Blog Dreaming

It is interesting to see that OCLC Worldcat is being harnessed to access library catalogues.

Google provides an impressive array of options. When searching The Adventures of Tom Sawyer I could:

1)      Buy the book

2)      Borrow the book (via OCLC Worldcat)

3)      Read reviews

4)      Find other editions

5)      Read references from Scholarly Works

The potential for integrating Google Books within the library catalogues/websites is evident.

This provision of “limited preview” and full text is exciting- here are a few gems which I discovered…

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The_Little_Prince

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You can now even read Treasure Island on your iphone.

Google is negotiating an agreement to make it possible to preview or access more full text online.

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