The database also includes publications on library, bibliography and book studies. Where publication and acquisition dates differ, the date field indicates publication, with acquisitions represented in the volume field. Access to the database is with browsers Internet Explorer or Netscape Version 4.0 or higher only. Last updated 01.07.2000. With more editing, new records will be added.
Further plans involve an electronic union catalogue of Russian libraries.
Total over 9 thousand records. The Petersburg Readings database provides listing of all articles of annual conference proceedings on Petersburg studies published by Association of Saint-Petersburg Explorers in collaboration with other key institutions and organizations of the city between 1992 and 1999. Taken together, the conference proceedings represent current state of the art in Petersburg studies. The database builders intended detailed document description both from title information and, above all, from content analyses, providing for searching by aspects like author, person, topic, subject, place or time. Internet Explorer or Netscape Version 4.0 or higher.