Don’t forget Amazon’s Search Inside
Here's another one to add to your informationista bag o'tricks. Classes draw nigh and people are starting to freak out. A religion paper is due tomorrow and one of the required readings is in a reference book. Unfortunately, someone is currently hiding in the building with the book and their laptop, hidden the book, or walked off with the book (unlikely).
On a whim, I went to Amazon and found that the AWOL title is available on Amazon with Search Inside. The student looking for the book needed a specific article. We quickly brought up an image of the page he needed to read. He mentioned that he didn't know Amazon offered such a feature.
I don't normally talk about Amazon during instruction. I do sometimes talk about Google Book Search and/or the related copyright issues with GBS. Do you make a point to talk about these commercial discovery tools with classes or individual students?
