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Live Book Search (Betal
http://books.live.com/
In December 2006 Microsoft introduced full text searches of public domain (out of
copyright) books only. Libraries participating in the digitization project include the
University of California system, Trinity College , and the University of Toronto (and
Microsoft is actively trying to enlist other libraries). Lest you think that there is no
need for yet another book search tool, let me assure you there is. As with search
engines, there is a startling lack of overlap in book searches. It did not take me two
minutes to find an example: Google did not return a single copy of John McTaggart
Ellis McTaggart's The Nature of Existence , while Live Book Search found the book in
the University of Toronto collection. As you can see, the public doma in books may
be viewed and searched in their entirety online or downloaded as a PDF.
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The most serious limitation of Live Book Search is the lack of advanced search
features . At present the only one that seems to work is intitle:. Live Book Search
needs a way to limit searches by author, at the very least , and would do well to
emulate Google Book's advanced search page. Still, it is a thrill to be able to search
the full text of so many of the myriad books the world has to offer.
Live Book Search is accessible either under the "More" tab on the Live homepage or
directly at .
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