I use quite a few of the Google products, but, embarassingly enough, I hadn't used the Google Books tool.It has a search function so I searched for vermicompost. The list of books either have No preview available or Limited preview or Snippet view or Full view. The ones w/ no preview can either have the citation/cover by itself or with reviews if available. What's particularly impressive about the limited preview is the hot linked contents and citations. The snippet view has your search terms in context, but only in a snippet or portion of the page.
I was once again reading an article left by someone (our mystery enlightener) in our staff room. The article was talking about digital books by 2020. The author's point was that cheap, accessible text delivered electronically will be a positive change -- just like the dime novels of the past. Google books has already centralized access for J. Q. Public and has me really impressed.
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