A new version of our LibX browser extension, (version 1.5.6) (version 2, updated 5/13/2013) is available today! If you’re already using LibX, you may be prompted to update the plugin sometime in the next few hours. This version works in Firefox 3 and IE7 Firefox 20 and Chrome 26.
LibX for the NU Libraries offers:
• An optional search bar at the top of the browser window for NuCat, Nexpress, and WorldCat Local
• Highlight any text in a web page and drag it to the search bar (see video)
• Right-click highlighted browser text and search in NuCat, Nexpress, WorldCat or Google Scholar (see video)
• Click the embedded N in Amazon, WorldCat, Google, more, and search in NuCat or Tour (see video)
• Right-click a web page or URL, including Google Scholar, and log in from home with Library/myNeu login (see video)
• Click any isbn, issn, doi, or PMID on the web, and link to NuCat or full text (see video).
This version is compatable with Firefox 3, and with IE 7 in XP and Windows (no Chrome version yet). The new version supports links to COINs, a standard for creating citations (see a video of how it works in Wikipedia)
The plug-in helps save time, avoid frustration, and bring the library’s content to where you are on the web. Try it out!
Download LibX for NU Libraries here