Posts Tagged ‘google book search’

Judge Rejects Google’s Deal to Digitize Books

Tuesday, March 22nd, 2011

A decision against a class-action settlement threw Google’s plans into limbo and undid years of negotiation.

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Judge Rejects Google’s Deal to Digitize Books

Google Launches New Book Database

Thursday, December 16th, 2010

A Google-backed project allows centuries of books to be scanned for specific words and phrases, equipping the humanities with a new method of cultural analysis.

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Google Launches New Book Database

Analyzing Literature by Words and Numbers

Saturday, December 4th, 2010

A computer-generated process gives scholars a view into Victorian thought.

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Analyzing Literature by Words and Numbers

New Web Life for the Dead Sea Scrolls

Wednesday, October 20th, 2010

The Israel Antiquities Authority is collaborating with Google on uploading newly digitized images of the closely guarded 2,000-year-old biblical and apocryphal texts.

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New Web Life for the Dead Sea Scrolls