ABES / Sudoc

Name

- in the national language(s) and script(s) : ABES (Agence Bibliographique de l’Enseignement Supérieur)

- in English : Bibliographic Agency for Higher Education

Location/Address

227 avenue Professeur Jean-Louis-Viala

BP 84308

34193 MONTPELLIER CEDEX 5

France

Web site

www.abes.fr

Contact

idref@abes.fr

Short description of the institution

ABES was created in 1994 to implement Sudoc (Système Universitaire de Documentation), the union catalogue of France’s higher education libraries.

Sudoc opened in 2001 and has proved a resounding success. It covers the collections of 1 419 “deployed” or member libraries along with the 1,793 public or private libraries from the Sudoc-PS network which specialises in referencing serial publications.

Short description of the authority data

Sudoc authority records are also known as: IdRef (Identifiants et Référentiels): http://www.idref.fr

As of June 2013:

• Author / Title 15 028
• Corporate bodies / Congresses 271 216
• FmeSH 27 238
• RAMEAU 122 013
• Families 3 236
• Trade marks 252
• Geo names 60 025
• Persons 2 202 877
• Uniform Titles 10 133

Data provided to VIAF and number of records :