Google Books

Alternate Title(s): Google Book Search

Platform: Google

Summary:

Searches the contents of a growing number of books. Link to "find this book" to see if owned at Laurier.

Description:

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

Authorized Users:

Everyone

Types:

Full text ebook collection, Indexes and Abstracts

Access:

Online

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