Historical Books @ Your Fingertips:Historical Books @ Your Fingertips:Using Google Books & Internet Archive to Discover, Using Google Books & Internet Archive to Discover,

Collect, and Share Digitized Public Domain BooksCollect, and Share Digitized Public Domain Books

Rebecca Blakeley, McNeese State UniversityRebecca Blakeley, McNeese State University

Hurricane RitaHurricane Rita

The solution…The solution…

Nothing beats reading the print…Nothing beats reading the print…

Digital books Digital books have their

have their benefits too…benefits too…

Google Books: Google Books: Books & Magazines & Gov Docs!Books & Magazines & Gov Docs!

Google Books “Library”Google Books “Library”

RSS Feed AlertRSS Feed Alert

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Quality is less than perfect…Quality is less than perfect…

Searching for books or gov docsSearching for books or gov docs

Searching for State DocsSearching for State Docs

Internet Archive: www.archive.orgInternet Archive: www.archive.org

Advanced SearchAdvanced Search

American Libraries CollectionAmerican Libraries Collection

Government Documents CollectionGovernment Documents Collection

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Internet Archive “Bookmarks”Internet Archive “Bookmarks”

Modifying the RecordModifying the Record

The Completed Record!The Completed Record!

Don’t have the record in your OPAC? Don’t have the record in your OPAC? Just retrieve it from OCLC & modify accordingly Just retrieve it from OCLC & modify accordingly (i.e. add the URL)(i.e. add the URL)

Why go through all this effort?Why go through all this effort? Documents to the People = Happy PatronsDocuments to the People = Happy Patrons