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Originally Posted by khalleron
It's not a 'fad' for me - I do a lot of historical research, and Google Books is one of the best places to find contemporaneous sources.
Nothing like reading about the Civil War or slavery by the folks who were there.
(That, and I just like old books, and GB has a TON. For free. Kid. Candy store. You get the picture.)
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Even the non-free old Books with limited viewing (certain pages, etc) can be great material for a term paper or the like.
It was so much easier to search Google books for, say, a book review I just did - on Bede's Ecclesiastical History of the English People. I wanted more info on Bede himself and google books provided the answers. Even though only maybe 1/4 of the pages of the book I found was available for reading, it got me what I wanted quickly, way quicker than tracking down a library and skimming through the book or its index for the info, and with complete bibliography, etc. It's like a web source that doesn't suck!