Amazon.com (but not the UK site) has a new service launched last week called
"Search Inside the Book" which allows you to search the full-text - over 33
million pages - from over 120,000 titles from some 190 publishers, including
Wiley, Time Warner Book Group, Simon & Schuster, Inc., Random House, Inc.,
Publishers Group West, Incorporated, McGraw-Hill Professional, and
HarperCollins Publishers.
How Does "Search Inside the Book" Work?
+ Access via any Amazon search box.
+ Enter your search terms.
+ No advanced search capabilities or search limits are available.
+ A typical list of titles is returned. However, some titles contain extra
information and links. They appear directly below the pricing information
and begin with the word "exceprt." Click here and you'll see a scanned image
of the page with your search term(s) highlighted.
+ You'll need to be registered with Amazon.Com to access the full-text.
+ Amazon is using optical character recognition technology to find words
embedded in the scanned images.
+ Searching for phrases seems a bit imprecise. Although I searched "golden
retriever" (and used quotation marks), hits were on the term "golden".
+ Implied "AND" between terms.
+ It's also possible to find a title and then search within it. For example,
note the "search inside this book" label above the cover image.
+ An illustrated example page is available
(http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/browse/-/10197021/ref%3Dsib_merch_gw/1
02-7531072-8771324).
An FAQ is also available
(http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/browse/-/10197041/102-7531072-8771324)
.
(These details taken from http://www.resourceshelf.com/)
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Ian Winship, Electronic Services Manager
Learning Resources, Northumbria University
City Campus Library, Newcastle upon Tyne NE1 8ST, UK
email: [log in to unmask]
tel: 0191 227 4150 fax: 0191 227 4563
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