Primary subject fields
- Business Administration & Economics
- Law
- Additional collection areas: Political Science, Sociology, Psychology, Education, Philosophy, History, Information Technology, Mathematics, Linguistics and Literature
All documents can be accessed through HSGswisscovery.
Collection
|
2018 |
2019 |
2020 |
Printed books and journal volumes
|
563'656 |
567'392 |
556’865 |
| E-books |
168'792 |
181'337 |
257’691 |
| Non-books |
3'962 |
4'043 |
4’203 |
New purchases
|
11’901
|
11'316 |
8’522 |
| Printed journal subscriptions |
832 |
796 |
799 |
| Licensed e-journals |
47'746 |
71'468 |
101’210 |
Usage / Infrastructure
|
2018 |
2019
|
2020 |
| Items borrowed |
84'254 |
78'893 |
54'165 |
| Requests |
21'270 |
17'737 |
18'180 |
| Active users |
8'910 |
8'303 |
6'846 |
| Chargeable overdue notices |
2’491 |
2’405 |
2’465 |
| Interlibrary loan: shipping courier books |
5’166 |
5’287 |
3’722 |
| Interlibrary loan: shipping journal articles |
723 |
771 |
1’826 |
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Databases: accesses*
|
9’849’082 |
13'710’874 |
860'514 |
E-books: full-text accesses*
|
1’630’936 |
1'734’629 |
195'768 |
E-journals: full-text accesses*
|
568’739 |
414’592 |
661'915 |
| *from 2020, the use of e-resources will be surveyed according to a new method according to the Federal Statistical Office. |