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• Penn bookmarks
• LibX
• Search plugins
• Post to PennTags
• Zotero

Penn bookmarks

The Penn Libraries have prepared a bookmark folder that provides quick access to Penn sites and Penn Libraries pages and resources.

To add the bookmark folder to your browser in Firefox, do the following:

1. Save pennbookmarks-content.html to your desktop.
2. In Firefox, go to Bookmarks > Organize Bookmarks
3. Click on "Import and Backup" and choose "Import HTML"
4. Make sure the "From an HTML File" radio button is selected, then click "Continue"
5. Browse to pennbookmarks-content.html, click on it once, then click "Open"
6. The Penn Toolbar URLs have been added to you bookmarks. If you wish to add them to the Bookmarks Toolbar that runs across the top of your browser: In the Organize Bookmarks dialog box you opened earlier, Expand the "Bookmarks Menu" folder until you see the "Penn Bookmarks" folder. Drag the "Penn Bookmarks" folder up and drop it into your "Bookmarks Toolbar" folder.

To add the bookmark folder to your browser in IE, do the following:

1. Save pennbookmarks-content.html to your desktop.
2. In IE, go to File > Import and Export
3. The Import and Export Wizard will start. Click on "Next"
4. On the Import/Export Selection page choose "Important Favorites" and click "Next".
5. In the "Import from a File or Address" box, browse to pennbookmarks-content.html, click on it once, then click "Open" and "Next".
6. Select the Folder where you would like to import the bookmarks. Your Favorites folder is a good choice. The "Penn Bookmarks" folder has been added to your bookmarks. If you wish to add this folder to the Bookmarks Toolbar that runs across the top of your browser, just drag and drop the "Penn Bookmarks" folder into your Bookmarks Toolbar.

At this point, you can customize the links by adding new links, or deleting or renaming existing bookmarks.

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LibX

LibX is a browser plugin for Firefox and Internet Explorer that provides a search toolbar, live links to Franklin searches, and right-click searches of selected text in Franklin or Google. LibX makes it easy to determine whether the Penn Libraries can provide access to a book or article that you have found cited on the web.

Click here to install the customized University of Pennsylvania edition of LibX.

Features

Easily search Franklin and WorldCat

Either type search terms directly into the toolbar or select text with your mouse, right click, and choose between Franklin, WorldCat, or Google. (You may configure the options for your right-click searches through "LibX Preferences" on the left pull-down menu.)

Embedded links to library resources

LibX places the icon in web pages you visit whenever the Penn Libraries offer resources related to that page. By clicking on the icon you can see what is available. For instance, when you've found a book that interests you on Amazon or bn.com, if you click on the icon, you can automatically search Franklin for the book to see whether Penn owns it. The Franklin icon also appears on search results pages for Google and Yahoo!, book reviews on the New York Times site, and other pages.

LibX also recognizes ISBNs, DOIs, and PubMed IDs and automatically turns them into live links. By clicking on a link, you can see whether the Penn Libraries offer the title either in print or electronically.

See the LibX Homepage for more information on features.

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Search plugins

By clicking on the links below, you can install helpful search plugins that allow you to search directly from the search box in the top righthand corner of your browser. These plugins are compatible with both Firefox and Internet Explorer. If you discover a plugin that you would like to see added to the library list, please email Dick Griscom at griscom@upenn.edu.

Franklin search plugins

• Author search plugin
• Title search plugin
• Keyword search plugin

Other Penn Library plugins

• FindIt search plugin
  
• VCat search plugin

Plugins for other resources

• General
  • EBSCO MegaFile search plugin
  • JSTOR search plugin
  • Google Scholar search plugin
• Biomedical
  • PubMed Plus search plugin
• Business
  • Abiinform search plugin
• Humanities
  • Oxford Music Search Plugin
• Science
  • ScienceDirect search plugin
  • Wiley Interscience search plugin
  • E-prints search plugin
  • WorldWide Science Alliance search plugin
  • Science.gov search plugin
  • ScienceResearch.com search plugin
  • Mednar search plugin
  • Scitopia search plugin
  • Scirus search plugin

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Post to PennTags

This bookmarklet allows you to tag pages in PennTags. With a single click of the mouse, you can save, tag, and annotate webpages--including Franklin and VCAT records.

(New to PennTags? Read our instructions for using PennTags.)

Install

• For Firefox Drag the following link onto your bookmarks toolbar: Post to PennTags
• For Internet Explorer Right click this link and save to your Favorites: Post to PennTags

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Zotero

Zotero is a free, easy-to-use Firefox extension to help you collect, manage, and cite your research sources. To find upcoming classes on Zotero and other library resources, please visit the library Workshop page.

To get up and running, see Zotero's quick start guide. Zotero also offers plugins that help integrate it with several popular wordprocessing programs.