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You can add books to your collection in two ways: from a Full Text & All Fields Search or when viewing a book.

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Collections are temporary if you aren’t logged in. To save them, make sure you are logged in with your university account or a guest account.

From a Full Text & All Fields Search:

  1. Enter your search query criteria and select click on the Search HathiTrust button.

  2. When the search results load, use the checkboxes next to each title to select books to include in your collection. You can also use the “Select all on page” items” checkbox to select all search results on the page. Change the number of search results that appear on a page to include many search results in a collection.

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  1. Select one of your existing collections

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  1. from the drop-down menu, or select the New Collection option. Select the Add button to confirm.

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  1. A message will appear once the books are successfully added to your collection. If you are creating a new collection, you will be prompted to type a name for your collection, and the items you had selected will be automatically added to it.

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When viewing a book:

  1. Open a book in HathiTrust, such as this collection of “Fairy tales from the far North, by P. C. Asbjörnsen.”

  2. In the left sidebar, scroll down to Collections. Select the heading to expand the section.

  3. Select one of your existing collections or select the New Collection option. Then click on the Add button to confirm.

  4. A message will appear letting you know that the books were successfully added to your collection. If you are creating a new collection, you will be prompted to type a name for the collection, and the books you had selected will be automatically added to your new collection.

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You can download the metadata from any collection that you can view. Once you open the collection, look in the left sidebar for a button that allows you to “Download metadata.”

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When you click this button, you the “Download metadata” section. Expanding it will show you these options:

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You can select one of two modes for download:

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