alt Hacker NewsI'm a Norwegian, and I use the national library almost every day for searching through texts. They have truly one of the best working user interfaces (and functionality) for searching through the massive amounts of text.
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throwaway85825 • yesterday at 11:39 PM
The lack of a universal search engine is very frustrating. Why can't I search within TV subtitles?
vintermann • today at 5:22 AM
Well... You realize how used you are to the basic stemming and spelling flexibility which every search engine has had since Altavista.
It's really fantastic. I just wished there were fewer restrictions on the content that is accessible.
(a lot is only accessible from Norwegian IP addresses, so it's one of the main reasons I maintain a VPN as I'm Norwegian but live in the UK; a second set is only available from the IP addresses of libraries or research institutions - still huge amounts that are generally available, though)