SRU

SRU Servers  

This page lists a sampling of SRU servers. If you would like your server listed, contact [email protected]

For a list of LC servers go here.

Australia      Denmark       Germany      Japan       Netherlands       Norway       Spain      United States

Australia

National Library - Trove: People and Organisations

Sample Search

• bath.name = cacikumar
  http://www.nla.gov.au/apps/srw/search/peopleaustralia?
  query=bath.name+%3D+%22cacikumar%22
  &version=1.1&operation=searchRetrieve&recordSchema=info%3Asrw%2Fschema%2F1%2Fdc-v1.1
  &maximumRecords=10&startRecord=1&resultSetTTL=300&recordPacking=xml&recordXPath=&sortKeys=

Denmark

Index Data -- Open Content Resources

Description    SRU connection information

Sample Search

• Search Wikipedia for "Ruby Crowned Kinglet"
  http://opencontent.indexdata.com/wikipedia?
  query=%22ruby-crowned%20kinglet%22
  &version=1.1&operation=searchRetrieve&maximumRecords=1

Germany

Deutsche Nationalbibliothek

Sample Search

• hund (German for "dog")

http://services.dnb.de/sru/dnb?operation=searchRetrieve&version=1.1&query=hund

SRU at the German National Library (English)

German Library  GVK - Common Union Catalogue

Sample Search

• dinosaur
  http://gso.gbv.de/sru/DB=2.1/?version=1.1&operation=searchRetrieve
  &query=dinosaur&recordSchema=dc&sortKeys=YOP%2Cpica%2C0%2C%2C

German Union Catalogue of Serials ZDB

Sample Search

• http://services.dnb.de/sru/zdb?version=1.1&operation=searchRetrieve&query=ISS%3D0740-171x&recordSchema=MARC21-xml

Japan

Doshisha University

http://gita.grainger.uiuc.edu/registry/sru/sru.asp
?operation=searchRetrieve&version=1.1
&query=%22Doshisha%20University%22

Netherlands

Royal Library

Sample Search

• dc.title=bolivia  AND India
  http://jsru.kb.nl/sru?version=1.1&operation=searchRetrieve
  &query=dc.title=bolivia%20and%20india 

Norway

BIBSYS

Sample Searches

• warbling vireo
  http://sru.bibsys.no/search/biblio?version=1.1&operation=searchRetrieve
  &startRecord=1&maximumRecords=10&recordSchema=dc
  &stylesheet=%2Futil%2Fsruclient.xsl
  &query=warbling+vireo
• Same search without stylesheet
  http://sru.bibsys.no/search/biblio?version=1.1&operation=searchRetrieve
  &startRecord=1&maximumRecords=10&recordSchema=dc
  &query=warbling+vireo

Spain

Ministry of Culture - Subdirectorate General for Library Co-ordination

The Virtual Library of Bibliographic Heritage     SRU base url
 SRU server that extends its OAI 2.0 implentation.
Contact: Mara Luisa Mart nez-Conde

Bibliographic Heritage (Virtual Library)

Sample Search

• subject: history
  http://bvpb.mcu.es/i18n/sru/sru.cmd?
  query=dc.subject=history
  &allowUndefParams=true&version=1.1&operation=searchRetrieve
  &recordSchema=info%3Asrw%2Fschema%2F1%2Fdc-v1.1&maximumRecords=5
  &startRecord=1&resultSetTTL=300&recordPacking=xml&recordXPath=&sortKeys=

• War of Independence
  http://bvpb.mcu.es/i18n/sru/sru.cmd?
  query=cql.serverChoice+%3D+%22war+of+independence%22
  &allowUndefParams=true&version=1.1&operation=searchRetrieve
  &recordSchema=info%3Asrw%2Fschema%2F1%2Fdc-v1.1&maximumRecords=5
  &startRecord=1&resultSetTTL=300&recordPacking=xml&recordXPath=&sortKeys=
  

United States

CUNY (City University of New York) Union Catalog

Sample search

• dc.creator =  william Faulkner
  http://apps.appl.cuny.edu:5661/U-CUN01?
  version=1.1&operation=searchRetrieve
  &query=dc.creator="william+faulkner"
  &startRecord=1&maximumRecords=10

