The finna
package provides tools to access and analyze metadata from the Finna API, which aggregates content from Finnish archives, libraries, and museums.
Install the released version from CRAN:
install.packages("finna")
The devel version of finna can be installed from GitHub as follows:
# Install finna if not already installed
if (!requireNamespace("finna", quietly = TRUE)) {
remotes::install_github("rOpenGov/finna")
}
remotes::install_github("rOpenGov/finna")
Example
The basic functionality of finna can be explored as follows:
N.B In the search_finna() default limit of 100 records is being used. Specify âlimitâ argument for more records.
# Load the package
library(finna)
# Perform a simple search and print a table
record <- search_finna("sibelius")
head(record)
Sibelius favourites: Sibelius collection Sibelius 2001 N/A Ãänite (audio) Orkesterimusiikki Lapin N/A SIBELIUS TAWASTSTJERNA 1997 Finnish Kirja (book) SIBELIUS Anders Chydenius N/A Sibelius TAWASTSTJERNA 1997 Finnish Kirja (book) Sibelius Anders Chydenius N/A Sibelius Lampila 1984 Finnish Kirja (book) Sibelius Helka-arkisto N/A Sibelius TAWASTSTJERNA 2003 Finnish Kirja (book) Sibelius Kansalliskirjasto N/A Sibelius Ringbom 1948 Finnish Kirja (book) Sibelius Kirkes N/A
To search all related in descending order
record <- search_finna("sibelius", sort = "main_date_str des")
head(record)
He selvisivät sodasta Kirves, Jenni, Werner Söderström 2024 Finnish Kirja (book) Sotilaat Anders Chydenius N/A Yli-ihmisiä ja traagisia kuolevaisia: esseitä ja kirjoituksia 1901-1945 Frosterus, Sigurd, Sarje Maaria 2024 Finnish Kirja (book) Wagner, etc. Helka-arkisto N/A Eero Järnefelt Järnefelt, Eero, Selkokari 2024 Finnish Kirja (book) Järnefelt Anders Chydenius Ateneum Eero Järnefelt Järnefelt, Eero, Selkokari 2024 Swedish Kirja (book) Järnefelt Helle-kirjastot Ateneum Eero Järnefelt Järnefelt, Eero, Selkokari 2024 English Kirja (book) Järnefelt Helmet-kirjasto Ateneum Solace N/A 2024 No language (zxx) Ãänite (audio) N/A Anders Chydenius N/A Contribute
Contributions are very welcome:
This work has been supported by the Research Council of Finland (decisions 358720, 348946). The work is part of FIN-CLARIAH research infrastucture for digital humanities. This functionality related to music data has received funding from the European Unionâs Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme under grant agreement No 101095295 (OpenMUSE).
DisclaimerThis package is in no way officially related to or endorsed by Finna.
When using metadata retrieved from Finna database in your work, please indicate that the metadata source is Finna. If your re-use involves some kind of modification to data or text, please state this clearly to the end user. See Finna policy on copyright and free re-use of metadata for more detailed information and certain exceptions.
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