LibX University of Maine Edition

LibX University of Maine Edition is a Firefox extension that provides direct access to your Library's resources. It features:

Toolbar & right-click context menu

Search your library catalog directly from the LibX toolbar or using the right-click context menu.

Support for off-campus access via EZProxy

Using the Library's off-campus proxy, you may reload a page through the proxy, or follow a link via the proxy, making it appear as though you are coming from an on-campus computer.

Scholar Button - Full text access to journal articles

LibX uses Google Scholar to search for articles and directs the user to the electronic copy subscribed to by your Library. Select a citation, then drag-and-drop it onto the Scholar button on the toolbar. You can use this feature even from inside a PDF file, which makes retrieving papers referenced in a PDF file a snap.
To use this feature, your library must be a Google Scholar library, or you must activate this link in the Firefox profile in which LibX is installed: Activate Google Scholar support. (See also LibX FAQ Question 11) 

Note: The Scholar button is NOT the best place to start your research.  It is designed to help you get to Fogler's material when you already have a citation displayed in your browser.

Support for embedded cues

LibX places cues in web pages you visit if your library has resources related to that page. Whenever you see the cue, click on the link to look at what the Library has to offer. For instance, book pages at Amazon or Barnes & Noble will contain cues that link to the book's entry in URSUS. Cues are displayed at Google, Yahoo! Search, the NY Times Book Review, and other pages. Watch this screencast for examples of this cool feature. (requires Macromedia Flash Plugin)

Support for xISBN

A book title can have different ISBNs for the paperback, the hardcover, even for different editions. LibX supports OCLC's xISBN service: you can find a book, given an ISBN, even if the library holds this book under a different ISBN.

Installation:

Click here to install LibX University of Maine Edition --- Revision #1

This extension should work with Firefox versions 1.5 - 2.0.0.14 on Windows, Linux, and Macintosh OS-X. It should also support Firefox 3.0 - 3.5 but has not been as thoroughly tested in 3.0 - 3.5.

If Firefox displays a message "To protect your computer, Firefox prevented this site library.umaine.edu from asking you to install software on your computer.", press the button labeled "Edit Options..." and click "Allow" to add library.umaine.edu to the list of websites from which extensions may be installed. Then click "Close" and visit the "Install" link again.  Click "Install Now" in the Software Installation dialog box.

If Firefox shows an error message "not a vaild install package - 207," or "download error - 228," try right-clicking (control-clicking for Mac users) on the download link, choose "save link as," and save the file to your desktop.  Drag the downloaded file into the main area of Firefox to install.

Click here to install LibX for Internet Explorer University of Maine Edition --- Revision #1 (Beta)

LibX IE requires Internet Explorer 6.0 or higher. It works best with Internet Explorer 7.0 or higher. Microsoft .Net Framework 2.0 or higher is required for the LibX IE installation process.  Check your Windows Update. 

Copyright:

LibX is distributed under the Mozilla Public License. The copyright is held jointly by Annette Bailey and Virginia Tech.

Privacy:

By using this extension you may send the URL of pages you are currently visiting to your library's catalog server. Such information is sent only if you are actively using the extension; it is never sent automatically. If you wish to avoid this you must turn off the referrer URL by setting network.http.sendRefererHeader to 0 in your preferences.

In addition, you may be sending information such as ISBN numbers to OCLC. Use LibX -> Preferences -> AJAX Options to turn this services off if desired.

For more information about LibX, visit the LibX Homepage.