Search the web and find more books
How to search the web for a word or passage from your book, choose the search engine, and use More books to find more by the same author or series.
- Windows
- Yes
- Mac
- Partly
- iPad
- Partly
- iPhone
- Partly
Search the web opens your browser with the word or passage already searched, on Google, Bing, DuckDuckGo, Wikipedia or a site of your choice. More books in a book's menu looks for more by the same author, in the same series or on the same subject.
Search the web for a word
Windows
Click the word and choose Search the web.
Mac
Click the word and choose Search the web.
iPhone and iPad
Press and hold the word. On the card that opens, tap Search the web.
The dictionary card has Search the web too.
Search the web for a passage
- Select the passage.
- Choose Search in the bar that appears.
A long passage is cut at 300 characters.
Choose the search engine
- Open Settings > Study.
- Under Search the web, choose in Search with: Google, Bing, DuckDuckGo, Wikipedia (in the book's language) or An address of my own.
For your own site, type its search address with %s where the words go, for example https://example.org/search?q=%s. It has to begin with https://; until it does, Google is used.
Find more books
- In the library, open a book's More menu and choose More books.
- Choose a line: by one of the authors, in the series, or about one of the book's subjects.
Your browser opens with the search filled in. The last line says where it searches; choose it to change that.
To choose where More books searches, open Settings > Library > More books and pick Amazon, Google Books, Goodreads, Open Library or An address of my own.
Good to know
- Nothing is sent anywhere until you choose Search or a line of More books. Then your browser opens the search you asked for.
- Searching never moves your place, pauses or starts the reading.
Last updated 13 November 2026