The power of Google Books is now in Josiah. The information provided can help you determine if an item is likely to be of interest before going to the stacks or placing a request. And in many cases the full text is available for viewing at no cost. The Google Book information is generated and displayed “on-the-fly” as the page loads, so it is constantly updated.
Click on the image at left to go to the Josiah record.

For Example:

• Do a subject search for Dante Alighieri
• Scroll down and you will notice that some entries have a link to “full view”, “partial preview”, or “more information” on Google Books. Some also have book jackets.
• “More information” links may include a wealth of information (publisher blurb, “search in this book” box, reviews, other editions, key terms, map of places mentioned–e.g. http://tinyurl.com/bh5vbn) or be very brief (e.g. http://tinyurl.com/crnh4f). “Partial preview” links also reproduce numerous pages (e.g. http://tinyurl.com/dggcav), while “Full view” links include the entire work in scanned, pdf and plain text views (e.g. http://tinyurl.com/d9dg87).

Cautions:

• The Google Book information is *not* part of the Josiah record so it cannot be searched, saved or exported.
• Some of the Google Book scans are imperfect, and/or incomplete.
• Google Book pages include links to commercial sites (e.g., book sellers) and to other Google initiatives.

The code for this functionality makes use of Google API’s, and is an adaptation by Brown grad student, Goran Tkalec, of code originally created by Virginia Tech.
For further information contact Bonnie Buzzell