Aggregator
BASE
BASE is an academic search engine that collects records from many repositories through a standard protocol, so people can search them all at once.
How it connects
Who is behind it
- BASE operated by Bielefeld University.
Builds on
- BASE implements OAI-PMH.
Links
Details
Also known as: Bielefeld Academic Search Engine
Description
BASE (Bielefeld Academic Search Engine) is a multidisciplinary aggregator based on the OAI-PMH protocol.
Attributes
| url | https://www.base-search.net/ |
|---|---|
| identifiers | wikidata: Q448335 |
| status | active |
| governance | Academic |
| outputLicence | open |
| codebase | proprietary |
| note | The search engine software itself is not published as open source; the aggregated metadata BASE exposes is open. |
| type | Aggregator |
| aggregatorKind | harvesting-network |
| harvestProtocols | oai-pmh |
| objectScope | article, thesis, dataset |
| Tags | function: aggregation |
| Geography | global |
Sources
- https://www.base-search.net/about/en/(opens in a new tab) (accessed 2026-09-04)
Last reviewed: 2026-09-04
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