Laura Akerman wrote:
> David,
>
> This was humorous, right? But there's more than a grain of truth to it...
>
> Amazon's search capabilities are infuriatingly lacking! - for
> example, with a search for classical music (try prokofiev 2nd piano
> concerto), or an artist or author with a common name, or a title with
> common words. Granted I'm usually looking for something a bit
> obscure, not the latest Mariah Carey record. And any kind of subject
> searching - forget about it.
>
Agreed. But I have a link that works better than the usual search
screen at amazon.com. This won't work for videos or music recordings,
but when I want to find a book, I use this link:
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ats-query-page/ref%3Db%5Ftn%5Fbo/102-9015118-7176136
You can limit it by a few formats, farther down on the page, and there
are some sorting options. I tried your Prokofiev in the author slot
with concerto 2 in the title slot and game up with a score. Far from
perfect, but better than nothing.
You can also scan in an ISBN, if you like. If anyone has a link that
looks like this for videos or music, I'd love to know aboutit.
Jane Myers, Cataloger
Westlake Porter Public Library
Westlake, Ohio
Received on Mon Jun 12 2006 - 09:42:32 EDT