VizieR service
Usage of the VizieR catalogue service is described in the on-line help pages.
The URLs used while querying the VizieR service follow the guidelines defined in the Astronomical Server URL (ASU) proposal.
Astronomical catalogues
VizieR relies on the standard adopted in 2000 for the documentation of astronomical catalogues.
FAQ
See the VizieR FAQ for answers to frequent questions.
ADQL queries
You can find examples of usage for the VizieR TAP service.
Tutorials
You can also check some simple VizieR tutorials.