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HathiTrust

Look up digitised library volumes by OCLC, ISBN, LCCN, ISSN or HathiTrust id.

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About this source

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 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.

  • hathitrust_lookup

    Look up digitised volumes in HathiTrust by identifier: type oclc, isbn, lccn, issn or htid.

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 HathiTrust.

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