About this source
Gallica’s SRU API: metadata or full-text search over 10M+ digitised documents, filterable by type (newspaper issue, monograph, manuscript, map, image) and year. Each hit carries its ARK link. Search in French for best recall.
Questions you can ask Gallica
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 1 tool this server offers to Kahubi. The assistant picks the right one for each question.
gallica_searchSearch Gallica.
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 Gallica.
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