Welcome to the NRF Libraries Portal

The NRF Library Portal combines the library catalogues of SAAO, SARAO and iThemba LABS.

To find the record you are looking for, simply type some keywords into the search box provided and click the ‘search’ button. You can use the ‘*’ character to perform word truncation. For example, ‘comput*’ will match on any word that begins with comput- such as computer, computing, computation, etc.

To access additional search options you can use the advanced search page. There you can select the specific fields you want to search on as well as choose from a list of available search types including: keyword searching, exact match, phrase searching, range searching and more.