On Monday I published a list of my ten go-to tech tools for social studies teachers and students. Google Books was one of the tools that I included in that list. Recently, Google Books got an updated user interface. The new interface includes some handy features including an option to quickly locate libraries near you that have your chosen book available to lend out. Watch my new video embedded below for an overview of how to use the new version of Google Books.

Google Books is a fantastic tool for students to use to locate books and search within those books. As is demonstrated in the video even if a book isn’t available to download in its entirety, students can still search within the book to determine if the book contains enough references to make it worth their time and effort to buy or borrow a copy of the book.