# EBSCO

**Canonical:** https://apis.io/providers/ebsco/  
**Website:** https://www.ebsco.com  
**APIs profiled:** 3

EBSCO is the leading provider of research databases, e‑journals, magazine subscriptions, e‑books and a discovery service for academic libraries, public libraries, corporations, schools, government and medical institutions. It offers a comprehensive suite of information resources and tools that enable users to search, discover, and access scholarly content across a wide range of subjects and formats, supporting research, education, and professional development worldwide.

## Kin Score — 33.5 / 100 (thin)

Scored 2026-11-06 under rubric 0.27.0. Trend: falling (-7.3 from 40.8).

| Facet | Score |
|---|---|
| Discoverability | 70.5 |
| Contract Quality | 22.4 |
| Contract Governance | 22.0 |
| Operational Transparency | 68.4 |
| Developer Ergonomics | 34.5 |
| Access Clarity | 10.5 |

Regulatory layer — **Education & Research**: 20.6 (matched via tags).

## Agent readiness — 36.4 (agent-ready)

| Dimension | Value |
|---|---|
| Spec Presence | yes |
| Agentic Access | no |
| Reversibility Documented | na |
| MCP Server | no |
| Auth Clarity | served |
| Idempotency | na |
| Error Semantics | no |
| OpenAPI Examples | no |
| Rate Limit Signal | documented |
| Event Surface Described | no |
| Agent Skills | no |
| Well Known Catalog | yes |
| Consent Identity | no |
| Agent Card | no |
| Dry Run Mode | na |
| Delegated Identity | served |
| Protected Resource Metadata | no |
| Dynamic Client Registration | no |
| Agentic Commerce | no |
| Pagination Ratio | paginated |
| Operation Distinctiveness | na |
| MCP Tool Quality | na |

## Access

Unknown — onboarding: unknown, pricing: unknown, trial: no (confidence: low).

## APIs (3)

- **EBSCOhost API** — API for EBSCOhost services, providing access to search, retrieve, and AI insights for library resources.
- **EBSCO Content API** — The Content API from EBSCO — 1 operation(s) for content.
- **EBSCO Publishers API** — The Publishers API from EBSCO — 1 operation(s) for publishers.

## Security (2)

- **Ebsco Authentication** — 2 schemes
- **Ebsco Domain Security** — TLSv1.3 · HSTS · DNSSEC · DMARC

## Tags

Company, Research, Library, Education, Information

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Profiled by [API Evangelist](https://apievangelist.com) and published on [APIs.io](https://apis.io/providers/ebsco/). Scores are computed from the provider's own public artifacts under a published rubric.