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Google Books

  • 10-07-2012 01:09PM
    #1
    Chief_Jack
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 58 ✭✭


    I keep hearing online about how great Google Books is but it seems to be unavailable in Ireland, can anybody tell me why? Is it the Irish copyright laws setting us back again?
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  • #2
    Jimmy Iovine
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 9,416 ✭✭✭Jimmy Iovine


    Well I used it when I was in college and I found it invaluable when I was writing my thesis. Very often I was using a book that had only one sentence that referred to my topic. Most of the books that I was reading were on it.

    I could find the book on Google Books and then search for the word/sentence and I'd find the page number. Then I'd be able to go to the physical copy and work from there.

    It saved me hours and hours of work. I haven't really used it apart from that.


  • #3
    Chief_Jack
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 58 ✭✭Chief_Jack


    You were able to use it here?


  • #4
    Jimmy Iovine
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 9,416 ✭✭✭Jimmy Iovine


    Yes. Some of the books were missing pages but the majority were fine.


  • #5
    ThatsAWrap
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 14 ✭ThatsAWrap


    I've been using it for my studies too. It usually has what you're looking for but it can be annoying when an important page is missing!


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