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Using https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/ls?a=srchls&anyall1=all&q1=...

I get 14,515 results, with 3,115 of them full view.

There is also https://analytics.hathitrust.org/

which seems interesting!

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And all of them are full view if you are physically sitting in a Hathi Trust "partner" university library. These libraries are open to the public and allow downloading and saving of the materials you browse, making the whole point of locking them up completely pointless.

Is it then possible for an Aaron Schwartz/ Sci Hub character to then download all of the available books and make them available on the internet?

yes and that’s theft.

Mind emailing me? You don’t have contact info in your profile. I’d be interested in hanging at a library for a few hours with my laptop and have some questions before going.

To whom is this directed? If it's to me, just write your question here. I've pretty much already explained how it works. Go to the Hathi Trust login screen. Pull down the list of partner institutions. Go to one of them in person. (or get a Library of Congress card, also in person.)

After the institution logs in, you can download anything you want. Bring a flash drive or portable hard disk and take home your PDFs.

I'd recommend calling the partner library first to make sure someone there knows the Hathi login. It's not that popular a resource, sadly, and many people have no idea what it is. You may also find a friendly librarian who is willing to do the download for you and email you the PDF, saving an in-person visit.

One thing to note: You don't have to be a student to use the resources of university libraries. They're open to everyone.

Thank you!

This is not correct. "Partner" access does not provide additional access to in copyright materials. They do have more convenient download options for public domain works and additional services.

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