Is there a workaround for this?

Edrof · 27 Sep 2016 at 18:12

I'm researching a chap called Gowan and have found a couple of books that mention him. This is on Google's book search. The search results show as snippet views and clicking only gives me a few lines and not all of the references.

Results 3, 4, 5

It's annoying as these three books are vital to my research, well out of copyright and not available to buy anywhere. I'm sure the full texts are in there somewhere but I can't figure out how to access them.

Any suggestions are most welcome!

garsands · 27 Sep 2016 at 18:24

Local library?

soundb0y · 27 Sep 2016 at 18:26

Know any students? When I was at uni we had access to a huge digital library.

Ricochet J · 27 Sep 2016 at 18:26

The British Library may hold copies.

randomshenans · 27 Sep 2016 at 18:27

What are the titles? It says I can get them as free ebooks?

RobFromTheWood · 27 Sep 2016 at 18:38

https://archive.org/details/frontieroverseas05indi

ak22 · 27 Sep 2016 at 18:39

Seems the 3rd one is on sale but a 2-3 weeks dispatch time: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Report-Administration-Punjab-Dep3Ndencies-1878-79/dp/1146604483

You could also apply for reader's card at Oxfords Bodleian Library they may have it.

Edrof · 27 Sep 2016 at 18:40

garsands said:
Local library?

Mine is terrible. And small.

Ricochet J said:
The British Library may hold copies.

Possibly, although I don't fancy dragging myself to London if there's an armchair solution.

randomshenans said:
What are the titles? It says I can get them as free ebooks?

Thank you for checking - that would be fantastic! The books are:

Frontier and Overseas Expeditions from India: North-West Frontier tribes between the Kabul and Gumal Rivers.
India. Army. Intelligence Branch
Mittal Publications, 1983 - India

REPORT ON THE ADMINISTRATION OF THE PUNJAB AND ITS DEPENDENCIES, FOR 1878-79

Tribes of the North-West Frontier by William Henry Paget, A. H. Mason. Gian Publications, 1980.

dowie · 27 Sep 2016 at 18:42

Try your local library - you might be able to get an inter-library loan or something. Find a librarian and ask them about it, they could be super helpful with stuff like this.

Edrof · 27 Sep 2016 at 18:48

dowie said:
Try your local library - you might be able to get an inter-library loan or something. Find a librarian and ask them about it, they could be super helpful with stuff like this.

If I can't find a solution here that will be my next port of call. They took me two weeks to find a copy of War and Peace though, so I'm not getting my hopes up yet.

benjii · 27 Sep 2016 at 18:53

Edrof said:
If I can't find a solution here that will be my next port of call. They took me two weeks to find a copy of War and Peace though, so I'm not getting my hopes up yet.

Do you have a University near you? Ours has a 24/7 library that is open to the public if you register at the front desk. I'm not sure if all are like that, but it's worth asking.

Edrof · 28 Sep 2016 at 14:02

Good call, I'll get in touch with them if I can't get a quicker fix.

Edrof · 29 Sep 2016 at 10:58

What I don't understand is that Google is clearly finding the keywords so the full text must be available to it, digitally. But how to expand on the annoyingly small snippet view?

RobFromTheWood said:
https://archive.org/details/frontieroverseas05indi

Really close but no cigar. Thanks for trying!