Presenting Structured Book Search Results

A system comprising:

• one or more computers and one or more storage devices storing instructions that are operable, when executed by the one or more computers, to cause the one or more computers to perform operations comprising:
• receiving a query requesting a search of text of a book resource, wherein the text of the book resource is obtained from a scanned copy of a printed book, wherein the query includes one or more terms;
• generating a presentation of search results that satisfy the query, wherein each of the search results identifies a portion of the book resource, the presentation comprising:
• one or more section headings each corresponding to a respective section of the book resource in which a portion identified by at least one search result occurs, wherein the one or more section headings are presented in an order corresponding to an order in which the sections occur in the book resource, and,
• under each section heading, one or more search results associated with the corresponding section, each search result associated with a location within the corresponding section, each search result including a snippet of text from the book resource that includes one or more terms of the query, and wherein each search result includes a link to an image of a scanned page of the book in which the snippet of text occurs;
• and
• providing the presentation of search results in response to the query.

A computer program product, encoded on one or more non-transitory computer storage media, comprising instructions that when executed by one or more computers cause the one or more computers to perform operations comprising:

• receiving a query requesting a search of text of a book resource, wherein the text of the book resource is obtained from a scanned copy of a printed book, wherein the query includes one or more terms;
• generating a presentation of search results that satisfy the query, wherein each of the search results identifies a portion of the book resource, the presentation comprising:
• one or more section headings each corresponding to a respective section of the book resource in which a portion identified by at least one search result occurs, wherein the one or more section headings are presented in an order corresponding to an order in which the sections occur in the book resource, and,
• under each section heading, one or more search results associated with the corresponding section, each search result associated with a location within the corresponding section, each search result including a snippet of text from the book resource that includes one or more terms of the query, and wherein each search result includes a link to an image of a scanned page of the book in which the snippet of text occurs;
• and
• providing the presentation of search results in response to the query.