# TAU Libraries Alma SRU Search

**Canonical:** https://apis.io/apis/tel-aviv-university/alma-sru/  
**Provider:** Tel Aviv University — https://apis.io/providers/tel-aviv-university/  
**Base URL:** https://tau.alma.exlibrisgroup.com/view/sru/972TAU_INST  
**Documentation:** https://en-libraries.tau.ac.il/

TAU Libraries Alma SRU Search is one of 5 APIs that [Tel Aviv University](https://apis.io/providers/tel-aviv-university/) publishes on the [APIs.io](https://apis.io/) network. Tagged areas include Library, SRU, Search, Alma, and Ex Libris. The published artifact set on APIs.io includes API documentation.

SRU (Search/Retrieve via URL) 1.2 search service over the Tel Aviv University library catalogue, served from TAU's Ex Libris Alma tenant. Verified live and keyless on 2026-08-30: operation=explain returns a 205 KB SRU explainResponse with recordSchema http://explain.z3950.org/dtd/2.1/. Like the OAI-PMH service the records are TAU's and the protocol implementation is Ex Libris's, so this is a tenant relationship, not TAU engineering.

## Machine-readable artifacts (2)

- **Documentation** — https://developers.exlibrisgroup.com/alma/integrations/sru/
- **Conformance** — https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/tel-aviv-university/refs/heads/main/conformance/tel-aviv-university-conformance.yml

## Other Tel Aviv University APIs (4)

- [TAU Libraries Alma OAI-PMH Metadata Harvesting](https://apis.io/apis/tel-aviv-university/alma-oai-pmh/)
- [TAU Research Portal (Elsevier Pure) OAI-PMH](https://apis.io/apis/tel-aviv-university/cris-oai-pmh/)
- [TAU Libraries Primo VE Discovery (DaTA Search)](https://apis.io/apis/tel-aviv-university/primo-discovery/)
- [TAU SAML Identity in the IUCC Identity Federation](https://apis.io/apis/tel-aviv-university/iucc-identity-federation/)

## Tags

Library, SRU, Search, Alma, Ex Libris, Catalog

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