- Summary:
- Searches the contents of a growing number of books. Link to "find this book" to see if owned at Laurier.
- Authorized users:
- Mobile support:
- No
- Resource type:
- Access:
- Database interface:
- Description:
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Google Books allows searching inside books, including those owned by the library and those not owned. To find a nearby library with the book: choose "Find this Book in a Library" then enter location: Ontario.
Books no longer in copyright may be available in full text.
Some reasons to use Google Book Search:
- searching inside books before heading to the shelves or placing a hold or interlibrary loan request
- tracking down an individual poem or song
- finding the source for a single chapter or page
- identifying authors, page numbers for quotations
- previewing books before purchase
- checking references attached to books to identify more items on a topic
- Subjects covered:
- Interdisciplinary
- Alternate titles:
- Google Book Search
