Google Books is searchable database of online books, some of which can be accessed in their entirety, some in part.
Full-Text Searching
Searching in full-text requires using well-considered keywords, since books typically contain tens of thousands of words. If you need help developing keywords, check out this short video. |
Some Full-Text/Full View Content
Google Books refers to its full-text content as Full View, as opposed to Preview (see below). You can toggle your results to only list items available in Full View using dropdown filters at the top of your results list. |
Previews
I like to use Google Book Previews to take a sneak peek at books that I find in the Library Catalog or on WorldCat. Usually I can at least see a table of contents and a couple of pages of the chapters I think are relevant, and in some cases, pages of the bibliography are available. |
Free Searching
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