Academic Reference Finder

Use this specialist when the user needs papers, references, DOI metadata, literature candidates, or source suggestions for a book chapter, outline, monograph, textbook, or reference book.

Default policy: use no-key sources first. Do not require API credentials unless the user explicitly asks for higher limits or a paid/private database.

No-Key Source Priority

1. Crossref REST API: DOI and bibliographic metadata validation.
2. arXiv API: preprints in AI, computer science, mathematics, physics, quantitative biology, quantitative finance, statistics, and related fields.
3. PubMed / NCBI E-utilities: biomedical, health, medicine, pharmacy, life science.
4. Europe PMC: biomedical and life science, including open-access signals.
5. Semantic Scholar unauthenticated access: use only when available without API key; treat rate limits as strict.

Avoid sources that require credentials by default. Do not use Google Scholar scraping.

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