tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8811866763970314328.post3185889397801776680..comments2024-02-19T07:51:46.118-05:00Comments on Throw Grammar from the Train: Google Books: Searching in vainJanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03173219179480606941noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8811866763970314328.post-62638502440000161022010-02-18T22:44:32.554-05:002010-02-18T22:44:32.554-05:00Thanks for the info. I was banging my head against...Thanks for the info. I was banging my head against the wall for an hour, and finally figured out the uid= part of it, but didn't know how to specify the collection.<br /><br />As a workaround that's more convenient (and actually, I'll probably use it even if the "search my library" button reappears), if you use Google Chrome, you can create custom searches that you can access right from the address bar. (See <a href="http://www.google.com/support/chrome/bin/answer.py?hl=en&answer=95653" rel="nofollow">this</a> for details.) Using that, I created a custom search based on the example URL you provided that searches all of the books in my "Textbooks" collection. Now that I have it set up, to perform the search I access it by using "mytexts" as a keyword typed directly into the address bar. For example:<br /><br />mytexts polarization<br />mytexts operator<br />mytexts hysteresis<br /><br />And that takes me right to the results, no need to go to navigate to Google Books and then to your specific collection first.Daniel Hawkinshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03745177323741054747noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8811866763970314328.post-67921750293279971352010-02-08T12:08:39.422-05:002010-02-08T12:08:39.422-05:00Thanks for this tip. I, too, am seriously perturbe...Thanks for this tip. I, too, am seriously perturbed by this sudden change.Brianhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09868184753423758652noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8811866763970314328.post-52669998477797164212010-02-06T10:40:26.420-05:002010-02-06T10:40:26.420-05:00I so hear you. This is driving me nuts! Please, ...I so hear you. This is driving me nuts! Please, Google Gods, if you are monitoring the web, just restore the search my library button. (No, I can't even understand, let along attempt, the workaround."Blythe Giffordhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12935846960877972760noreply@blogger.com