The LibX LTS Toolbar
What is the LibX LTS Toolbar? The LibX LTS Toolbar is a browser extension that gives you faster access to LTS resources. It works with Mozilla Firefox version 1.5 or higher and with Internet Explorer version 6 or 7 on Windows, Linux, and Macintosh OS-X systems.
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What does the LibX LTS Toolbar do? The LibX LTS Toolbar helps you discover and connect to LTS resources while searching the Internet. Once you download the toolbar, you get
- Quick links to LTS services, locations, hours, and other info
- Options to search the LOUIS catalog, Brandeis Scholar, the E-Journals title list, or Google Scholar directly from the toolbar
- A dynamic right-click menu of search options for text you select on webpages
- Support for off-campus access to LTS resources
- Embedded links to the LOUIS catalog in popular websites such as Amazon and Barnes and Noble
- Autolinking for ISBNs and ISSNs on webpages, which turn into clickable links that connect you to the LOUIS catalog
Quick links to LTS services, locations, hours, and other info
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Pull down the LTS Toolbar menu from the left hand side of the toolbar for quick links to Library hours and locations, the LOUIS catalog, Brandeis Scholar, LATTE, and other services.
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Search LOUIS, E-Journal titles, or Google Scholar directly from the toolbar
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Search options
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- Choose the resource you want to search by pulling down the search menu on the right hand side of the toolbar. You can search LOUIS (default), Brandeis Scholar for databases or articles, E-Journal titles, or Google Scholar. Different search options will display to the left of the search bar depending on what you are searching!
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 to display, make sure to set your Google Scholar preferences!
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Dynamic right-click search options for selected/highlighted text on webpages
Different search options will display depending on what text you highlight on a web page. Alternatively, you can drag and drop selected text into the search box on the toolbar or directly onto the Google Scholar button to run a search.
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- Highlight a word or phase like Napoleonic Rule, and right-click for a LOUIS or Google Scholar search
- Highlight a journal title, like Lancet, or an article title, like The Indigenous in the Plural in Bolivian Oppositional Politics, and right-click for a Google Scholar search.
- Highlight an ISSN number, such as 1076-7975, and right-click for a LOUIS or search
- Highlight an ISBN number, such as 0313303975, and right-click for a LOUIS search
- You can customize your right-click search options via the LibX Preferences quicklink!
- Off-campus access to LTS resources: Using the toolbar, you have the option to reload a webpage via Brandeis authentication when you are doing research off campus. This way, you can check to see if Brandeis has access to the full text of an article or journal you find. Choosing "Reload [url] for Brandeis Access", will prompt you for your UNet login. If LTS has a subscription to the journal the article is published in, using this "Reload" option will allow you to login and access the article.
- Searching Brandeis Scholar from off campus using the LTS Toolbar: If you use the toolbar to search Brandeis Scholar from off campus, your first search will require you to login. Once you are logged in, you can search all of the Brandeis Scholar quicksets using the toolbar.
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Embedded links to the LOUIS catalog
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The LibX LTS Toolbar embeds links to the LOUIS catalog in search results on Amazon, Barnes & Noble, Google, Yahoo!, and more. Just watch for the button and when you see one, click to check LOUIS to see if Brandeis has the book.
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Autolinking for ISBNs and ISSNs
The LTS Toolbar looks for visible ISBNs and ISSNs on webpages and turns them into clickable links that connect you to the LOUIS catalog so that you can see if you can access the book or journal at Brandeis. Try ISBN 0313303975 or ISSN 1076-7975. You can turn autolinking off by unchecking "Autolink Pages" in the drop-down quick links menu to the left of the toolbar.
Set Google Scholar preferences
Go to the Google Scholar homepage and click on the Scholar Preferences link to the right of the search box. In the Library Links section, type in Brandeis.
LibX LTS Toolbar help and support
For questions about the LibX LTS Toolbar, please email the e-resources team at e-resources@brandeis.edu or call 781-736-4693. If you are having trouble installing the LibX LTS Toolbar, consult the installation help page.
Copyright: LibX is distributed under the Mozilla Public License. Copyright is held jointly by Annette Bailey and Virginia Tech.
