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Many of the volumes of the DNB not found at archive.org can be found at google books. They can be hard to locate, though, because google books thinks they're all different editions of the same book. I can add links to them as I happen to find them if that would be useful. Loren Rosen 00:12, 6 September 2007 (UTC)

Interesting. I'm a UK user, and Google shows the DNBs, but with limited or no preview. I understand there are geographical differences in the availability of full view of google books; looks like the UK is bitten on this one. Which is a shame. It would be absolutely great if you could add links to the google book instances of DNB. --Tagishsimon (talk) 08:38, 6 September 2007 (UTC)

I wasn't aware that google was checking your location for "full view" books. I suppose it's possible. But also, there are truly different editions, and google has several of them with varying rights. So as an experiment, see if you can access vol. 26 (in the original 1891 version) from http://books.google.com/books?id=iycJAAAAIAAJ

I'd be interested to know about the geographical variation for full view books. I've contemplated adding links in references to google books that are out of copyright, but only if truly everyone can make use of them. Loren Rosen 15:24, 6 September 2007 (UTC)

No, I cannot see the text of that one. How much does that suck? Seethes quietly. --Tagishsimon (talk) 08:58, 7 September 2007 (UTC)