Comments on: How To Find A Book Without Knowing The Title Or Author http://www.makeuseof.com/tag/how-to-find-a-book-without-knowing-the-title-or-author/ Cool Websites, Software and Internet Tips Sat, 11 Feb 2012 06:16:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: jellisii http://www.makeuseof.com/tag/how-to-find-a-book-without-knowing-the-title-or-author/#comment-419020 jellisii Mon, 16 Nov 2009 03:33:21 +0000 http://www.makeuseof.com/?p=23956#comment-419020 Someone's a Guzzi fan... ;) Someone’s a Guzzi fan… ;)

]]> By: magnoliasouth http://www.makeuseof.com/tag/how-to-find-a-book-without-knowing-the-title-or-author/#comment-404197 magnoliasouth Sat, 12 Sep 2009 01:12:45 +0000 http://www.makeuseof.com/?p=23956#comment-404197 Sorry, somehow I hit enter. :( So my question to Yahoo was, "What kind of legal action can I take?" I posted it in the legal section of Yahoo. I got answers like, "maybe your daughter was lying to you" or "she shouldn't have waited until the last day of school." You see what I mean? Completely UNhelpful advice and a waste of my time. I'm not sure I'll even go back, even though I have >400 points (I believe). In case anyone is wondering, I called the Governor's office. He in turn actually called the College President who called me and escorted my daughter to financial aide. She is presently in college. :) Sorry, somehow I hit enter. :(

So my question to Yahoo was, “What kind of legal action can I take?” I posted it in the legal section of Yahoo.

I got answers like, “maybe your daughter was lying to you” or “she shouldn’t have waited until the last day of school.” You see what I mean? Completely UNhelpful advice and a waste of my time.

I’m not sure I’ll even go back, even though I have >400 points (I believe).

In case anyone is wondering, I called the Governor’s office. He in turn actually called the College President who called me and escorted my daughter to financial aide. She is presently in college. :)

]]> By: magnoliasouth http://www.makeuseof.com/tag/how-to-find-a-book-without-knowing-the-title-or-author/#comment-404195 magnoliasouth Sat, 12 Sep 2009 01:09:57 +0000 http://www.makeuseof.com/?p=23956#comment-404195 Hi Jeremy! Your site does sound promising. I flipped through a few questions and answers and it appears that most are truly helpful answers. The problem with Q&A sites are that people end up giving UNhelpful time wasting advice. Yahoo Answers, even though it goes on a point system, has this problem pretty badly. Example: I once asked a question about my daughters college. They accepted her for admission and she received a Pell grant for her financial aide (which was a tremendous help). She only had to go down to the financial aide office and verify her earnings with her tax forms. She was told she had to make an appointment, but every appointment she made was canceled by them. When it got close to time for school, she finally just sat at the office for three days waiting to get in. On the first day of school, she was told to come back in Spring! Can you believe it? Anyway, so my q Hi Jeremy!

Your site does sound promising. I flipped through a few questions and answers and it appears that most are truly helpful answers.

The problem with Q&A sites are that people end up giving UNhelpful time wasting advice. Yahoo Answers, even though it goes on a point system, has this problem pretty badly.

Example: I once asked a question about my daughters college. They accepted her for admission and she received a Pell grant for her financial aide (which was a tremendous help). She only had to go down to the financial aide office and verify her earnings with her tax forms. She was told she had to make an appointment, but every appointment she made was canceled by them. When it got close to time for school, she finally just sat at the office for three days waiting to get in. On the first day of school, she was told to come back in Spring! Can you believe it?

Anyway, so my q

]]> By: Jeremy http://www.makeuseof.com/tag/how-to-find-a-book-without-knowing-the-title-or-author/#comment-404071 Jeremy Fri, 11 Sep 2009 08:44:16 +0000 http://www.makeuseof.com/?p=23956#comment-404071 People use our site (funadvice) this way, too, though we get more questions on songs than books...I think it's a result of our demographics. :) People use our site (funadvice) this way, too, though we get more questions on songs than books…I think it’s a result of our demographics. :)

]]> By: Saikat http://www.makeuseof.com/tag/how-to-find-a-book-without-knowing-the-title-or-author/#comment-403076 Saikat Sat, 05 Sep 2009 06:10:33 +0000 http://www.makeuseof.com/?p=23956#comment-403076 Thanks for the info, Jordan! Thanks for the info, Jordan!

