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Please see our help article on Searching the Collection for a more thorough guide on search.
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\uD83D\uDCD8 Basic Search Tips
Searching the Collection vs. Searching Informational Pages on Our Website
To search the HathiTrust collection (as opposed to the informational pages on our website), be sure to select “Collection” from the drop-down menu that is just to the right of the field you would use to enter search terms:
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Doing a “Full-Text” Search vs. Doing a “Catalog” Search
On our old website, we provided the option of selecting “Full-text” or “Catalog” to differentiate between searching all the text of all the books in our collection, vs. searching just the book information, such as Title or Author:
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Doing a “full-text” search on the new website: You can select Full Text & All Fields from the drop-down menu to search all the text of all the volumes in the entire digital library. This option will also include searching all information fields in our catalog, such as Title or Author. Search results are at the item level, so there will be a lot of results. Using this type of search also allows you to add your search results to a personal collection.
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Doing a “catalog” search on the new website: You can Choose All Fields from the drop-down menu. This search will allow you to search only book information, such as Title, Publisher, and Author, by choosing All Fields from the drop-down menu. Search results are grouped under catalog records, so there will be fewer results. Using this search does not allow you to add your results to a personal collection.
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You can search using other specific fields in the dropdown menu when you know the exact Title, Publisher, Author, or other book information. Using this type of search also allows you to sort the results by what you select in the drop-down menu.
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Selecting How You Would Like Your Search Results to Be Sorted
To sort your search results, please select one of the fields from the dropdown menu: for example, Title, Author, etc. If you search using “Full-Text & All Fields,” we don’t provide the sort capability because there are typically too many search results to make that feasible.
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Navigating the Search Results Page
By default, your search results will include only the texts that you can view in full — also known as “Full View.” These titles are available for you to access because they are in the public domain or licensed as open access. Once you reach the search results page, you can also include texts that are restricted by copyright in your search results by specifying “All Items” under "Item Viewability.”
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Add items from your search results to one of your personal collections
This option will only be available if you choose the option “Full Text & All Fields” from the drop-down menu in the search bar.
Please see our help article on Building Your Own Collections for step-by-step instructions on how to add items from your search results to one of your personal collections.
\uD83D\uDCD8 Advanced Search Tips
On our old website, we had two different interfaces for Advanced Search: Advanced full-text search and Advanced catalog search.
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You could search the full text and all book information fields by selecting “Full Text & All Fields.”
You could search all book information fields in the catalog by selecting “All Fields.”
You could search specific fields in the catalog (title, author, etc.) by selecting them from the drop-down menu.
You could search using any combination of these options by selecting the operator of your choice (AND/OR) in between each search bar.
Use the AND operator if you would like your search results to include only items that match both of your search terms.
Use the OR operator if you would like your search results to include items matching either of your search terms.
Search Results for Advanced Search
By default, you search results will show you all of the records from the catalog that match your advanced search. They will not show you results at the item level (individual issues within a journal, for example). You will also not be able to add results from your advanced search to one of your personal collections by default.
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For more information about what you can view and download in the collection, please see our help article on What You Can Download from the Collection.
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