About swisscovery.li

swisscovery is operated by SLSP (Swiss Library Service Platform) and is a national search platform that brings together academic resources from around 500 libraries in Switzerland.

Further information about SLSP can be found in the factsheet.

Our users must have a SWITCH edu-ID Account. You need a SWITCH edu-ID to register with SLSP/swisscovery.

Register here: registration.slsp.ch 

Important Information for Members of the University of Liechtenstein
When setting up your SWITCH edu-ID, you must link it to your SWITCH-unili account at the end of the registration process. This is the only way to ensure free online access to our licensed e-resources within the university network or externally via CITRIX.

If the linking process fails, please report the issue immediately to aai@uni.li and include a description of the problem along with screenshots.

If you forget your SWITCH edu-ID password, do not create a second edu-ID. Please follow the instructions provided.

After successfully registering with SLSP, you can use your SWITCH edu-ID account for all SLSP-libraries. You do not need to show identification at the circulation desk of your library. Your mobile phone number will be verified during registration.

Library Card
The University of Liechtenstein staff and student ID card also serves as your library card. Linking your personal SWITCH edu-ID to your SWITCH-unili account automatically connects your library card.

External users must enter the barcode number of their library card at the end of the SLSP registration process. All BibliOpass library cards are accepted.

New library cards are available free of charge at the circulation desks of SLSP libraries.

More help on registration and further FAQs about swisscovery can be found here: registration.slsp.ch/help.

Updating Contact Information
Your contact details are taken directly from your SWITCH edu-ID and must be updated there.
Login SWITCH edu-ID

Viewing Loans in swisscovery
ou can view your current and past loans in your swisscovery account. Log in by clicking the “Sign in” button at the top right of the swisscovery homepage.

Once signed in, your name will appear in the upper right corner. Click on it to open your user account. Here, you can view active and completed loans, reservations, and any applicable fees or restrictions.

Can Companies or Institutions Register?
Companies, institutions, and libraries cannot create a SWITCH edu-ID account. Please contact SLSP directly via swisscovery@slsp.ch.

Can Users Outside Switzerland Register?
Yes. Users without a Swiss postal address can also create a SWITCH edu-ID account. However, please note that SLSP libraries may offer only limited services depending on your place of residence.

In swisscovery.li you can search using three search profiles: UNILI Library, the standard swisscovery search, and swisscovery plus.

Note: Always start your search with the local UNILI Library profile.

UNILI Library
• Our physical media (books, journals, audiovisual materials)
• Our licensed e-resources (databases, e-journals and e-books)
• Additional electronic content available as open access

swisscovery
• Physical media holdings from around 500 libraries in the network
• Free content provided by other libraries in the network (institutional repositories, open e-collections and archives)

swisscovery plus
• Additionally, the physical media holdings of the Renouvaud library network (e.g. BCU Lausanne)
• Bibliographic information for electronic documents to which we do not have access

Tutorial
Discover and Order Resources Purposefully

You have several options for ordering items in swisscovery.li.

• Collection on site in our library
• Courier and postal delivery
• Delivery of digital copies

Read the instructions for reserving and ordering items or ask the library staff at the circulation desk for assistance.

Tutorial
SLSP Courier – Ordering Options

Note
If you cannot order a book yourself because it is not available for SLSP Courier in swisscovery, we will be happy to process your request as an interlibrary loan.
Please use the respective online order form in the Courier & Interlibrary Loan section.
 

Order via Courier
Items ordered via courier can be returned to any library that is part of the SLSP Courier network.

On-Site Borrowing or Postal Delivery
Items borrowed in person from a library’s collection must also be returned in person or sent back by post.

Reminders
All reminders are sent by email. Reminder fees accumulate progressively.

Recall: on the 1st day after the loan period expires
free of charge

1st Reminder: on the 7th day after the loan period expires
CHF 5.00 per item

2nd Reminder: on the 14th day after the loan period expires
CHF 5.00 per item (total CHF 10.00)

3rd Reminder: on the 21st day after the loan period expires
CHF 10.00 per item (total CHF 20.00)

Order via Courier
CHF 8.00 is charged per ordered item. The fee is also due if the item is not collected.

Members of the University of Liechtenstein are exempt from SLSP Courier fees if the items are ordered to the UNILI Library. If university members do not collect the items, the fees will be transferred to their user account and must be paid on site.

Order via Postal Delivery
The fee for postal delivery to a private address is CHF 12.00 per item.
This also applies to members of the University of Liechtenstein.

Invoicing
The respective fees will be charged to your user account. You will receive an invoice from SLSP, the operating organisation of swisscovery.
These fees cannot be paid in the library and must be transferred to SLSP by bank payment.

SLSP Rates

SLSP imports your personal data (names, addresses, telephone numbers etc.; see the SLSP Privacy Policy) from your SWITCH edu-ID account into the swisscovery search portal when you register.

You can update your personal data at any time in your SWITCH edu-ID account. Changes are automatically transmitted to swisscovery. Library-specific data such as loans, orders and fees are recorded directly in swisscovery.

Your user account can be deleted as long as there are no outstanding transactions (loans or fees). To request this, please contact SLSP at swisscovery@slsp.ch.

Transaction data are anonymised, and accounts in swisscovery are deleted after 10 years of inactivity.

The Swisscovery Help Page offers useful information on how to use swisscovery, or you can contact the library.
The library team is happy to assist you.