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Please note:  The LibX LTS Toolbar was initially written for Firefox.  For best performance of all of the features, use the Firefox version.

Firefox:  Browser Requirement 1.5 or higher.

If Firefox displays a message "To protect your computer, FIrefox prevented this site...from installing software on your computer.", press the button labeled "Edit Options..." and click "Allow" to add "lts.brandeis.edu" to the list of websites from which extensions may be installed.

Then click "Ok" and click on the "Install LibX" link again.  you will need to re-launch Firefox to see the LibX LTs extension.

Internet Explorer:  The LibX LTS Toolbar for IE is a beta version.  If you decided to install the LibX LTS Toolbar on Internet Explorer please be aware that some functions may n ot work as well like auto-linking and embedded cures.

Browser requirements 6.0 or higher.  It runs best with internet Explorer 7.0, and requires that .Net 2.0 or later is installed--check your Windows Update.

To install the LibX LTs toolbar you must have Internet Explorer open.  Save the file first.  The close all Internet Explorer windows and run the file.  A wizard will walk you through the installation process.  Check the box to re-start Internet Explorer before you click "finish."

To uninstall the LibX LTS Toolbar use the Windows Control Panel and follow the same steps that you would to  uninstall any program.  Look for the LibX for IE in your list of installed programs.  


Other cool features

Support for COinS linking:  The LibX LTs Toolbar looks for ISBNs and ISSNs hidden inside SPAN tags in web pages, and generates a button when it finds one.  Follow to check for access.  Read more about COinS.

Support for xISBN searching:  A book can have many different ISBNs.  If it was published in paperback and in hardcover, it will often have two different ISBNs.  Different edition fo a titles are also assigned new ISBNs.  Given an ISBN, the LibX LTs Toolbar will find the title, if owned, even if Brandeis has the title under a different ISBN.

This page was last modified on: Apr 02, 2008