Google Tutorial - Book Search

After entering a keyterm in BOOK SEARCH, (accessed at http://books.google.com) the researcher may find:

• books with full-text;
• brief snippets as to a book's contents;
• if not provided in full-text, a listing of libraries where the book may be borrowed;
• "Buy the Book" links to online bookstores;

All genres of books are listed in a search results page:

• fiction
• non-fiction
• reference
• scholarly
• textbooks
• children's books
• scientific
• medical
• professional
• educational

Soon, as Google's digital projects are completed, the researcher will be able to find out-of-print, rare and public domain books.

The following is an example of a search results entry listed for a Google BOOK SEARCH, using the keyterm "appalachian folklore":

A History of Appalachia

by Richard B. Drake - History - 2003 - 320 pages

Page 129 - Before 1925, the only serious scholarship underway was in Appalachian folklore and ethnography. Folk tale and folk song collectors clearly found the region...

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