LC SRU Servers

The following Library of Congress servers are available for SRU access. (These are Z39.50 databases, accessible via Index Data's MetaProxy, functioning as an SRU/Z39.50 gateway.)

Library of Congress Online Catalog

SRU Base URL (and Explain record): http://lx2.loc.gov:210/LCDB?

Sample search. "Marv Throneberry", return 2 MODS records
http://lx2.loc.gov:210/lcdb?version=1.1&operation=searchRetrieve
&query="Marv Throneberry"
&startRecord=1&maximumRecords=5&recordSchema=mods

National Library Service for the Blind and Physically Handicapped

SRU Base URL (and Explain record): http://lx2.loc.gov:210/NLSBPH?

Sample search. Search for: Publisher=CNIB and date=2005; return 10 MARCXML records
http://lx2.loc.gov:210/NLSBPH?operation=searchRetrieve&version=1.1&
query=dc.publisher=CNIB%20AND%20dc.date=2005&maximumRecords=10&recordSchema=marcxml

Handbook of Latin American Studies

SRU Base URL (and Explain record): http://lx2.loc.gov:210/HLAS?

Sample search. Search for: Geographic Name=Peru ; return 3 Dublin Core records
http://lx2.loc.gov:210/HLAS?operation=searchRetrieve&version=1.1&
query=bath.geographicName=Peru&maximumRecords=3&recordSchema=dc

Library of Congress Name Authority File

SRU Base URL (and Explain record): http://lx2.loc.gov:210/NAF?

Sample search. Search for: Personal name = Roosevelt; return 20 MADS records
http://lx2.loc.gov:210/NAF?operation=searchRetrieve&version=1.1&
query=query=bath.personalName=roosevelt&maximumRecords=20&recordSchema=mads

Library of Congress Subject Authority File

SRU Base URL (and Explain record): http://lx2.loc.gov:210/SAF?

Sample search. Search for: Subject genre = documentary; return 20 MADS records
http://lx2.loc.gov:210/SAF?operation=searchRetrieve&version=1.1&
query=bath.subjectGenre=documentary&maximumRecords=20&recordSchema=mads