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November 01, 2007
LibX Yale Library Edition Firefox extension
LibX Yale Library Edition is a Firefox extension that provides direct access to Orbis (the Library OPAC) and other library resources.
Within your browser page, you can highlight and right-click words or terms to automatically search Orbis.
LibX also places cues in web pages you visit if your library has resources related to that page. Whenever you see the cue (a small Y), click on the link to look at what the Library has to offer. For instance, book pages at Amazon or Barnes & Noble will contain cues that link to the book's entry in Orbis. Cues are displayed at Google, Yahoo! Search, the NY Times Book Review, and other pages
Quick full text access to journal articles: LibX uses Google Scholar to search for articles and directs the user to the electronic copy subscribed to by your Library. Select a citation, then drag-and-drop it onto the Scholar button on the toolbar. You can use this feature even from inside a PDF file, which makes retrieving papers referenced in a PDF file a snap.
Obtain the extension for Firefox from
http://libx.org/editions/download.php?edition=4B5E8B70
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ALTERNATIVE: For those not wanting to "clutter" their web browser space, you can download Search Engine Plugins that will perform the same "highlight and right click" options.
* For the Orbis OPAC see
http://mycroft.mozdev.org/download.html?name=yale&sherlock=yes&opensearch=yes&submitform=Search and select "Yale Library Catalog (Orbis)".
* For the Google Scholar link see
http://mycroft.mozdev.org/download.html?name=google+scholar&sherlock=yes&opensearch=yes&submitform=Search and select the first "Google Scholar".
Posted by dstern at November 1, 2007 10:05 AM
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