Hi Thomas
That's very cool, thanks for working on this and sharing your progress.
Have you tried using OpenAlex in addition to Crossref for looking for
references without DOI?
On the vendor side, I think I've seen that ExLibris is working on a MCP
platform for libraries to string together their own agents, including
querying their knowledge base for articles. No idea what the current status
of it is, and of course it will very likely be limited to ExL subscribers...
(also) Thomas
On Mon, Oct 27, 2025 at 11:53 AM Lena G. Bohman <
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> Try cross ref? They have an API. https://www.crossref.org/
> Lena
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> A couple weeks ago, I found the Open Library's MCP server
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> The obvious drawback is that it's DOI-based, so it won't return articles
> without a DOI while using the MCP. I would expect that to be a bigger
> drawback in humanities than in other disciplines.
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> You can always ask it not to use the MCP. You'll get hallucinations again,
> but you'll also get real results that don't have a DOI. Maybe at that
> point, you reach out to your librarian. 😁
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> Let me know if you have any suggestions for how I can improve it! I'm
> totally new to this. I just learned about MCP servers two weeks ago!
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