Is there a search engine that will let me enter a book title and scan all the public libraries in the US to see if any of them have it? University libraries as well?
The Gutenberg Project has tens of thousands of books available for free download in pdf
http://www.gutenberg.org/wiki/main_page….
If, by chance, there is something you can’t find there… then one of my English professors gave me this site, which is basically the same thing and was put together by the University of Pennsylvania:
http://onlinebooks.library.upenn.edu/lis…
All copyrighted material is illegal to download. Here are some sites that have non-copywrited material for reading:
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/bro…
http://etext.lib.virginia.edu/ebooks/……
http://www.thefreelibrary.com/
http://www.baen.com/library/
http://www.ebooks3.com/
http://www.bookyards.com/
http://www.redbirdstudio.com/e_books/……
http://www.free-online-novels.com/……
http://www.bibliomania.com/1/frameset.ht…
http://www.starry.com/novel/authors.htm….
http://www.bygosh.com/features.htm……
http://www.bygosh.com/thebestnovels.htm….
http://www.bookspot.com/ask/
http://www.bookspot.com/
But I would try the Gutenberg Project first. I think their collection is more extensive.
NO — the best there is — is to tap into a large state University system library such as the University of California’s Melvyl
http://melvyl.cdlib.org/F/?func=file&file_name=find-b&local_base=U-CDL90
I hope this helps.
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That would depend on if the library’s content is located online .
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WorldCat, but it doesn’t let you limit it to just North America (or the US, if that’s what you mean….) At least, not as far as I know.
http://www.worldcat.org/
Very helpful; I’ve used it quite often to get inter-library loans through my local library system. Though I have yet to request a book from, say, Copenhagen, Denmark.
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The Gutenberg Project has tens of thousands of books available for free download in pdf
http://www.gutenberg.org/wiki/main_page….
If, by chance, there is something you can’t find there… then one of my English professors gave me this site, which is basically the same thing and was put together by the University of Pennsylvania:
http://onlinebooks.library.upenn.edu/lis...
All copyrighted material is illegal to download. Here are some sites that have non-copywrited material for reading:
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/bro...
http://etext.lib.virginia.edu/ebooks/…...
http://www.thefreelibrary.com/
http://www.baen.com/library/
http://www.ebooks3.com/
http://www.bookyards.com/
http://www.redbirdstudio.com/e_books/…...
http://www.free-online-novels.com/…...
http://www.bibliomania.com/1/frameset.ht...
http://www.starry.com/novel/authors.htm….
http://www.bygosh.com/features.htm…...
http://www.bygosh.com/thebestnovels.htm….
http://www.bookspot.com/ask/
http://www.bookspot.com/
But I would try the Gutenberg Project first. I think their collection is more extensive.
References :