The Library Project makes it possible for users to search on Google through millions of books written in many different languages, including books that are rare, out of print, or generally unavailable outside of the library system.
If a book from the Library Project is determined to be in the public domain, Google will scan it so users are able to read the entire book. If a book is not available in the public domain, users can still search through the text of the book. Google Books will only display a few blurbs of text to show you where your search term was found in the book. Sometimes rights-holders of in-copyright books give Google permission to show more than a few blurbs. Depending on what the rights-holder allows, the user may receive access to a certain number of pages, or sometimes, the entire book. Source
Need Help Getting Started?
- Try the New Google Books
- Read or Preview a Book
- Download a Book
- Copy or Translate Part of a Book
- Link to a Book
- Search Within a Book
- Buy, Borrow or Download a Book
- Cite a Book
- Add a Book to your Library
Need Help Managing your Library?
- Add Books to your Library
- Add Books you are already Looking at
- Remove Books from your Library
- Create a Bookshelf
- Organize a Bookshelf
- Delete a Bookshelf
- Share Books in your Library
How Books are Displayed in Google Books
- Full View: Naturalis historiae by Pliny (the Elder), 1668
- Limited Preview: Castle by David Macaulay
- Snippet View: A History of Psychology by Erwin Allen Esper
- No Preview Available: A Dictionary of Zoology edited by Michael Allaby
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