HathiTrust
You must log in to HathiTrust in order to access full text content that is available to Dickinson users. To do so, follow the instructions below.
Log In to Access Full Text Publications in HathiTrust
Begin by clicking on the HathiTrust link, or visit https://www.hathitrust.org.
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HathiTrust Digital LibraryHathiTrust contains books and other materials from across the disciplines and in diverse languages, with most content dating from the late 18th to the early 20th Centuries. Dickinson’s HathiTrust membership provides full-text access (with downloading) to more than 5.6 million HathiTrust volumes, and bibliographic information on millions more. Coverage: contains primary sources. See our special access instructions.
If you are not automatically logged in*, click on the Log In button in the top right corner of the HathiTrust screen.
Select Dickinson College from the drop-down. Click "Continue":
Enter your Dickinson username and password on the Dickinson Gateway page, if you are not already logged in:
* Depending on how you arrive at the HathiTrust site, you could be logged in automatically, or prompted for your Dickinson username and password.
This is likely to happen if you have already logged in to the Dickinson Gateway, or the library catalog/JumpStart.
What Content Can We Download?
Dickinson's HathiTrust membership allows Dickinson faculty, staff, and students to download the full text of more than 5 million public domain volumes (out of approximately 13 million volumes archived in HathiTrust). To search only the items where full text is available for download, select the "Full view only" check box, as shown below.
Alternatively, after conducting a search you can use the tabs at the top of your search result screen to toggle between the complete listing (all items) or the downloadable full text items (full view).
Questions? Ask!
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