Interface to the 'Biodiversity' 'Heritage' Library


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rbhl-package R interface to the Biodiversity Heritage Library API.
bhl_authorsearch Return a list of authors that match (fully or partially) the specified search string.
bhl_bioherlib Search BHL across many API methods.
bhl_booksearch Search for titles and items in BHL.
bhl_getauthorparts Return a list of parts (articles, chapters, etc) associated with a given BHL author identifier. Unless the identifier for a particular BHL author record is known in advance, this method should be used in combination with the AuthorSearch method.
bhl_getauthortitles Return a list of titles associated with a given BHL author identifier.
bhl_getcollections Get a list of collections which are used to group titles and items. A single collection may contain either titles or items, but not both.
bhl_getinstitutions GetInstitutions data
bhl_getitembyidentifier Find and return metadata about an item or items that match a specific identifier.
bhl_getitemmetadata Return metadata about an item.
bhl_getitempages Return a list of an item's pages.
bhl_getitemparts Return a list of an item's parts.
bhl_getlanguages Get a list of languages in which materials in BHL have been written.
bhl_getpagemetadata Return metadata about a page.
bhl_getpagenames Return a list of names that appear on a page.
bhl_getpageocrtext Return the OCR-generated text of a page.
bhl_getpartbibtex Return a citation for a part, using the BibTeX format.
bhl_getpartbyidentifier Return a list of the identifiers of all unpublished items.
bhl_getpartmetadata Return a list of an item's pages.
bhl_getpartnames Return a list of scientific names associated with a part.
bhl_getsubjectparts Return a list of parts (articles, chapters, etc) associated with a subject.
bhl_getsubjecttitles Return a list of titles associated with a subject.
bhl_gettitlebibTex Return a citation for a title, using the BibTeX format.
bhl_gettitlebyidentifier Find and return metadata about a title or titles that match a specific identifier.
bhl_gettitleitems Return a list of a title's items (books).
bhl_gettitlemetadata Get title metadata
bhl_getunpublisheditems Return a list of the identifiers of all unpublished items.
bhl_getunpublishedparts Return a list of the identifiers of all unpublished parts (articles, chapters, etc).
bhl_getunpublishedtitles Return a list of the identifiers of all unpublished titles.
bhl_namecount Return the number of unique names found on pages in BHL.
bhl_namegetdetail Get basic title, item, and page metadata for each page on which the specified name appears.
bhl_namelist List the unique names.
bhl_namesearch Search for a particular name.
bhl_openurl Not sure how this differs from their other API...
bhl_partsearch Search for parts of books in BHL, such as articles, chapters, or treatments. Search criteria includes title, container (journal or book title), author, date of publication, volume, series, and issue.
bhl_subjectsearch Return a list of subjects that match (fully or partially) the specified search string.
bhl_titlesearchsimple Perform a simple title search.
getpages Get many OCR-generated pages given a single item id
rbhl R interface to the Biodiversity Heritage Library API.
rbhl-defunct Defunct functions in rbhl
rbhlmethods Data.frame of all the BHL API methods from the BHL website.