Göttingen Academy of Sciences and Humanities
Union Catalogue of Oriental Manuscripts

Documentation

Special features of the catalogue entries:


List of abbrevations and bibliography:

User manuals and regulations:


This user guide contains information about using the databases. You will find special requirements for recording people names at Regeln für die alphabetische Katalogisierung in wissenschaftlichen Bibliotheken Regeln für die alphabetische Katalogisierung in wissenschaftlichen Bibliotheken RAK-WB, Anlage 20 - Regeln für die Ansetzung von Personennamen in Staaten mit arabischer, persischer oder türkischer Sprache. From Helga Rebhan (RAK-ISL)

In the course of the manuscript projects at Leipzig University, Germany, a technical documentation (pdf file, in German language) has been produced which gives information concerning the technical background. In addition, a documentation for the VIAF-module (pdf file, in English language) of the application is available.

Concerning the translation Arabic-English-Indonesian see the translation guide (pdf file, in German language) .