The concept is an interesting even good one. Questia has loaded the full text of 50,000 notable books into its database and plans to make 250,000 titles available in the next three years. The selection philosophy is that new scholars benefit greatly from convenient access to an extensive collection of enduring intellectual value. As such, the Questia collection is not intended to provide comprehensive support for all types of research, but instead, to provide substantial coverage of high quality information for most undergraduate liberal arts course assignments. So far, so good.
Students can search the full-text by selecting a subject area, then entering search terms.
They can read the book or search for relevant passages that can be highlighted and inserted into their research paper. A footnote is then automatically generated and added in one of several citation styles. When the research is complete, Questia will compile a complete bibliography. Many Questia books are also linked to each other by their footnotes, allowing researchers to move among related titles. Maybe there isn t one.