WHAT IS THE HATHITRUST COLLECTION?
- HathiTrust This link opens in a new windowA digital library containing assets from over 100 research libraries, with document types including books, images, images, music scores, newspapers, and videos. Use the yellow "Log In" button to find and select Colby College, then follow the login prompts.
HathiTrust Digital Library is a digital repository and access platform created to provide long-term preservation and access for public works in the public domain and in copyright content from a variety of sources, including Google, the Internet Archive, Microsoft, and partner institutions.
Colby College Libraries became a HT member in 2013. Membership allows COLBY users to download full text public domain materials after authentication with their Colby ID and Password.
SOME HATHI NUMBERS
- 11,000,630 total volumes
- 5,748,694 book titles
- 285,992 serial titles
- 3,850,220,500 pages
- 493 terabytes
- 130 miles
- 8,938 tons
- 3,630,631 volumes(~33% of total) in the public domain
CATALOG OR FULL TEXT SEARCH- WHICH ONE?
- Search the catalog for descriptive information only, such as author or title.
- Search full-text for descriptive information plus full-text that occurs in a work, such as a name, place, citation, or favorite quote. Deselect FULL VIEW ONLY to expand search beyond public domain material only.
CATALOG SEARCH
De-select Full View Only to search entire collection, including in-copyright and public domain material.