Definitely. Amazon search-inside-the-book too. Plus OCA/Microsoft if
they have anything to provide, of course. (Is there an OCA or Microsoft
book text search live yet?)
I haven't been able to figure out how to do this though. Amazon does not
provide the info via their API, and doesn't even have any good way to
screen-scrape it.
Google Books does not provide an API, and if you screen-scrape it
yourself, your software is going to have access denied by Google via
volume controls.
http://www.blyberg.net/2006/08/24/incorporating-google-books-into-the-hit-list/
I guess you could do it all in javascript on the client side, is that
what you're thinking?
But personally, I don't see any reason to object to it. Even if you have
the print book in front of you, you can't keyword search a print book,
these book text search services are very useful.
Jonathan
Tim Spalding wrote:
> What do people here think of the following idea, both personally and
> what how you think other library people would respond:
>
> Embedding links to Google Booksearch Books within the standard OPAC.
>
> 1. Only books with the full text would be linked to, not "limited
> preview books."
> 2. Other similar resources could be added too (PG, Open Library, etc.)
>
> It seems to me this would be a service—check out a book before you get
> it. But I could imagine it would also touch a nerve.
>
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>
>
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Jonathan Rochkind
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The Sheridan Libraries
Johns Hopkins University
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Received on Fri Sep 14 2007 - 10:15:32 EDT