If you're a historical non-fiction writer and researcher like me, or simply conducting historical or genealogical research for personal reasons, you've probably discovered Internet Archive (found at Archive.org). What you may NOT know is how to limit your search to a specific time period - such as materials that exist in the public domain.
I've created a search string that does EXACTLY that and all you have to do is copy/paste it into the Internet Archive search bar (NOT the Wayback Machine bar). Simply replace the three asterisks (***) - leaving the quotation marks as is - with your one-word or multi-word search term. And remember, you can change the dates if a public domain search is not your goal.
COPY/PASTE THIS PUBLIC DOMAIN LIMITED SEARCH STRING:
description:("***") AND date:[1800-01-01 TO 1924-12-31]
description:("***") AND date:[1800-01-01 TO 1924-12-31]
Happy searching!
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