Link to Google Books in Melvyl

April 26, 2008 on 11:35 pm | In Books and Encyclopedias, Database News |

You will now see links to Google Books in Melvyl search results. Depending on the book’s copyright status you’ll see:

• More About this Book, which includes a brief description of the book, reviews, references to the book on other websites, and links to Amazon and other sites to buy or borrow the book.
• Preview This Book Online! With these books, you can search the text of the book and view a limited number of pages.
• Read This Book Online! This is the “full view” of the book, and you can view every page. You may also be able to download a PDF copy of the book. To see an example, go to Melvyl and search for Einstein’s theories of relativity and gravitation.

More information about UC’s mass digitization projects, including the one with Google.