[bksvol-discuss] Re: search question
- From: "Allison" <alwaysallie@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Fri, 17 Sep 2004 10:37:52 -0400
Hi Sharon and other searchers,
The keyword search on Bookshare would be great, wouldn't it? Only I'm not
sure what kind of work would go into putting it up, so it may be a while in
coming. I'm sure it is being worked on though. Until then, there are some
things you can try that may help you out at finding books without a keyword
search. I'll list a couple below for those who are interested.
1. Use your key words, separately, as a title search. For example, putting
children or child in a search would come up with all the books with these
words in their title. It will get you a relatively long list of books, and
many of them won't be relevant, but some of them will be, and that will make
it worth while. Another good title word to search for in Sharon's case
would be teach or teaching, or learner. If you go with a simple word or
half of it, the search results will be broader. For example, the word,
child, would bring up all books with the word child, children, child's,
childhood, etc.
2. When you find a book you like in a particular area, press enter on the
book's title. That takes you to the download page for that book, rather
than downloading it, read all the way down the page. If you go far enough
down, past the long synopsis, past the ISBN, and past the copyright
information, it lists the name of the submitter of that book. Sometimes it
will just say a bookshare.org volunteer, and that won't help you out, but if
it was submitted by a person who puts a name on their submissions, their
name will be attached to a link. That link will take you to a page with a
list of every book submitted by that individual. It's not full-proof, but
chances are that, if you, for example, really enjoyed this individual's
books about teaching, it's likely that that submitter may have similar
interests to your own, and may have scanned other books along similar lines.
3. Every author has a link to other books by that author. If there is a
book you like, you can enter on that author's link and find all the books
Bookshare has by that author.
And, that's all my tips. Sorry it was a long post, but I wanted to give all
the steps for those who wanted them. Sure, a keyword search would be really
nice, but until then there are a couple techniques to get around that and
find some good books.
Happy reading, and let me know if you have any other questions.
Best,
Allison
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