Google Book Search

Google Book Search offers a fantastic way to find books on Japanese (or just about anything) that you want. With so many different books out there by so many authors, it can be really difficult to find just the right book on the topic you're looking for. And if you're like me, you do a lot of your shopping online, which means you usually can't take a peek inside a book before you buy it. Google Book Search makes it all possible, though.

All you have to do is search for a title, an author, a keyword... It works just like Google's standard search engine. It's easy to use and the interface is intuitive. With Google Book Search, you can search through the full text of all the books in Google's digitized archives with the ease of searching on the Internet.

Google Book Search is the product of a lot of hard work done by the folks at Google and at libraries and book publishers around the world. You can view pages and pages of books online without going to a bookstore. Sometimes it's even possible to view or download an entire book!

Once you've found a book you're interested in, you can continue searching within the book for specific content to make sure it's exactly what you want. There are even links to online bookstores if you decide to make a purchase.

A search for Japanese brings up 189600 books. Kanji brings up 1778.

Besides being a great tool for finding books to buy, it also eliminates the need for a trip to the library when you're researching or writing an essay. The possibilities are almost endless.

On July 5th, Google Book Search became Japanese-compatible as well, allowing you to search through Japanese books.