Google Operating System, a blog I absolutely love, published an article today about a new(?) development on the Google Book Search that shows a contextual map of locations that are mentioned in a book. Fantastic idea for augmenting your literature study! They use “War and Peace” as an example of all the places mentioned in the book. Man I love Google!
UPDATE: (1/26/07 8:41 a.m.)
I didn’t realize how much Google Book Search really has. As I looked around I noticed a myriad of options there that would REALLY be useful in education. In addition to the cool map you get the following for selected works:
- A List of Editions
- References to Scholarly Work about the Book
- References to this Book in other Books
- Related Books
- Selected Pages from Editions
- Ability to Search for Specific Words or Phrases in the Book (Great for Research!)
- A List of Key Words and Phrases and Links to Those in the Book
WOW! This is amazing! I wish I would have had/used this resource when I was in Graduate School!
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Yes, today's students and researchers have a great army of tools for ther research – thanks to Google. Now one can browse through books from seven major libraries: Harvard University, The New York Public Library, Oxford University, Stanford University, the University of California, the Universidad Complutense de Madrid, and the University of Michigan – just using the Internet.
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