FAQs

Yes!  Cut and paste the ISBN (for books) or ISSN (for serial publications such as journals) into the LibrarySearch search box. 

If we have the book you're looking for, it will show up in the search results.

Notice that while this book is available in Robarts Library stacks, it is also available electronically via our current HathiTrust agreement. To see it electronically, click on the link and then login into HathiTrust with your UTORid and password.

If no book is found, check that you have the correct ISBN.  If we don't have the item in our collection, you can borrow it from another library through interlibrary loan.

Important:

• ISSNs have a dash in the middle (e.g.  2210-6707), but ISBNs have no dashes.
• A book may have more than one ISBN (e.g. one each for hardcover and ebook versions)
• The library catalogue entry does not always contain the ISSN or ISBN number, so always try searching the title, too.

The full HathiTrust corpus, including in-copyright or rights-restricted materials, are available for “non-consumptive” uses.

“Non-consumptive” research means research that allows for computational analysis of one or more volumes of work (textual or image objects) through the HathiTrust Research Center (HTRC); this type of work might include text and data mining or more advanced data analysis needs. Learn more about tools offered through the HTRC. However this does not include research that requires the researcher to read or display substantial portions of in-copyright or rights-restricted works.

If you are interested in using the HTRC please go to https://www.hathitrust.org/htrc or contact tdm@library.utoronto.ca. 

There are a number of advantages to the Library’s HathiTrust Membership.

For individual users: the ability to download, rather than just view full-text public domain content, access to the full HathiTrust corpus for non-consumptive uses such as data-mining, and access to tools to facilitate those uses through the HathiTrust Research Center.

For the library: preservation services including the ability to deposit content with bibliographic and full-text searching of that content, access to a digital preservation copy of materials held in print, help in managing shared print preservation through the tracking of retention commitments of member libraries, and access to any book in the corpus for users who qualify through the Accessibility Office, enhancing the Library’s ability to provide service to students with print disabilities.