This paper reports on the creation of the open access portal "Akustika" (AKDATA.RU) designed to provide Russian-language easy-to-read and search information on acoustics and related topics. The absence of a Russian-language publication in foreign databases means that it is effectively lost for much of the scientific community. The portal has three interrelated sections, the information search system (ISS) "Akustika" (Acoustics), full-text archive of the "Akusticheskii Zhurnal" (Acoustic Journal), and "Signal'naya informatsiya" ("Signaling information") on acoustics. The paper presents a description of the ISS "Akustika", including its structure, content, interface, and information search capabilities for basic and applied research in diverse areas in science, engineering, biology, medicine, etc. The intended users of the portal are physicists, engineers and engineering technologists interested in expanding their research activities and seeking to increase their knowledge base. Those studying current trends in the Russian-language contribution to international science may also find the portal useful.

Keywords: internet resources, information search systems, databases, acoustics, Russian language sources PACS: 43.10.Df, 43.10.Pr (all) DOI: 10.3367/UFNe.0185.201511i.1235 URL: https://ufn.ru/en/articles/2015/11/h/ 000369654900008 2015PhyU...58.1124S Citation: Shamaev V G, Gorshkov A B "Problems of information support in scientific research" Phys. Usp. 58 1124–1129 (2015) BibTexBibNote ® (generic)BibNote ® (RIS)MedlineRefWorks Received: 7th, October 2015 Оригинал: Шамаев В Г, Горшков А Б «Проблемы информационного обеспечения научных исследований» УФН 185 1235–1240 (2015); DOI: 10.3367/UFNr.0185.201511i.1235