R 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_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_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_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_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_gettitleendNote Return a citation for a title, using the EndNote format.
bhl_gettitleitems Return a list of a title's items (books).
bhl_gettitlemetadata Return metadata about a title. You may choose to include a list of the items (books) associated with the title.
bhl_getunpublisheditems Return a list of the identifiers of all unpublished items.
bhl_getunpublishedtitles Return a list of the identifiers of all unpublished titles.
bhl_openurl Not sure how this differs from their other API...
bhl_subjectsearch Return a list of subjects that match (fully or partially) the specified search string.
bhl_titlesearchsimple Perform a simple title search.
query2message Internal function to convert API query to message printed in the console.
rbhl R interface to the Biodiversity Heritage Library API.
rbhlmethods Data.frame of all the BHL API methods.