About this source
The Dutch national library’s newspaper collection through the KB SRU API: search articles by words and date range, then read the OCR text of any article. Strong for early modern trade, colonial history and 19th–20th century European coverage.
Questions you can ask Delpher
Type them into Kahubi’s chat once the source is connected.
“Search the collection for records about a named person, place or event and list the reference codes.”
What comes back: Matching records with identifiers and links to the originals.
What the assistant can do with it
The 2 tools this server offers to Kahubi. The assistant picks the right one for each question.
delpher_search_newspapersSearch newspaper articles (DDD_artikel); all words must occur.
delpher_get_article_textOCR text of one article.
Good to know
- Hosted by Kahubi. Kahubi runs this server itself so it stays reliable enough for research use.
- Cited, checkable answers. Results are treated as retrieved material and cited with the source’s own identifiers, so you can open every record the answer relied on.
- Your files stay private. Only the search the assistant writes for your question is sent to Delpher.
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