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Bookmarklets for the Tufts University Library

 

What is a bookmarklet?

Our bookmarklet lets a user highlight a word anywhere on the internet and run a search of the library catalog with that word as a search term. If nothing is highlighted then a input box promts you for a keyword.

 

Netscape Navigator 6 or higher

Save this bookmarklet if you are using Firefox, Mozilla, and Netscape 6 or higher. (This will not work in Netscape version 4.7)
Tufts Catalog

Microsoft Internet Explorer 5 or higher

Save this bookmarklet if you are using Internet Explorer 5 or higher.
Tufts Library Catalog

 

How do I save my bookmarklet?

In Netscape

  1. Click "View" at the top of your browser.
  2. Highlight "Show/Hide" and make sure "Personal Toolbar" is checked. (As shown below)

  3. Click and Drag the "Tufts Catalog" link from this web page to the Personal Toolbar, so your toolbar contains the Tufts Catalog link like the image below.

  4. Now when you click the link in the Personal Toolbar you will be prompted for keywords to do a keyword search within the Tufts Library Catalog. If you have text highlighted by clicking on the link you will automatically perform a Catalog keyword search with whatever text is highlighted.

In Internet Explorer

  1. Click "View" at the top of your browser.
  2. Highlight "Tools" and make sure "Links" is checked. (As shown below)

  3. Click and Drag the "Tufts Catalog" link from this web page to the Links Toolbar.
  4. Internet Explorer will ask "You are adding a link that may not be safe. Do you want to continue?" Click "Yes". Bookmarklets can be a security risk if installed from an un-trusted source.
  5. Now your toolbar should contain the Tufts Catalog link like the image below.

  6. Now when you click the link in the Links Toolbar you will prompted for keywords to do a keyword search within the Tufts Library Catalog. If you have text highlighted by clicking on the link you will automatically perform a Catalog keyword search with whatever text is highlighted.

 

 

For more information and other Bookmarklets please see this third party website. http://www.bookmarklets.com