The system keeps banning me from accessing any of these materials, due perhaps to my prolonged use (2+ hours of research typically), and downloads on and off during the day. According to the ‘Sorry’ screen that pops up, I am being automatically interpreted as an automated downloading tool. But I do all of this by hand, and very erratically, not using any set of standardized commands or such. Each time this happens I have to fill out some eforms and provide them with information about my system to regain access (my server address), a process which takes them about a day to correct so I can reaccess the GoogleBooks sites.

For this reason, I am not certain GoogleBooks is the best avenue for students to take when they are doing research. This glitch in the system tends to slow down their performance and halt any projects related research any of them are trying to complete on time. Fortunately, I know how to deal with this and have posted a way to deal with this at the GoogleHelp site, so any future students with the same experiences can more quickly get back into being productive. Still, some students have just been left with no knowledge of where to go or what to do whenever this happens, and I suspect this must be happening at other teaching institutions.

I have read the conyright infringement policies that they have in place. So this is not an issue.

Have you had similar complaints from your end as an information specialist and provider?

Have you any suggestions as to avoid being automatically banned from the GoogleBooks? (sometimes daily)

I believe there is value in this system, but the security tools are gumming up the works, and its usefulness as an information source.