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Some books from the British Library's collection have been digitised. After you have found a catalogue reference through searching the British Library's main catalogue, refer below, click on "I want this". For books which have been digitised, one or all of the following sources will be available, and may then be selected
*British Library's pdf download, said to be "good for reading large amounts of text"
*British Library's itemVIEWER, said to be "good for images". Note 1. it is possible to rotate pages, if required.Note 2. it is not possible to navigate from page to page using the 'Full Screen' viewing option.This is only possible from the default page, which is a disadvantage when reading text. Check whether there is an alternative format available elsewhere e.g. Archive.org.*British Library's Digital item, with a different format to itemViewer. These may be very slow to load, and you may need to try a few times. For a larger book image, close the 'Contents' and 'More information' sections
*[[Online books#Google Books|Google Books]]
**These books may also be located through Google Books's usual search. It is not possible however, to specifically locate books from the British Library through the Google Books search.
To determine which books are available as Google Books, pdf downloads, itemVIEWER or through itemVIEWERother digital items: after searching the British Library's main catalogue, on the left hand side of the webpage screen, click on the option 'Refine my results/Access Options: Online' There are also digitised manuscripts available which may be located through [https://www.bl.uk/manuscripts/ Digitised Manuscripts Search]. Some British Library documents are also available through other sources such as the Qatar Digital Library.
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