hathi_bib: HathiTrust bibliographic API

In ropensci/hathi: An R client for 'HathiTrust' API

HathiTrust bibliographic API

Description

HathiTrust bibliographic API

Usage

hathi_bib(
  oclc = NULL,
  lccn = NULL,
  issn = NULL,
  isbn = NULL,
  htid = NULL,
  recordnumber = NULL,
  ids = list(),
  which = "brief",
  searchfor = "single",
  ...
)

Arguments

oclc	OCLC Number. Will be normalized to just digits.
lccn	Will be normalized as recommended
issn	Will be normalized to just digits
isbn	Will be normalized to just digits (and possible trailing X). ISBN-13s will be left alone; ISBN-10s will search against both the ISBN-10 and the ISBN-13
htid	The HathiTrust Volume ID of a particular volume (e.g., mdp.39015058510069)
recordnumber	The 9-digit HathiTrust record number, as described above.
ids	A list of length 1 or more, with lists or vectors inside with many ids to search for
which	(character) One of brief or full.
searchfor	(character) One of single or many.
...	Further args passed on to crul::HttpClient, see examples

Value

There are two sections: Records which holds basic metadata about the set of records which match the query, and Items which lists the complete set of individual HathiTrust items (volumes) associated with those records.

Records

The records section. The records structure is a hash keyed on the nine-digit record number of each matched record. It may easily contain multiple records, since duplicates, while not common, are certainly possible.

For each record:

• recordURL: The URL to the catalog display record.

• titles: The list of titles associated with this record, for sanity checking. This list includes the standard (MARC field 245) title with and without leading articles, and any vernacular (foreign language) titles provided in the record (MARC field 880).

• isbns, issns, lccns, oclcs, lccns: Each is a (possibly empty) list of identifiers of the appropriate type.

• marc-xml: The full MARC-XML of the record if the URL was of the form /api/volumes/full/... MARC-XML is not included in brief return values.

Items

The items structure is an array of hashes describing all the available items associated with matched records. There may be multiple items because the record(s) in question describe a serial or multi-volume set, or because identical volumes were digitized at more than one contributing institution.

For each item:

• orig: The originating institution – where this particular volume was digitized.

• fromRecord: The nine-digit record number to which this particular item is attached. It will always be one of the records listed in the records section.

• htid: The HathiTrust volume id.

• itemURL: The URL to this item in the pageturner interface. This is trivially derived from the htid at the moment, but is included here in the event that the handle URLs get more complex in the future.

• rightsCode: The rights code as used in the downloadable files, describing the copyright status of the item and what users in various locales are able to do with it.

• lastUpdate: The date (YYYYMMDD) this item was ingested or last changed (because, e.g., the rights determination changed).

• enumcron: The enumeration/chronology of the item, describing its place in a series. These are commonly of the form, "vol. 3, n. 2 1993" or something similar. Used to sort the items when present.

• usRightsString: A textual description of the rights for a US-based user. This is, again, trivially derived from the rightsCode, but useful enough to the majority of likely users that it is included here. Will be either "Limited (search only)" or "Full View." As noted, a reasonably-sophisticated attempt is made to sort items by their enumcron (when present), often resulting in the items listed correctly by volume/number. Variation in the way these data have been entered at different institutions and at different times makes it impractical to guarantee the order will be correct, but it is more often than not correct.

Author(s)

Scott Chamberlain [e-mail]

References

https://www.hathitrust.org/bib_api

Examples

## Not run: 
# Search for a sinlge item by single identifier
hathi_bib(oclc=424023)
hathi_bib(oclc=424023, which='full')
hathi_bib(htid='mdp.39015058510069')
hathi_bib(lccn='21019671')
hathi_bib(recordnumber='009585561')
hathi_bib(issn='9781149102480')

# Search for a single item by many identifiers
hathi_bib(htid='BJD1', oclc=424023, isbn='0030110408')
hathi_bib(htid='BJD1', oclc=424023, isbn='0030110408', which='full')

# Search for many items by a single identifier each
hathi_bib(lccn='70628581', isbn='0030110408', searchfor='many')

# Search for many items by many identifiers each
hathi_bib(ids=list(list(htid='BJD1', oclc=424023, isbn='0030110408'),
                   list(lccn='70628581', isbn='0030110408')), searchfor='many')

# Curl debugging
hathi_bib(oclc=424023, verbose = TRUE)

## End(Not run)

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