Just been looking at http://books.google.co.uk/ If you type in a book title, author or keyword, the results show the cover of the book. Clicking on this shows some of the contents of the book - at the very least, the contents page.

This looks like a good way to find titles on a topic. Any book could then be requested via our inter-library loan system.

You could try typing any of the book details of the books on our new books list 'additions to stock' on the library homepage menu) to get an idea of their content.