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Google Books: Advanced Book & Magazine Search

Google Books offers an extensive collection of books and magazines for online reading and research.

Use the Advanced Search (1) to refine your search by entering specific details and applying limiters such as Full view only for freely accessible content or filtering by books or magazines.

After browsing the search results (2), you can further narrow them by time to find materials from a specific period. Click on the Read button to open an e-book and explore its contents. You can read and search the book directly online (3) for easy access to the information you need. To get started, click on the above image or visit Google Books Advanced Search.