Google Books

     Carr often speaks how we cheat ourselves with knowledge. Google has introduced something called Google Books. This allows one to search any book, after you search the book you are able to search words or phrases and Google will bring you directly to the pages that word or phrases is located. I do think this is a great help and makes writing papers much easier. If you are looking for specific keywords used in the book you type it in the small search bar on the left hand side. After clicking search it brings you to every page that has that specific word and bolds the word for you. Instead of flipping through the entire book trying to remember what page a quote is on you are brought directly to it, it saves a significant amount of time. One is able to access books freely and possibly be able to download that book. The only problem I see with this is that one does not really have to read the entire book. If you are writing a paper you could simply use Google books to find summaries or keywords that you need. With Google Books you are almost cheating yourself out of knowledge. You do not have to force your brain to memorize the contents of the book. I cannot decide whether Google Books is more helpful or hurtful to us.

Shayla Stevens