Lesson 6: Google Universe

Google Books searches the full text of the books that Google scans, converts to text and stores in its digital database. This tool is particularly helpful when we are not able to provide a printed book from our collection.

With your Google account, it's possible to "create and manage personal bookshelves, share books with friends and see what they are reading" (a concept similar to LibraryThing).

You can browse books by subject or use Search box to find a title. There is also Advanced Google Book Search with more options, such as publisher, subject, publication day, etc.

I'm not crazy about Google Books, but there is nothing particular that I don't like about it. I use it sporadically, and I would recommend it as a back-up when our printed material is not available.