LibX University of Illinois at Chicago Edition

LibX University of Illinois at Chicago Edition is a Firefox extension that provides direct access to the UIC University Library's resources.

It features:

Toolbar & right-click context menu: Search the UIC catalog (UICCAT) directly from the LibX toolbar or using the right-click context menu. [View a demo]

Support for off-campus access: Using the UIC University Library's proxy, you may reload a page through the proxy, or follow a link via the proxy, making it appear as though you are coming from an on-campus computer.

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 the UIC University 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. [View a demo]

Support for embedded cues: LibX places cues in web pages you visit if your library has resources related to that page. Whenever you see the cue, 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 UICCAT. Cues are displayed at Google, Yahoo! Search, the NY Times Book Review, and other pages. [View a demo]

Support for xISBN: A book title can have different ISBNs for the paperback, the hardcover, even for different editions. LibX supports OCLC's xISBN service: you can find a book, given an ISBN, even if the library holds this book under a different ISBN.

Installation:

Click here to install the extension.

Detailed instructions are available in the step-by-step guide (PDF). If you prefer, you can view a demo.

If Firefox displays a message "To protect your computer, Firefox prevented this site... from installing software on your computer.", press the button labelled "Edit Options..." and click "Allow" add www.uic.edu to the list of websites from which extensions may be installed. Then click "Ok" and visit the "Install" link again.

This extension works with Firefox only. It does not work with other browsers such as Internet Explorer or Safari. It has been tested with Firefox versions 1.0, 1.5, 1.5.0.1, and 1.5.0.2 on Windows, Linux, and Macintosh OS-X. Firefox is the preferred browser for the UIC campus.

Copyright:
LibX is distributed under the Mozilla Public License. The copyright is held jointly by Annette Bailey and Virginia Tech.

Privacy:
By using this extension you may send the URL of pages you are currently visiting to your library's catalog server. Such information is sent only if you are actively using the extension; it is never sent automatically. If you wish to avoid this you must turn off the referrer URL by setting network.http.sendRefererHeader to 0 in your preferences.

For more information about LibX, visit the LibX Homepage.

Last updated: Thursday, 11-May-2006 17:15:49 CDT