BROWN LIBX -- Take the Library Along As You Surf the Web!

Click here to install LibX Brown Library Edition Version 1.1.2 (Firefox only!)

LibX Brown Edition is a Firefox browser extension that provides direct access to the Library's resources.

Toolbar. Search JOSIAH directly from the LibX toolbar from any page on the web . The toolbar also provides shortcuts to the Library home page, JOSIAH, InfoGate and our direct borrowing services.

Right-click context menu: Search JOSIAH, Google Scholar, or find it!@brown using the right-click context menu.

Support for off-campus access via EZProxy: Using the Library's EZProxy, 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.

Quick full text access to journal articles: LibX uses Google Scholar to search for articles and directs you to the electronic copy subscribed to by the 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. (See SCREENSHOT.) If you are off campus (and not using the VPN client) or if you are using the campus wireless service, you will need to set Google Scholar preferences for "Brown" in the "Library Links" section in order to see the "find it! @ brown" links that will direct you to library-subscribed content.

Support for embedded cues: LibX places a small Brown logo as a cue in web pages you visit if the 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 Josiah. Cues are displayed at Google, Yahoo! Search, the NY Times Book Review, Global Books in Print, and other pages. See SCREENSHOT.

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. Highlight an ISBN on a page to use this functionality.

Support for COinS: LibX supports COinS, which can turn certain hidden SPAN tags inserted by authors or publishers into actionable OpenURL (find it! @ brown) links. For example, a search in Current Law Journal Content will show "find it!@ brown" links in journal tables of contents. More information on COinS.

Installation: Click here to install LibX Brown Edition Version 1.1.2. If Firefox displays a message "To protect your computer, Firefox prevented this site... from installing software on your computer.", press the button labelled "Edit Options..." and click "Allow" to add "www.brown.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 relaunch Firefox to see the LibX extension.

This extension works with Firefox only. It does not work with other browsers such as Internet Explorer or Safari. It has been tested with Firefox versions 1.0, 1.5, 1.5.0.1, 1.5.0.2 and 2.0 on Windows, Linux, and Macintosh OS-X.

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.

For more information about LibX, visit the LibX Homepage.