About HathiTrust
HathiTrust’s bibliographic API: resolve a known identifier to the digitised copies in HathiTrust, with rights status (full view or search only) and links. There is no keyword search on this API; use Open Library or Libris to find the identifier first.
Questions you can ask HathiTrust
Type them into Kahubi’s chat once HathiTrust is connected.
“Is OCLC 424023 available in full view in HathiTrust?”
What comes back: Every digitised copy with publication date, rights status (full view or search only) and a link to read it.
“I have the ISBN of a 1960s sociology monograph. Has HathiTrust digitised it, and can I read it?”
What comes back: Matching volumes and their rights status, so you know whether you can read it online or only search inside it.
HathiTrust MCP tools
The 1 tool the HathiTrust server offers to Kahubi. The assistant picks the right one for each question.
hathitrust_lookupLook up digitised volumes in HathiTrust by identifier: type oclc, isbn, lccn, issn or htid.
Using HathiTrust in Kahubi
- 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 HathiTrust.
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