KOOL Tools to help find books at Duke
LibX (www.libx.org)
LibX is a Firefox extension that installs a tool bar on the Firefox browser that lets you search the Duke catalog directly. It also lets you drag any word or words from a web page onto the tool bar to search the Duke catalog. Currently,55 academic and public libraries are offering LibX editions to their users, an additional 85 libraries (Duke is currently on this list) are testing editions.
BookBurro (bookburro.org)
Book Burro is a Web 2.0 extension for Firefox. When it senses you are looking at a page that contains a book, it will overlay a small panel which when opened lists prices at online bookstores such as Amazon, Buy, Half (and many more) and whether the book is available at a local library. You can choose which book sellers you want listed and designate libraries by a zip code. This is great if you find a book in Amazon and want to know if it is available at Duke or in your local library. Here's the results for the book The Last Well Person.
LibX is a Firefox extension that installs a tool bar on the Firefox browser that lets you search the Duke catalog directly. It also lets you drag any word or words from a web page onto the tool bar to search the Duke catalog. Currently,55 academic and public libraries are offering LibX editions to their users, an additional 85 libraries (Duke is currently on this list) are testing editions.
BookBurro (bookburro.org)
Book Burro is a Web 2.0 extension for Firefox. When it senses you are looking at a page that contains a book, it will overlay a small panel which when opened lists prices at online bookstores such as Amazon, Buy, Half (and many more) and whether the book is available at a local library. You can choose which book sellers you want listed and designate libraries by a zip code. This is great if you find a book in Amazon and want to know if it is available at Duke or in your local library. Here's the results for the book The Last Well Person.
posted by Connie Schardt at
10:20 AM
3 Comments:
I've just made some updates to the Duke LibX test edition and am testing it further. It should be out of testing and ready for general use soon, with new features that weren't there in earlier editions. Keep an eye on the Library Hacks blog for an announcement soon.
Great ideas, but where can you get them? I couldn't find either one at the Mozilla Firefox extensions site.
The Duke version is now out of testing and available for general use. Look for an install link and instructions at this page on the Duke Libraries web site.
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