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Google Book Search
URL: http://books.google.com/

Description:
A searchable archive of the full texts of books scanned from publishers and libraries. The site includes a discussion of what portions of materials are available for books that may still be under copyright protection: "you'll only see snippets of text directly around your search term. This snippet view is designed to help users ... make a decision about whether to go find a physical copy of the book." Formerly known as Google Print.

Publisher:
Google

Library of Congress Subject Headings:
Digital libraries
Google

LII Database Information:
Record 19614 created by Maria Brandt on 11/06/2005
Last modification on 11/17/2005
Last review by Charlotte Bagby on 03/28/2007
Published: 11/10/2005  
Funding agency: California State Library
LII Item ID: http://lii.org/cs/lii/view/item/19614