scrape_ndltd: Scrapes results from the NDLTD Global ETD Search

In elizagrames/litsearchr: Automated Search Term Selection and Search Strategy for Systematic Reviews

Description

Scrapes hits from the Networked Digital Library of Theses and Dissertations Global ETD Search.

Usage

scrape_ndltd(
  search_terms = NULL,
  URL = NULL,
  writefile = FALSE,
  verbose = TRUE,
  languages = "English",
  stemming = FALSE,
  exactphrase = TRUE,
  where = "description",
  directory = "./"
)

Arguments

search_terms	a list of character strings with grouped search terms
URL	the URL from conducting a search in the database
writefile	if TRUE, writes results to a .csv file in the working directory
verbose	if TRUE, prints which page of hits it has finished
languages	which language to search in; available languages can be viewed with available_languages().
stemming	if TRUE, keywords will be truncated and stem from root word forms (only if language is English)
exactphrase	if TRUE, keyword phrases will be placed in quotes to ensure exact phrases are returned
where	where in a thesis or dissertation to search (options are description or title)
directory	the directory to save results to if writefile=TRUE

Value

a data frame containing the results of the search

Examples

## Not run: scrape_ndltd(search_terms=list(c("black backed woodpecker", "picoides arcticus")))

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