HathiTrust Digital Library
Books for Worldwide. Access: Public API. Candidate, not used by searches. Reviewed November 1, 2026.
Candidate, not used by searches
This source is listed for review only. Its terms forbid automated access, or they could not be read. It is left out of /v1/sources unless you ask for candidates.
Access and terms
| Slug | hathitrust |
|---|---|
| Records | Books |
| Places | Worldwide |
| Years | Not stated by the source |
| Access | Public API |
| Key | Not needed. |
| Rate limit | None stated by the source. |
| robots.txt | Not checked. |
| Homepage | www.hathitrust.org/ |
| API docs | www.hathitrust.org/bib_api |
| Terms | None found. |
| Checked by hand | November 1, 2026 |
Notes
Candidate. The Bibliographic API page answered 403 to our fetch, so it was not read. Search results describe it as a lookup by identifier for small numbers of items, not a search API. This row stays a candidate until a person reads the docs and terms.
Evidence read on November 1, 2026
Status: Candidate
Candidates are never probed.
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