DeutschSRU
SRU (Search/Retrieve via URL) is a protocol based on HTTP to perform database queries. Search queries can be submitted via a URL in CQL (Contextual Query Language). The returned results can be delivered in various bibliographic formats via XML.
Formats offered by Leipzig University Library
The following table lists the available output formats:
| Format | Name | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| dc | Dublin core | application/xml | Dublin Core |
| marcxml | MARC XML | application/xml | MARC data in XML |
General Settings
The following table lists the general settings:
| Base URL | https://sru.finc.info |
| Database | de15 |
| Character set | utf‑8 |
| Record Schema | MARCXML, Dublin Core |
| SRU Version | 1.1 |
Search attributes
The following table lists available search attributes:
| dc.creator, dc.author | Author, Institution |
| dc.title | Title |
| dc.identifier | ISBN / ISSN / ISMN |
| bath.issn | ISSN |
| bath.conferenceName | Conference name |
| bath.corporateName | Corporate name |
| dc.subject | Subject |
| dc.date | Date |
| dc.publisher | Publisher |
| bib1.vdnr | VD Number |
Usage
You can access the service at sru.finc.info. You can retrieve the UBL catalogue via SRU by using the address https://sru.finc.info as BaseURL.
• Example URL for a searchRetrieve operation; the keyword “Basics” is searched for in the title index of the database “de15” with a maximum of 10 resulting records in the format “marcxml”:
http://sru.finc.info/de15?operation=searchRetrieve&version=1.1&query=dc.title=Basics&maximumRecords=10&recordSchema=marcxml
• Example URL for a searchRetrieve operation; the keyword “Basics” is searched for in the title index of the database “de15” with a maximum of 10 resulting records in the format “dc”:
http://sru.finc.info/de15?operation=searchRetrieve&version=1.1&query=dc.title=Basics&maximumRecords=10&recordSchema=dc
Combination of search attributes
• Example URL for a searchRetrieve operation; the keyword “Basics” in the title index is searched for by the author “Lem” in the database “de15” with a maximum of 10 resulting records in the format “marcxml”:
https://sru.finc.info/de15?operation=searchRetrieve&version=1.1&query=dc.title=Eden%20and%20dc.author=Lem&maximumRecords=10&recordSchema=marcxml
For more information, see http://www.loc.gov/standards/sru/
Automated queries
An automated retrieval or automated download via script is limited to 100 records per query.