Georgia Public Library - Evergreen

Sample Search

• dc.title exact "Empire of the East"
  http://gapines.org/opac/extras/sru?
  version=1.1&operation=searchRetrieve
  &query=dc.title%20exact%20%22Empire%20of%20the%20East%22

Illinois (University of) OAI-PMH Data Provider Registry

Sample Searches

• nellco
  http://gita.grainger.uiuc.edu/registry/sru/sru.asp?
  version=1.1&operation=searchRetrieve
  &query=nellco
  
  
• sheet music
  http://gita.grainger.uiuc.edu/registry/sru/sru.asp?
  version=1.1&operation=searchRetrieve
  &query=cql.anywhere%3D%22sheet+music%22
  
  

Indiana University Fedora

Sample Searches

• Title contains 'road' and subject contains 'cabin'
  http://fedora.dlib.indiana.edu:8080/SRW/search/GSearch?
  query=dc.subject+%3D+%22cabin%22+and+dc.title+%3D+%22road%22
  &version=1.1&operation=searchRetrieve&recordSchema=info%3Asrw%2Fschema%2F1%2Fmods-v3.1
  &maximumRecords=20&startRecord=1&resultSetTTL=300&recordPacking=xml&sortKeys=
  
  
• All Fedora objects that belong to the ihs/sheetmusic collection
  http://fedora.dlib.indiana.edu:8080/SRW/search/GSearch?query=iudl.collection%3D%22ihs%2Fsheetmusic%22

Library of Congress HLAS (Handbook of Latin American Studies)

Sample search

• personal name =  espinosa, record syntax = mods
  http://lx2.loc.gov:210/HLAS?operation=searchRetrieve&version=1.1
  &query=bath.personalName=espinosa
  &maximumRecords=10&recordSchema=mods
  

Library of Congress Online Catalog

Sample Search

• Marv Throneberry
  http://lx2.loc.gov:210/LCDB?version=1.1&operation=searchRetrieve
  &query="Marv Throneberry"
  &startRecord=1&maximumRecords=5&recordSchema=mods

Additional Library Of Congress SRU Servers

Michigan (University of) DLPS Collections

Sample search

• African Poetry
  http://quod.lib.umich.edu/cgi/s/sru/sru?
  collid=oaister&operation=searchRetrieve
  &query=%22african%20poetry%22
  &maximumRecords=100

OCLC - Library of Congress Name Authority File at OCLC

Sample Search

• local.firstname=sam
  http://alcme.oclc.org/srw/search/lcnaf?
  query=local.FirstName=sam
  &version=1.1&operation=searchRetrieve&recordSchema=info%3Asrw%2Fschema%2F1%2Fmarcxml-v1.1
  &maximumRecords=10&startRecord=1&resultSetTTL=300&recordPacking=xml&recordXPath=&sortKeys=

OCLC Institution Registry

Sample Search

• local.institutionName = Hopkins
  http://worldcat.org/webservices/registry/search/Institutions?
  query=local.institutionName+%3D+%22hopkins%22
  &version=1.1&operation=searchRetrieve&recordSchema=info%3Arfa%2FrfaRegistry%2FschemaInfos%2FadminData
  &maximumRecords=10&startRecord=1&resultSetTTL=300&recordPacking=xml&recordXPath=&sortKeys=

OCLC GSAFD Database

Sample Search

• preferredTerm=epistolary
  http://tspilot.oclc.org/gsafd/?
  query=oclcts.preferredTerm=epistolary
  &version=1.1&operation=searchRetrieve&recordSchema=info%3Asrw%2Fschema%2F1%2Fmarcxml-v1.1
  &maximumRecords=10&startRecord=1&resultSetTTL=300&recordPacking=xml&recordXPath=&sortKeys=

Rutgers Law Library

Sample Search

• New Jersey Law
  http://law-library2.rutgers.edu/SRU/sample.pl?
  query=dc.title=%22new%20jersey%20law%22&
  version=1.1&operation=searchRetrieve&recordSchema=dc&maximumRecords=10&startRecord=1