How to use Google Books

On Google Books, you can read books and magazines, download them, cite them, and translate them. Some books are provided by publishers, while others are scanned as part of the Library Project.

Read books & magazines

1. Go to Google Books.
2. Search for the title, author, ISBN, or keywords.
   • To search with filters, do an advanced search.
3. Click a title. You’ll see basic information and some or all of the book. Learn about how much of the book you can see.

Download, cite, or translate a book

1. Go to Google Books.
2. Search for the title, author, ISBN, or keywords.
3. Click a book.
4. Follow the steps below for what you want to do.

Download a book

You can download some books and magazines for free to read later or print.

1. Go to Google Books.
2. In the search bar, enter the title, author, ISBN, or keywords.
3. Click a book.
4. On the top left, point at eBook - Free.
5. Next to "Download," click PDF or EPUB.

If you don’t see "eBook - Free," click Buy eBook. This will give you the option to buy the book.

Cite a book

1. On the left, click About this book.
2. Scroll down to "Bibliographic information." You’ll see information you can use to cite the book.

Copy or translate part of a book

1. At the top of the page, click Cut . This option isn't available for all books.
2. Select text in the book.
   • To copy the text as words, under "Selection text," select and copy it.
   • To copy the text as an image, under "Image" or "Embed," copy the URL.
   • To translate the text, click Translate.

If you don’t see the option to copy or translate text, the publisher hasn’t made it available for this book.

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