Google Preview for PowerPAC Search Results

Google Preview is a book viewer for every book that has a preview in Google Book Search. You can offer Google Preview for titles in the brief search results list, on the product page (full display) for a title, or in both locations. The Google Preview button is displayed only for titles with an ISBN match that have Google previews.

Note:
On rare occasions, a match is found but Google Preview fails to load when the user clicks the Google Preview button. Polaris PowerPAC displays the following message in this situation: Google Preview is not available for this title at this time.

The illustration shows the Google Preview button on the title product page.

When you click the Google Preview button, the preview is displayed in a lightbox window (desktop computer or tablet) or full screen on a new browser tab (phone). The Preview controls are available to page through the preview.

Use the PowerPAC profiles Google Preview: Enable on search results pages and Google Preview: Enable on full display to enable this feature in the brief search results and the product page for a title respectively. The profiles are available on the system, library, or branch level and are set to Yes by default.

Important:
You do not need any kind of Google account ID to enable this feature, but Google’s terms of service document states that you cannot alter the Google Preview button image. For details, go to
 https://developers.google.com/books/branding

Note:
If the PAC browser session is run directly on the PAC server, the following domain must be open for Google Preview to work properly:
Port 80: www.google.com