About Hathitrust
Hathitrust is an MCP server published by pipeworx-io in the Developer Tools category: hathiTrust Bibliographic API MCP.
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From source
git clone https://github.com/pipeworx-io/mcp-hathitrustThis server has no ConduID identity, so agent calls to it are not receipted. Pin the version you install and review the source before granting it credentials.
Tools (3)
check_full_viewConvenience check: given an identifier, report whether a readable (full-view) scanned copy exists on HathiTrust, how many copies are readable, and direct reading URLs. Keyless.
Parameters not published.
get_recordGet a single HathiTrust catalog record by its record number, with the full structured bibliographic metadata (titles, ISBNs, ISSNs, OCLCs, LCCNs, publish dates, record URL) and the complete list of scanned copies flagged full-view vs limited. e.g. record_number "009166282" ("A manual for the study of insects"). Keyless.
Parameters not published.
lookup_by_identifierLook up HathiTrust's digitized-book holdings by a standard identifier (OCLC, LCCN, ISSN, ISBN, HathiTrust item id, or catalog record number). Returns the bibliographic record(s) plus every scanned copy, each flagged full-view (readable online) or limited (search-only) based on its rights code. Keyless — covers 18M+ volumes.
Parameters not published.
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