLSP Courier

Reading Room documents

Certain physical documents cannot be taken home due to their importance or rarity. However, they can be accessed and consulted in a designated reading room. It is also possible to request these items for delivery to another library, where they must still be used on-site. In such cases, the “Further Request Options” section will indicate “In reading room:”