Talpa Search is a magical, AI-powered library search that helps you find the books you're looking for. Backed by true and authoritative data, Talpa combines AI technology and authoritative book data to provide accurate and reliable search results. Whether you're searching for an astronaut stranded on Mars, a kid with a magic crayon, or a thriller with Mona Lisa on the cover, Talpa can help you find the book you're looking for.
Key features of Talpa Search include:
- AI-powered search: Talpa uses AI technology from Claude AI and ChatGPT to validate every item against true and authoritative bibliographic data.
- Authoritative book data: Talpa leverages data from Bowker, Syndetics Unbound from ProQuest, and LibraryThing to provide reliable and accurate search results.
- Natural-language understanding: Talpa's AI technology can parse and understand queries, answering them with traditional library data.
- Cover design search: Talpa can find books by their cover design, thanks to the efforts of thousands of book lovers who have played LibraryThing's CoverGuess cover-tagging game.
- Library holdings prioritization: Talpa gives precedence to items in your library's collection, ensuring that relevant results are displayed first.
- Free for Syndetics Unbound users: For a limited time, Talpa is free for all libraries that use Syndetics Unbound from ProQuest and LibraryThing.