Hathi Trust: Search & Download Content

Hathi Trust offers several different ways of searching content. The default search option on the HathiTrust homepage is a keyword search in full text & across all fields.

All Fields Search

An All Fields search searches a catalog record that lists basic bibliographic information like title and publisher. This is similar to searching TU's Library Catalog. You can also select individual catalog fields to search. These include title, author, subject, ISBN/ISSN, publisher, series title.

Full Text Search & All Fields

Full text searching searches both the catalog record as well as full-text that occurs in a work. With full text searching you can find a name, phrase or other keyword that might not be included in the catalog record but appears in the text of the document. 

Search in Collections

You can also narrow your search to certain collections, either ones you have created or others have created. You can browse collections using the collections tab at the top of the HathiTrust homepage. 

Tips:

• You can search for an exact phrase by using quotes (e.g. "government documents").
• Use boolean operators (and, or, not) to make your search more specific. "AND" combines search terms, "OR" looks for either term, while "NOT" excludes a search term. 
• Use Advanced Catalog Search to limit by year, language, & format. 
• Use wildcards to search for alternate forms of a word. Use * to stand for several characters and ? for a single character. For example, tir* would search for "tire", "tired", "tires" etc. 
• You can sort your search results by selecting one of the fields from the drop down menu in the search bar. This is not available if you are using the "Full-Text & All Fields" search. 
• Use the facets of the left hand of the page to refine your results by subject, author, date, location of physical item etc. 
• If you want to browse the collection without any search terms enter * in the search bar and select search.

For more information on searching the HathiTrust Collection, visit the HathiTrust Help Center.