LibX Toolbar for Firefox and Internet Explorer
Have you ever found the perfect book at Amazon and wanted to see if it was available at UBC Library? Found an article citation on a web page and wanted to get a full-text copy? The answer lies in the LibX UBC edition toolbar - a special plug-in specifically designed to enhance the search features of the UBC Library.
Note: The LibX toolbar is for Firefox and Internet Explorer only and will not work in Safari, Opera, or any other browser.
Quick Install
Click here to install LibX UBC edition. (Firefox | Internet Explorer).
Firefox and Internet Explorer Only . If you have trouble installing LibX, see below.
About LibX Toolbar
LibX UBC edition is a browser extension that provides direct access to the University Library's resources. It allows you to search the UBC Catalogue, Journals, Google Scholar or WorldCat from your a search box on your browser. By highlighting text on the screen, right-clicking, you can search for the selected text in the Catalogue or in Google Scholar.
Toolbar & right-click context menu: Search the library catalog directly from the LibX toolbar or using the right-click context menu.
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 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.
Support for embedded cues: LibX places cues
in web pages you visit if the 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 Mirlyn. Cues are displayed at Google, Yahoo! Search, the NY Times Book Review, and other pages.
Watch this screencast for examples of this cool feature. (requires Macromedia Flash Plugin).
Installation
Click here to install LibX UBC edition. (Firefox | Internet Explorer)
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" to add libx.org 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 and Internet Explorer only. It does not work with other browsers such as Opera or Safari. It has been tested with Firefox versions 1.0 and higher on Windows, Linux, and Macintosh.
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 UBC Library 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 Firefox preferences.
For more information about LibX, visit the LibX Homepage.
Credit
The University of British Columbia edition of the LibX toolbar was developed by staff at Information and Systems Division of UBC Library.
About UBCLibrary Labs
This is a trial service from the UBC Library. As an experimental service, it may behave unexpectedly. We want you to try it out and -- most important -- let us know what you think by sending an email to Library Systems.
