Using our services

Literature searching services

You are starting a documentary research at the UNIGE or at the HUG :

Do you need a selection of relevant articles or books on a subject?
You want to develop a search strategy in a database?
Are you doing a literature review?
Do you want to consolidate your knowledge of literature search methodology?

The UNIGE Library offers support and advice for your documentary and literature research.

Please, consult the services according to your disciplines.

Site Uni Arve - Sciences

Please, ask your documentary questions related to the disciplines taught at Uni Arve: Anthropology, Astronomy, Biology, Chemistry and Biochemistry, Computer Science, Mathematics, Physics, Earth Sciences

- online, use this literature search request form

- by email sent to biblio-arve(at)unige.ch

A reply will be provided to you within two business days.

Site Uni Bastions - Humanities - Theology

Please, ask your documentary questions related to the disciplines taught at Uni Bastions: Arabic, Armenian, Chinese, English, French, German, Greek, History of the Reformation, General History, Italian, Japanese, Linguistics, Comparative Literature, Musicology, Philosophy, Portuguese, Russian, Spanish, Theology

- at the library counter – Espace Jura - Monday to Friday from 11 am to 5pm*

- online, use thisliterature search request form

- by email sent to biblio-bastions-info(at)unige.ch

A reply will be provided to you within two business days.

(* schedule to be checked during academic breaks)

Site Uni CMU - Medicine - Pharmaceutical sciences

Please, ask your documentary questions related to the disciplines taught at Uni CMU: Clinical Medicine, Fundamental Medicine, Dental Medicine and Pharmaceutical Sciences

You may download one of the two forms below, depending on the type of research you are doing, and send it to us at the following e-mail address biblio-cmu-ref(at)unige.ch:

- Litterature Search Request Form

- Systematic Review / Scoping Review Request Form - (Uni CMU)

Find more information on our webpage Documentary research (CMU) : tools, resources, methodological advice and contact (in French only)

As soon as we receive the completed form, a document information specialist will suggest, depending on the availability of the service, an appointment at the library.

Site Uni Mail - Law - Economics and Management - Psychology & Educational Sciences - International Relations - Social Sciences - Translation and Interpretation

Please, ask your documentary questions related to the disciplines taught at Uni Mail : Law - European Studies - Finance - Gerontology - Management - Psychology - International Relations - Political Science - Education Sciences - Environmental Sciences - Sexual Sciences - Economics - Social Sciences - Statistics - Translation and Interpretation

- at the library research service counter : Monday to Friday, from 10 am to 6pm*

- online, use this literature search request form

- by email sent to biblio-mail-ref(at)unige.ch

If you are conducting a Systematic Review or a Scoping review, we recommend that you fill out the Systematic Review /Scoping Review Request Form (Uni Mail) and et send it to biblio-mail-ref(at)unige.ch. As soon as we receive it, a librarian will propose you an appointment at the library, according to the availability of the service.

(* with the exception of the July-August and December academic break periods)