The HathiTrust (pronounced 'hah-tee') houses a collection of over 15 million volumes of searchable books, journals, and government documents, including 5.8 million available as full text online. HathiTrust is a partnership of over 100 libraries and research institutions that have come together to build and share a digital repository of print works. Begun in 2008, the goal of the partnership is to build a comprehensive archive of published literature from around the world available in the public domain through a digital library. The HathiTrust has pursued this goal chiefly by digitizing materials like books and journals from major library collections and other partners, such as Google, the Internet Archive, and Microsoft. Central Washington University joined in 2020.
1. Log in to HathiTrust by clicking on the yellow "Log In" button on the top right of the HathiTrust website.
2. Select "Central Washington University" from the institution dropdown menu.
3. Log in with your CWU credentials.
Anyone can search and view full-text content in HathiTrust but as members, patrons at member institutions benefit from added features. Below is a brief summary of what you can do after logging in.
As a member of HathiTrust, CWU has the following privileges: |
Public access | With CWU login |
Search full-text of all volumes | Yes | Yes |
View full-text of non-copyright volumes | Yes | Yes |
Download single page of non-copyright volumes (PDF image) | Yes | Yes |
Download full volume of non-copyright volumes (PDF image) | No | Yes |
Search within collections | Yes | Yes |
Create and save your own collections | No | Yes |
Use of accessibility features | No | Yes |
*Chart adapted from Syracuse University Libraries