LibX Toolbar
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The LibX Library Toolbar Widget gives you quick access to the Library's electronic resources from your web browser (either at work or from home) without having to go to the Library site. Once installed, the Library's A-Z Journal Finder, Catalogue, Google Scholar, and other electronic resources are just a click or two away.
Select from the drop-down menu to move to the Library's website or the WA Health Libraries catalogue
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Go direct to the Library website Go direct to the Library catalogue Autolink to authenticate & access full-text subscribed content Ensure all of your "Context Menu" options are ticked in LibX Prefs |
Search for a journal by typing the journal title into the toolbar search box and hit enter start the search.
Or simply highlight some text and drag it onto the "Search A-Z Journal Finder" button to start the search automatically (Firefox only).
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.
Customized Right-click Menu
To link out from any website to PubMed, Google Scholar, or the Journals A-Z Finder, simply highlight any term on the webpage and right click to call up the context menu.
The menu items will change depending on the type of text that is highlighted. Select one of the following search options:
To find out whether the Library subscribes to a journal, right click the name of the journal title on the webpage and select the option to "Search the SMAHS A-Z Journal Finder".
To search Google Scholar for more references on your topic, highlight the text and right click.
Other features, notes, and tips
Quick full text access to journal articles: LibX uses Google Scholar to search for articles and directs you to the electronic copy subscribed to by the SMAHS 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.
Autolinking: The Firefox version of LibX will turn anything it thinks is an ISSN (for a journal) or ISBN (for a book) on a webpage you are viewing into a link that will search the Library catalog if you click on it. Sometimes these links are wrong; for example, a webpage may simply be showing a span of years, such as 1851-2003. You can turn off the autolink feature by clicking on the LibX SMAHS drop-down on the toolbar, and clicking Autolink Pages to uncheck it. This feature is not available in the IE version.
Customizing your toolbar: Take a look at the LibX preferences, found at the bottom of the LibX SMAHS shortcuts list; there are features you can turn on or off as you wish.
Download LibX Toolbar for Internet Explorer
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Click here to install the SMAHS Library edition of LibX toolbar for Internet Explorer Microsoft .NET Framework Version 2.0 or higher is required to install the SMAHS Library edition of LibX toolbar for Internet Explorer. Download .NET Framework file if required. NOTE: Known to cause problems with Facebook and other applications; the Firefox version does not. |
Download LibX Toolbar for Firefox
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Click here to install the SMAHS Library edition of the LibX toolbar for Firefox You can only download and install this file from within Firefox When installing the Firefox version, if a message is displayed "To protect your computer, Firefox prevented this site... from installing software on your computer" select the button labeled "Edit Options..." and click "Allow" to add libx.org to the list of websites from which extensions may be installed. Then click "OK" and try the "Install" link again. |
Questions? Comments? Problems with the toolbar?
Please contact contact Vivien Hewitt on 9431 2205 or send an email.
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 the SMAHS Library server. Such information is sent only if you are actively using the extension; it is never sent automatically.
For more information about LibX, visit the LibX Homepage.