(in the example, the call is "journals", the query string is "scient*" and the username is macleod.roddy@gmail.com)

(1) These are the calls currently being supported by the API: (names need to be provided in lower case)

• journals: to do a search in the journal titles (can return journal's metadata or the articles
  
• articles: to search in the metadata found in the journal TOC articles
  
• user: to extract the RSS feeds found in the mytocs folder of the user identified by the specified email address
  
• institution: to search for latest articles published in journals subscribed by an institution.

(2) You are free to use any keywords in your query string. However, it is useful to notice that:

• IMPORTANT: If you are using "journals" you must specify your username.
  If you don't have a username with JournalTOCs, please first sign up at http://www.journaltocs.ac.uk/index.php?action=register before using the API call "journals"
  
  Your query string can be an ISSN value, a JournalTOCs unique ID or any keyword(s)
  In fact you can create four types of searches with the "journals" call:
  1. by ISSN number:
  example:
  http://www.journaltocs.ac.uk/api/journals/1533-290X?user=macleod.roddy@gmail.com
  2. by exact journal title (phrase):
  example:
  http://www.journaltocs.ac.uk/api/journals/"journal of medicinal chemistry"?user=macleod.roddy@gmail.com
  3. by keyword(s) included in anywhere in the title
  example:
  http://www.journaltocs.ac.uk/api/journals/journal+of+medicinal+chemistry?user=macleod.roddy@gmail.com
  4. By journal title that start exactly with a keyword or a phrase
  example:
  http://www.journaltocs.ac.uk/api/journals/"journal of medicinal?user=macleod.roddy@gmail.com
  To get the full RSS feeds for the journal, please use:
  http://www.journaltocs.ac.uk/api/journals/0002-7294?output=articles&user=macleod.roddy@gmail.com
  
• If you are using "articles" your query string can be any keyword(s)
  
• By default, the Boolean operator is "AND". Thus, for example
  http://www.journaltocs.ac.uk/api/articles/british geological survey
  will only return items that contain the three keywords (british, geological and survey).
  
• You can change the default Boolean operator by inserting ORs in your search query. For example:
  http://www.journaltocs.ac.uk/api/articles/british or geological or survey
  will return all the records that contain at least one of the words British, geological or survey
  
• To search phrases, please enclose your query string using double quotations. For example
  http://www.journaltocs.ac.uk/api/articles/"University%20of%20Warwick"
• To get the journal TOCs of all journals that you have saved in your MyTOCs folder, enter your email address as the "resource-type" or call. You do not need to specify a query string in this case. For example:
  http://www.journaltocs.ac.uk/api/r.a.macleod@hw.ac.uk
• To search for latest articles published in journals subscribed by your institution, enter your institution identification as the "resource-type" or call. You need to specify a query string in this case. For example:
  http://www.journaltocs.ac.uk/api/HeriotWatt/corrosion
  returns the journals subscribed by the Heriot Watt University that contain the query string "corrosion" in their RSS feed items.
  (*) Currently, this call works only for the Heriot Watt University

Each resource-type is associated with an specific API call.

Currently the API return results in RSS 1.0 format only.

Go to http://www.journaltocs.ac.uk/index.php?action=api for further information.

Technical Documentation: http://www.journaltocs.ac.uk/api_help.php