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1. If someone can help me get access to the society Google Account I can start sorting through our Library books and adding them to here: http://books.google.com/
As the library seems to be a non-lending library, should that be explicitly indicated on the wiki?  [[User:Espero|Espero]] 19:21, 4 April 2012 (UTC)


2. This service is especially useful when there is a "preview" available of the book because it allows you to run keywords searchs on the book.
1. If someone can help me get access to the "London Hackspace" Google Account I can start sorting through our Library books and adding them to here: http://books.google.com/
 
2. This service is especially useful when there is a "preview" available of the book because it allows you to run keywords searches on the book.


3. One could use the results to get page references for the hard copy that is in front of them. Then again there is always the contents or index section...
3. One could use the results to get page references for the hard copy that is in front of them. Then again there is always the contents or index section...

Latest revision as of 19:21, 4 April 2012

As the library seems to be a non-lending library, should that be explicitly indicated on the wiki? Espero 19:21, 4 April 2012 (UTC)

1. If someone can help me get access to the "London Hackspace" Google Account I can start sorting through our Library books and adding them to here: http://books.google.com/

2. This service is especially useful when there is a "preview" available of the book because it allows you to run keywords searches on the book.

3. One could use the results to get page references for the hard copy that is in front of them. Then again there is always the contents or index section...

4. I have done the same for my own book collection: http://books.google.com/books?uid=10896145612785649027&as_coll=0&source=gbs_lp_bookshelf_list

5. If not Google Books then are there any other suggestions?