Monday, September 8, 2008

You can never have too many books

I have been a fan of Google Books for some time. It has been said that Librarians hail the initiative for its potential to offer "unprecedented access to what may become the largest online corpus of human knowledge". Sounds impressive, I'm more modest & agree with Mma Precious Ramotswe when she says 'you can never have too many books' - be they hardcopy or digital!
A Google Book search finds the title Botswana by Petit Futé (in French) , page 133 mentions 'une serie de nouvelles dont l'heroine est une Motswana, Mma Ramotswe nee dans le village de Mochundi'.

Similarly I am a fan of Google Scholar & would use it on a daily basis - in most cases searches do provide a large set of results, including scholarly articles, books, conference proceedings, and other types of literature - what more could you want when in a hurry.