Paper Search
Search open-licence papers by title, keyword and author. Free.
Search the ISHOB archive (titles, keywords, authors). All words must match.
What agents use it for
- Find papers before buying full text
- Filter by topic, year and licence
- Free discovery for research agents
Parameters
| Parameter | Type | Required | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
query | string | yes | Words to search for (all must match) |
topic | string | no | Restrict to a topic slug |
year_from | integer | no | Earliest publication year to include |
year_to | integer | no | Latest publication year to include |
license | "CC0" | "PDM" | "CC-BY" | "CC-BY-SA" | no | Restrict to one licence family |
fulltext | boolean | no | Only resources with structured full text |
limit | integer · default 10 | no | Maximum number of results to return |
Call it
{
"name": "search_archive",
"arguments": {
"query": "laser calibration",
"limit": 10
}
}curl -i "https://api.ishob.com/api/search?query=laser+calibration&limit=10"
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