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HathiTrust
A large collaborative digital library of over 18 million digitized volumes drawn from research libraries. A keyless bibliographic interface returns catalogue records with deep links into the reader; public-domain volumes are readable while in-copyright full text is restricted to affiliated members. Reach for it to verify holdings and access scanned volumes, though its search interface can present a challenge page from some networks.
Son utilité et son fonctionnement
HathiTrust brings together scans contributed by major North American and European research libraries, so it often holds volumes too specialized to appear elsewhere. You search the catalogue by title, author, ISBN, or OCLC number on the website; nearly 40 percent of the collection is in the public domain and readable by anyone worldwide, while in-copyright volumes return catalogue metadata and a snippet view only. Full-text access to restricted volumes requires affiliation with a member institution.
Ce qu’elle contient
Over 19 million digitized volumes from 50+ partner libraries, with roughly 40 percent freely readable as public-domain full text.
Accès API
https://catalog.hathitrust.org/api/volumes/brief/json/ <idtype>:<id>
Accès
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