[Web4lib] Download text from Google books

[Thomas Dowling]

On 05/29/2009 10:00 AM, Kevil, L H. wrote:
> 
> But consider the case of a student needing to quote a paragraph or so,
> perhaps across two or more pages, working around a photo or graph. The
> paper is for a fussy professor who insists on his page margins, a
> specified type face and point size, and MLA style, particularly for
> footnotes, etc. Here the time-pressed student could use a quick -
> perhaps QAD - way to download the text and import it into a Microsoft
> Word document. It's an interesting problem.
> 

What would you expect students to do if they were working from something as
technologically backward as a print book?  Because, between their own instincts
and their obligations to publishers, Google won't necessarily provide
functionality beyond what you get in print.


-- 
Thomas Dowling
tdowling at ohiolink.edu