The current situation in the system of scientific information is discussed, primarily in connection with the digitalization of scientific communications and the expansion of the class of creators of scientific information resources. The existing experience of cataloging scientific resources in Internet is described. The project of creating a register of Russian information resources in the field of historical and philological sciences, which is being implemented at the Institute of Scientific Information on Social Sciences of the Russian Academy of Sciences, is described. The structure of the register database, which includes two entities: institutions and resources, is presented. The methodological issues of selecting both entities, including their typology, are considered. The concept of the quality of information resources is discussed. It is proposed to create a register of the Russian scientific Internet resources based on collaboration within the framework of the Federal project for the development of scientific libraries
