What kind of journals does the system provide?

Who can become a registered user of the system?

Any private person, academic institution, library or institute can become a registered user.

When registering an organization, an authorized employee, who becomes a collective administrator, specifies that he represents a legal person. Additionally, you need to specify the IP addresses of the computers that will work with the system. The collective administrator status allows control of access of an organization’s users to the system and payment for materials ordered.

What is the “License Agreement”?

The license agreement and the law on copyright regulate the usage of the materials published in the system. The license agreement represents a contract, which defines the usage conditions of the licensed product and allows you to use the materials received.

When is additional permission to use the materials required?

You need preliminary written permission from the publisher for the following instances:

-	For commercial use of the licensed materials or their parts in public circulation.
-	For distribution of the licensed materials or their parts among persons who are not registered system users.
-	For publication, distribution and public representation of the licensed materials or works which combine them with other materials.
-	For translation, editing, adaptation or other alteration and processing of the licensed materials.

The publisher of the English versions of the journals is «Pleiades Publishing, Inc.».

Legal address: P.O. Box 1831, Birmingham, AL 35210, USA.

What is CrossRef?

What software do I need to use the system?

How do I save a file to my hard drive?

To save a file to your hard drive, right click the link to the file (if you are using a Mac, click and hold the link), choose “Save Target As…” and specify the path to which you want to save the file to your hard drive.

How do I work with a PDF file?

Can I edit a PDF file?

The latest versions of Adobe Acrobat (Adobe Acrobat 5.0, Adobe Acrobat 6.0 Standard and Adobe Acrobat 6.0 Professional) have tools for editing, for leaving comments and for collective work with PDF files, as well as means for combining different types of files from different programs into a single PDF file.

Adobe Acrobat allows you to save PDF files as plain text. You can do this via the Save As command. Using this command you can also save a PDF file in such formats as RTF (text), EPS, JPEG, PNG, PS (PostScript), and TIF.

How do I work with ZIP files?

First, you need to unpack the archive file that you downloaded from our server or received by e–mail. You may use for this any archive utility that can work with ZIP files, for example, WinZip. If you have purchased an individual article, there will be one PDF file in the archive. If your order contains an entire issue of a journal, there will be PDF files of articles and a PDF file containing a table of this issue’s contents in the archive.

Questions about functioning of the system

How can an unregistered user use the system?

You do not need to register in the system if you want to get an overview. You can use the left panel of the menu for navigation purposes. The following services are accessible to any site visitor:

-	view journal catalog;
-	view contents of journals and abstracts of articles;
-	create personal collection of articles during current session period;
-	receive articles available in free access.

Why is it mandatory to complete the e–mail field for registration purposes?

The registered user receives e–mail messages on changes in status of his orders, on new issues of journals subscribed to, etc., from the automatic message delivery service; also, when you purchase electronic material you can order its delivery via your personal e–mail address.

What do you if you have forgotten your login or password?

If you have forgotten the login or password you should use the respective link on the system login page.

If your have forgotten your password, enter the login and the codeword been entered by you during the registration process, after which, enter the new password.

If you have forgotten your login, enter your personal identifier and codeword, then enter your new login and password.

What additional search areas are available in advanced search?

Advanced search includes the following search areas in addition to the main list:

-	Keywords – List of key words;
-	Text – Full text of article;
-	Full Bibliographic Records – List of bibliography;
-	Section Heading – Rubric of a section of the issue;
-	Collaboration – Title of project;
-	Affiliation – Place of work of author;
-	Classification Year – Year of publication of classification;
-	Classification Codes – Code from classifier;
-	Fpage – Number of the first page;
-	Country – Country.

Is it possible to purchase an individual article?

A registered user can purchase an individual article (in case of institutional subscription, all purchases are made by the collective administrator).

In order to add an article to the cart you need to click on the respective link provided in the article’s description. Once payment has been made for the order, the file with article in pdf format can be downloaded directly from the site; delivery can also be made by e–mail.

What payment methods are supported by the system?

Payments for an order can be made by credit card or bank transfer.

Payments are accepted via credit cards of international payment systems (VISA International, EUROCARD/MASTERCARD). Payments are conducted via secure HTTPS Protocol using the CyberSource system.

If your choose to make a payment by a bank transfer, immediately after you have made the order, print out the respective invoice and make a payment within 15 banking days; if after the 15–day period, payment has not been made, the order is automatically cancelled.

How does one obtain a full list of purchased materials?

Once authorization in the system is complete, the personal menu of the registered user appears. You can receive a full list of purchased materials by clicking on the “My Purchases” bookmark.

The materials, which are currently accessible to you, are contained in the section of active purchases. All records on paid orders are stored in the purchases archive .

How do I obtain information that payment has been confirmed in the system and the purchased material has become accessible?

The materials are accessible once order payment has been confirmed. In order to view the status of your orders you should use the bookmark to move to the “My Purchases” section. As soon as payment is confirmed, the automatic message delivery service will forward a notification on the change in order status to your e–mail address. The paid materials and services will be transferred to the active purchases section.

When and how is it necessary to use the “Exit” function?

All users who have undergone authorization are recommended to click on the “Exit” link after completion of their session in the system.

Exit from the system is an important security element necessary to protect the user’s confidential information and his identification data.

Why doesn’t the collection title in the “Temporary Collection” section change upon switching to another interface language?

The temporary collection is designed to support an unregistered user during the current session period.

The title of this collection is fixed when you deal with it for the fist time. This occurs when you view the contents of issues or if you have moved to the “Temporary Collection” bookmark. Later in the course of the session, the collection name will be indicated in accordance with the initial selection of the interface language.

After authorization in the system you can alter the title of this collection yourself by assigning it your own unique title.