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Library LibX Toolbar

Take Murphy Library with you as you search the internet!  This LibX toolbar links you back to Murphy Library resources and librarians whether you are browsing books at Amazon.com, doing research in Google Scholar, or reading the New York Times online.

LibX Main Features:

  • a toolbar (quickly search the library catalog, Google Scholar, or Find It! by title, author, keyword, etc.);
  • a context (right-click) menu (highlight text from any web page or PDF and and right-click for a list of options);
  • access to our Find It! services
  • and embedded links (available on sites like Amazon.com, Google Scholar, NY Times Book Review, Wikipedia, etc.).

Murphy Library's LibX Toolbar

newNow Available!  A toolbar customized for research in the Health Professions.  Download the Health Professions Edition.

View a quick video showing how to install the Firefox toolbar.

July 2009: New Version!  Version 1.5.8 now includes search capabilities for our UW institutional repository, MINDS@UW as well as the UW Digital Collections.

Download the GCA Lab Edition (will only be updated twice a year):

FirefoxThe toolbar is optimized for use with Firefox (for both PC and MAC).  Download the Firefox toolbar.

Internet ExplorerWe are testing a toolbar for IE 6.0/7.0 .  You may download the IE toolbar, but be advised that not all the functionality of the Firefox toolbar works in IE.

Download the Murphy Library Edition (will be updated more often & include new features)

FirefoxThe toolbar is optimized for use with Firefox (for both PC and MAC). Download the Firefox toolbar.  This new toolbar edition enables users to search EBSCOhost Academic Search Premier and WorldCat in addition to the library catalog, Find It!, and Google Scholar.

Internet ExplorerWe are testing a toolbar for IE 6.0/7.0 .  You may download the IE toolbar, but be advised that not all the functionality of the Firefox toolbar works in IE.

LibX Additional Features:

Convenient off campus feature: When you find an article or other resource that requires a library login before it can be viewed, use LibX to reload the page through the library's proxy server. You'll get right in! See the image below:

Reload through EZProxy

 

 

 

 

 

 

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 Murphy 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.

embedded cueSupport for embedded cues: LibX automatically places the UW-L UWL symbol  in web pages if Murphy Library has resources related to that page. Whenever you see the symbol, click on the link to look at what the library has to offer. For instance, book pages at Amazon or Barnes & Noble will link to the book's entry in the library catalog. The symbol is displayed at Google, Yahoo! Search, the NY Times Book Review, and other pages.

 

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.

Copyright: LibX is distributed under the Mozilla Public License. The copyright is held jointly by Annette Bailey and Virginia Tech. For more information about LibX, visit the LibX Homepage.

Questions about the library toolbar?  Please ask Jen Holman, Acquisitions/Periodicals Librarian.