So many products to choose from... Hmmm... I work at a library... Google Books?
Google BOOKS!
As a purist, the idea of digitizing books has always made me feel sick. It still does, but boy do I like having access to all these books online. There's a lot of books out there that I won't be able to buy in my lifetime, although I'm trying to buy every book I want, but now I can access books that aren't on my shelf.
The best part about Google Books is the search function. Being able to CTRL+F a book is hugely useful for research, or to find specific parts of a book without re-reading for hours, even if it is only a "preview".
One problem with Google Books is that the book you need is rarely available due to its copyright limitations (which is great!). Sometimes it seems like they purposely digitize only books for other people. Who are those people, anyways?
There's a whole lot more to this that I should explore, but it's been really busy here in Humanities with National Poetry Month and I'm a sub so I don't work as much as I'd like to.
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