Theses & HAL
Find French PhD theses (theses.fr) and documents from the HAL open archive (papers, student dissertations, conference papers) for your literature review, with open-access PDFs.
What it can do
| Tool | What it does |
|---|---|
chercher_theses | Search theses by topic (defended theses by default) |
fiche_these | Details of a thesis by its NNT ID: abstract, doctoral school, supervisors, DOI |
chercher_hal | Filterable HAL search: type (article, dissertation, thesis...), year, open access |
fiche_hal | Details of a HAL document: abstract, keywords, PDF, HAL citation |
citer | APA 7 or ISO 690 reference for a thesis or HAL document |
Add it in one minute
claude.ai, Claude Desktop or ChatGPT
Settings → Connectors → Add custom connector, then paste this address:
https://theses-hal-mcp.getpack.workers.dev/mcpClaude Code
In your terminal:
claude mcp add --transport http theses-hal https://theses-hal-mcp.getpack.workers.dev/mcpOther connectors
Scholarly articles
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French open data
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