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# Book search and glanceability
- URL: https://www.lorcandempsey.net/book-search-and-glanceability/
- Published: 2008-03-04T22:56:13.000Z
- Updated: 2020-10-28T09:27:01.000Z
- Author: Lorcan Dempsey
- Tags: Collections, Systems, UX

![bookslivesearch.jpg](https://blog.oclc.org/lorcand/archives/bookslivesearch.jpg)Somebody I was talking to recently mentioned that they liked they way Microsoft implemented [book search](https://books.live.com/?ref=lorcandempsey.net). In particular they mentioned the visual presentation of where in a book matched search terms occurred.  
I had a look. Here is a screen capture of the first result in a search done this afternoon [*Ireland and globalization*](https://search.live.com/results.aspx?q=&scope=books&ref=lorcandempsey.net#q=ireland%20globalization&filter=all&page=1).  
It is indeed quite nice. Another example of glanceabiity: a measure of how quickly and easily a visual design communicates useful information.  
Related entry:

- [Glanceability](https://blog.oclc.org/lorcand/archives/001347.html?ref=lorcandempsey.net)