HathiTrust, launched by the Committee on Institutional Cooperation (CIC) libraries, is a shared digital repository for storing university library digital content, incorporating all the content from MBooks plus new content from other HathiTrust partners. (For background information, see Google and CIC Partnership news.)

The UM community will now have access to books, journals, and other documents previously unavailable through MBooks. MBooks links in the Mirlyn Library Catalog will now be renamed HathiTrust Digital Library. The options for viewing, printing, and creating collections will be the same as in MBooks. We hope that HathiTrust will improve access to materials for our campus teaching, research, and scholarship.

If you have questions about the collections, please Ask a Librarian. ]]> Thu, 21 Aug 2008 17:32:26 EDT Resources http://www.lib.umich.edu//news/stories/got_questions_im_us_205.html http://www.lib.umich.edu//news/stories/got_questions_im_us_205.html Need help with your library research? Send an instant message to a Librarian for assistance!

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Our IM software will communicate with your AOL Instant Messenger, MSN Messenger, or Yahoo Messenger software. If you have never used the instant messaging software, you must first register a screen name with AOL, MSN, or Yahoo, and then download the free IM software. As soon as the software is installed on your computer, you can add the University Library's screen name to your personal Buddy List or Contact List.

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