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HathiTrust Digital Library

In January 2012, WU joined HathiTrust, a digital library partnership whose goals is to digitize, preserve, and increase online access to collections. Includes full text access to +6.5 million volumes in public domain.

What is the HathiTrust Digital Library?

Washington University is a member of the HathiTrust Digital Library. Over 17 million volumes have been added to the library; of which more than 6.5 million are available full text. More about HathiTrust and WU Libraries' membership.

WU faculty, students, and staff can:

Catalog Search in HathiTrust

"Full view" will limit your results to items in the public domain. Check out additional Advanced Search options.

Other HathiTrust Search Options

HathiTrust Mobile version

Looking for books to read on your iPad, tablet or other mobile device? Try the HathiTrust's mobile site which allows you to search the HathiTrust catalog and and read "Full view" texts offline.

More info on HathiTrust's mobile site.