Electronic Catalogue

Universal Search Service search.rsl.ru

Сервис search.rsl.ru обеспечивает доступ к электронному каталогу и электронной библиотеке и позволяет:

• The search.rsl.ru service provides access to the Electronic Catalogue and the Electronic Library, allowing users to:

• Browse new acquisitions (set by default).

• View an alphabetical index of authors or titles.

• Conduct simple and advanced multi-criteria searches using various filters and combinations.

• Sort search results by author, title, year of publication, and date of entry in the Electronic Catalogue and the Electronic Library.

• Order documents from the library collections for delivery to a Reading Room.

• Access documents in the Electronic Library and other materials.

From here, you can also access the image catalogue (covering documents from the 18th century to 1998) and the page for the RSL's licensed network resources.

More information on the features of search.rsl.ru

Aleph Automated Information Library System (Aleph AILS)

The Aleph library system is used to create and maintain the Electronic Catalogue, offering advanced multi-criteria searching for documents.

The service allows users to:

• Construct complex search queries using the system's various search features

• Use alphabetical indexes of authors, titles, subjects, people, publishers and more (‘Browse’ mode)

• Customise the display format of retrieved bibliographic records (brief, full, title only)

• Create a list of selected bibliographic records, edit and rank them within the list, and email the list

• Order documents from the library collections for delivery to a Reading Room, and more

The Aleph AILS includes reference files that help refine search parameters:

• Personal Names Reference File

• Organisation Names Reference File (for both temporary and permanent bodies)

• Geographical Names Reference File 

More information on the features of the Aleph AILS

For additional subject-based searching of documents in the Electronic Catalogue, the Knowledge Organisation Classification System is also available.

Knowledge Classification System — Linked Open Data (LOD)

The Linked Open Data (LOD) is an additional tool for searching documents in the Electronic Catalogue. It is based on the Library and Bibliographic Classification (BBK), represented by digitised dividers from the card-based General Systematic Catalogue (GSC).

This classification system enables users to quickly generate a list of publications on a specific topic, subject or heading, and also highlights related fields of knowledge.

Image Catalogue

The image catalogue consist of scanned copies of a portion of the RSL card-based General Alphabetical Catalogue (GAC). It is possible to search by the title of a GAC catalogue drawer, as well as by the dividers within it. The search result is a digital image of a catalogue card. It is also possible to place an order for an item of interest. The image catalogues serve a supplementary informational function, contain incomplete data, and are currently in trial operation. We apologise for any errors, which will be corrected over time.

Items added to the RSL collections from 1999 onwards are recorded in the Electronic Catalogue and are not represented in the image catalogues.

Index of Materials without Individual Bibliographic Records

The RSL collections include items that do not have individual bibliographic records in the catalogues (i.e. group processing). These include address books, calendars, exam questions, rules and regulations, theatre bills, and similar materials.

The Index can be a helpful tool for searching these items; it organises materials into groups and lists the departments holding them. For detailed information about the availability of specific materials from the list provided, please contact the relevant department using the telephone numbers shown in the final column of the index.

Department of Manuscripts Collections Index

The Department of Manuscripts Collections Index contains information about the holdings, archival collections and collections stored by the RSL Department of Manuscripts. It is used when searching for information about the composition of the manuscript collection from the 6th to the 21st centuries by collection number (shelf code), title, and other criteria.

Electronic Copies of the Department of Manuscripts Collection Inventories

This resource provides quick access to electronic copies of the inventories of the RSL archival collections.