The goal of bodleianlibraries is to provide a convenient way of
searching the Oxford Bodleian Libraries catalogue (SOLO) directly from
the R console. When working on small screens in particular, switching
from the R console to the browser window, opening a new tab, navigating
to the desired website and finally searching for the search terms
requires around 3-6 clicks. As one is working mainly in the R console,
it is more convenient to start typing the search terms right away,
without having to go through the process mentioned above. For example,
bodleian("a book that I am looking for") will open the SOLO search for
“a book that I am lookin for” in a new browser tab automatically.
To use a browser other than the default on your computer use
options(browser = "path to browser"). For example, on macOS
options(browser = "/usr/bin/open -a '/Applications/Safari.app'") or
Windows options(browser = "C:\\Program Files (x86)\\Internet Explorer\\iexplore.exe"). To check which browser is set as the default
use getOption("browser").
You can install bodleianlibraries from GitHub:
# install.packages("remotes")
remotes::install_github("fschaffner/bodleianlibraries")Please report issues or requests for additional functionality to https://github.com/fschaffner/bodleianlibraries/issues.
library(bodleianlibraries)
bodleian("a book that I am looking for")
solo("another book that I am looking for")