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Wednesday, February 3, 2010
Law Library Firefox plug-in
Hey, check this out, Firefox users. Gallagher Law Library has a plug in that lets you search their catalog from your search box. Here's more info from their blog post.
If you want something similar for UW Worldcat, a bookmarklet should work in most browsers. The following example should search for any text you have selected in the current page, or give you a prompt box if nothing is selected.
This blog rejected a javascript link in the comments, but you can create a new bookmark in your bookmarks toolbar with the following line of code for the url (all one line, no spaces).
If you want something similar for UW Worldcat, a bookmarklet should work in most browsers. The following example should search for any text you have selected in the current page, or give you a prompt box if nothing is selected.
ReplyDeleteThis blog rejected a javascript link in the comments, but you can create a new bookmark in your bookmarks toolbar with the following line of code for the url (all one line, no spaces).
javascript:s=document.getSelection();for(i=0;i<frames.length;i++){if(s)break;s=frames[i].document.getSelection();} if(s=="")void(s=prompt('Enter%20search%20terms%20for%20UW%20Worldcat',''));if(!s=="")uwwcat=open('http://uwashington.worldcat.org.offcampus.lib.washington.edu/search?qt=worldcat_org_all&q='+s);uwwcat.focus();
-- Erik Dahl