If you did not find it by the EXACT title, then try using a KEYWORD Search there, with "Oklahoma City bombing"
Also, are you aware that when you search at Half.com, that if you use the word, "and" - that typically the Half-Search will not retrieve the title, even though it is in their database.
Replace "and" with: & and the search might be successful.
MANY people also research books online by going to http://www.bookfinder.com - however, their "upgrades" and so-called "improvements" have made book-research a time-consuming task, as you have to click QUITE a few webpages to get to actual books, and book sellers are listing the EXACT SAME BOOK under a whole variety of versions of the title -- there is NO consistency, LOL.
At http://www.half.com it is absolutely mandatory that you search carefully to locate ALL copies of the book you are interested in.
Therefore, you must NOT take your first results as accurate -- there might be MANY more copies available under duplicate entries, misspelled titles and/or other extraneous errors.
IF I need a book for a customer, I will search under:
1) TITLE
2) VARIANTS of TITLE
3) AUTHOR'S Last name
4) Author's LAST and FIRST name
5) Author's LAST name with FIRST-Letter Initial
6) Author's LAST name with first and middle INITIALS
7) SUBJECT KEYWORD
8) ISBN
THEN....... IF I am not tooooooo bored and disgusted to continue, I will open EVERY entry, be it called:
"book"
"hardcover"
"paperback textbook"
"softcover"
REALIZE that I will ONLY do the above for certain EXPENSIVE items, as it OBVIOUSLY is a better use of my time & energy to find the book OFFLINE in a 3-D bookstore, where I can even examine the item and make sure it is not damaged or starting to self-destruct through foxing.
ALSO =====> Be VERY careful if your title has a SEMI-COLON in it.
When : appears in the title of the book, sometimes the : appears in the database at Half, sometimes NOT, and sometimes BOTH versions are input.
Technology was supposed to SIMPLIFY things, lolololololol!
posted on January 28, 2001 09:09:55 AM new
If you go to bibliomania.net and do a search there are at least 2 up for sale. One at $150.00 and one at $40.00