]]> By: Saikat http://www.makeuseof.com/tag/how-to-find-a-book-without-knowing-the-title-or-author/#comment-403073 Saikat Sat, 05 Sep 2009 06:01:40 +0000 http://www.makeuseof.com/?p=23956#comment-403073 Mary, let's not always assume that there's only ONE way to get some information...especially in today's day and age. We all know the obvious and if you would have cared to read the article from start to finish, I have mentioned that librarians are the best guys for it. But there can be other ways too, isn't it? And when the WWW is the biggest knowledge bank out there, why not tap into it occasionally. Constructive comments like <i>magnoliasouth</i> helps way more. Mary, let’s not always assume that there’s only ONE way to get some information…especially in today’s day and age. We all know the obvious and if you would have cared to read the article from start to finish, I have mentioned that librarians are the best guys for it. But there can be other ways too, isn’t it? And when the WWW is the biggest knowledge bank out there, why not tap into it occasionally. Constructive comments like magnoliasouth helps way more.

]]> By: Mary http://www.makeuseof.com/tag/how-to-find-a-book-without-knowing-the-title-or-author/#comment-402841 Mary Thu, 03 Sep 2009 14:46:26 +0000 http://www.makeuseof.com/?p=23956#comment-402841 The author of the piece must have spent his life under a rock. Libraries have had ways of finding books by subject since the 19th century. The author of the piece must have spent his life under a rock. Libraries have had ways of finding books by subject since the 19th century.

]]> By: Jordan http://www.makeuseof.com/tag/how-to-find-a-book-without-knowing-the-title-or-author/#comment-402819 Jordan Thu, 03 Sep 2009 12:20:13 +0000 http://www.makeuseof.com/?p=23956#comment-402819 If you are looking for a textbook, you can go to www.iChapters.com and type in the ISBN. If it's a main book published by Cengage Learning, South-Western, Delmar, Course Technology, Wadsworth, Brooks-Cole, Houghton-Mifflin, or Heinle it will often find the book right away, and if it is a supplement like a study guide or published by a different publisher it will look it up via an aggregator and find links to other online sources that carry that ISBN, with the lowest prices listed. If you are looking for a textbook, you can go to http://www.iChapters.com and type in the ISBN. If it’s a main book published by Cengage Learning, South-Western, Delmar, Course Technology, Wadsworth, Brooks-Cole, Houghton-Mifflin, or Heinle it will often find the book right away, and if it is a supplement like a study guide or published by a different publisher it will look it up via an aggregator and find links to other online sources that carry that ISBN, with the lowest prices listed.

]]> By: Saikat http://www.makeuseof.com/tag/how-to-find-a-book-without-knowing-the-title-or-author/#comment-402770 Saikat Thu, 03 Sep 2009 05:32:23 +0000 http://www.makeuseof.com/?p=23956#comment-402770 As you said it yourself - "I will ever find this book, is if someone else has read it and knows what I'm talking about." :) The end justifies the means...at $5 askmefi is dirt cheap and looks good. As you said it yourself – “I will ever find this book, is if someone else has read it and knows what I’m talking about.” :)
The end justifies the means…at $5 askmefi is dirt cheap and looks good.

]]> By: magnoliasouth http://www.makeuseof.com/tag/how-to-find-a-book-without-knowing-the-title-or-author/#comment-402724 magnoliasouth Wed, 02 Sep 2009 21:08:05 +0000 http://www.makeuseof.com/?p=23956#comment-402724 I have to say that for a one-time-only $5 membership fee, <a href="http://ask.metafilter.com/" rel="nofollow">askmefi</a> is simply amazing! I cannot tell you how helpful it's been for me. I've posted quite a few questions with great answers. Yahoo Answers and all the other ones just aren't nearly as great as askmefi. After reading your article, I was once again reminded of the elusive book I've been searching for, for years. I tried all of these searches today. I spent a lot of time on it. I went to askmefi and within 5 minutes, I had my answer. It is an obscure book that was difficult to find. <a href="http://ask.metafilter.com/131800/Do-you-know-what-book-this-is" rel="nofollow">This is my post</a>, if anyone is interested. I have to say that for a one-time-only $5 membership fee, askmefi is simply amazing! I cannot tell you how helpful it’s been for me. I’ve posted quite a few questions with great answers. Yahoo Answers and all the other ones just aren’t nearly as great as askmefi.

After reading your article, I was once again reminded of the elusive book I’ve been searching for, for years. I tried all of these searches today. I spent a lot of time on it.

I went to askmefi and within 5 minutes, I had my answer. It is an obscure book that was difficult to find.

This is my post, if anyone is interested.

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