The Northeastern University Library is a member of the HathiTrust Digital Library, a major international repository for the digital preservation of digitized versions of print library materials. Normally, there is no access to content which is still under copyright. During the current crisis, as many libraries have closed, HathiTrust took an important step and temporarily opened up copyrighted material in their digital library to member institutions with copies of those items in their physical collections. This means that any books available through HathiTrust which are also in Northeastern’s collections will be available to you while the library is closed. HathiTrust’s online collection contains approximately half of the Northeastern Library’s book collections.
We are working to add this temporary access to Scholar OneSearch. In the meantime, to take advantage of this resource:
- Visit hathitrust.org and click the yellow “LOG IN” button.
- Select “Northeastern University” and log in using your NU credentials.
- Use the site to locate the item you wish to view.
- Click on the Temporary Access link at the bottom of the record, if present, to Check Out the item through the Emergency Temporary Access Service.
- You will have 60 minutes of access to the book during any session. If you remain active in the book at the end of the session, access time will automatically be extended, unless someone else has requested to read the book.
- You will not be able to download the whole book, although you can download individual pages. You are mainly able to read it online in an active session while using HathiTrust. This is to protect the author’s rights.
- You will be able to search within the full text of the book.
If you have questions about using this temporary service, please contact help@northeastern.libanswers.com.