An introduction to HathiTrust Digital Library with examples of how to Browse, Search, and Create Collections.

1. Get to Know
HathiTrust
Digital Library
AN ONLINE LIBRARY PROVIDING YOU WITH ACCESS TO BOOKS,
MANUSCRIPTS, JOURNALS, AND MUCH MORE

2. What is the HathiTrust?
An international community of research libraries
Long-term curators and transmitters of the cultural record
Supports teaching and learning activities of the faculty, students,
and researchers at member institutions
Provides for the scholarly needs of the broader public
A collaborative effort of over 200 college or university libraries
along with the US Library of Congress.
A digital library founded in 2008

3. What does the
HathiTrust offer?
HathiTrust Digital Library - preserves and provides access to a
collection of over 17,000,000 digitized objects.
Emergency Temporary Access Service – a response to Covid-
19 pandemic. Allows members legal access to digitized
versions of their print collections in HathiTrust for the
duration of the emergency.
HathiTrust Resource Center - offers services that support use
of the HathiTrust digital collections as a dataset for analysis
via text and data mining research.
Shared Print Program – Commits to preserving and sharing
print copies of the digitized works.
US Federal Documents Program – Participates in the
evolution of the Federal Depository Library Program.
Copyright Review Program – A review team finds and opens
public domain materials in the US and around the world.

4. HathiTrust Digital Library
Learn more about
how to…
Log in
Explore a collection
Find materials
Create your own
collection

5. If you are a member of a partner
institution, log in here.
If not, you can search the
collection without logging in. You
will be able to use materials that
are in the public domain.
Logging in as a guest also gives you
access to public domain material
and allows you to create your own
collections.

6. Partners, log in in this pop-up box
Guests, log in with a social media account or become
a Friend of the University of Michigan.

7. Let’s start by browsing the collections.
Collections are created from works in
the HathTrust by partner institutions or
individuals.

8. I am logged in as a Guest
and have Full-text and
Full view only checked
so I will find materials
that I can access.
The first featured
collection was created
by Hathitrust.
The second collection
was created by an
individual affiliated with
the University of
Michigan.

9. Scroll down the page until you find
something you want to explore.

10. Within the collection, I scrolled down to a
song I would like to view.

11. What each of the 2 viewing options
provides.
CATALOG RECORD FULL VIEW

12. To the right of the screen
are e-reader tools to
change your view of the
document and to
enhance readability.
To the left are numerous
options to share in social
media, link to the page,
and download. Choose
the second Download
button.

13. A more focused
way to find
materials is to
do a Search
Remember, Full text leads
you to the documents and
Catalog leads you to
information about the
documents (metadata).
Remember, check Full view
only if you want only results
that you can access here in
HathiTrust.

14. Begin with a Boolean search in Searchby field.
Notice the (Search Tips) link above if you want instruction on
conducting your Search.
Notice the Additionalsearch options at the lower half of the page
that can refine your search. Check Full view only.The other limits are
optional.

15. These are partial results from a search for works
by or about the Spanish mystical poet, St. John of
the Cross.
I searched
Subject | all of these words | John of the Cross
OR
Subject | this exact phrase | San Juan de la Cruz
When you want to revise your search (to search
within or expand it), use Revise the advanced
search button at upper left.
Do not use the Search HathiTrust at the top of
the page. It will erase your search. Use that only
when you want to begin a totally new search.

16. Create your own Collection
Public – a collection you want to share with others.
Private – a collection you prefer not to share. For example, if you
are researching in order to write an article or prepare a
presentation, you might create a collection that is a work in
progress, to save your finds in one convenient location.
REMEMBER, to find your Private collection next time you visit
HathiTrust, you need to use the same log in as when you created it.
You can create a collection by selecting materials from a Search
results page or from the E-reader. In Search results, you can add
multiple items at once. From the E-reader, you add one item at a
time.

17. Creating a Collection from Search results
Click the small box to the left of items you want to include in your collection.
Then click the Add button next to New Collection

18. In this pop-up box, give your collection a Name and a
Description. Choose Private or Public status and Save
Changes.
There’s your collection!

19. Add to your Collection from the E-reader
Scroll to the bottom of the left-hand side bar.
Choose the appropriate collection and click the Add button.

20. Click on
My Collections to
access your new
collection
Be aware that your User Name shows up as the
Collection Owner.
If your email is also User Name and you create
a Public Collection, your email will be displayed
in the site catalog.

21. For additional assistance
Use the many Help buttons at the top and bottom of the
Home page and strategically located throughout the
HathiTrust Digital Library on your screen when you are
on the website.
The Help offered by this digital library is clear and
concise.
OR
Ask a Librarian!

22. Citation:
Virginia Jung | December 15, 2020
HathiTrust Digital Library (2020). Accessed December 15 and 16, 2020.
https://www.hathitrust.org