Skip to content

James Madison University
Libraries and Educational Technologies

Research

More Research

Printer Friendly Version

LibX FireFox Extension
James Madison University Edition

Check out LibX, a Firefox extension specially designed for JMU Libraries. Use it to search for books and articles at JMU whenever you are using the Firefox browser. From Amazon, Google Scholar and more, JMU Libraries' are just a click away.

Install LibX Now

LibX Features

The LibX Toolbar

After installing LibX, you will see a LibX toolbar in Firefox:

	Convenient links to James Madison University Libraries and LEO Library Catalog. Change the defaults for displaying content in new tabs or new pages with Display Preferences.
	Select your search fields. This list changes depending on the search tool selected.
	Enter your search in this box in two different ways: type it in select text on any webpage and drag-and-drop it in
	Click the blue arrow to add additional search boxes and refine your search. Click the red X to remove additional search boxes.
	Select your search tool. The default is LEO Library Catalog. Search LEO Library Catalog for books, videos, sound recordings, manuscripts and more. Search Periodical Locator for journals, magazines and newspapers. Search Check for Full Text @ JMU for specific articles. Search Google Scholar for free and subscription resources listed on the free Web.
	Clear your search quickly with the Clear button. Select text and then drag-and-drop it on top of the Scholar button to search Google Scholar.

Right-Click Menus

Whenever you see a resource that interests you—in Amazon, in an article, anywhere—highlight it and then right-click for quick searches in LEO Library Catalog and Google Scholar.

LibX recognizes some specialized numbers, making your search even easier.

Highlight an ISBN and right-click. LibX knows that you are looking for a book and will suggest searches for LEO.
Select an ISSN and right-click. LibX knows you are looking for a journal, magazine or newspaper.
Select a DOI (Digital Object Identifier) or PubMed ID and right-click. LibX suggests that you look for a specific article using Check for Full Text @ JMU.

Embedded Cues

After you download LibX, you’ll also see embedded cues that link to JMU’s LibX on participating websites. Simply click on the purple “M” to see if JMU has the book, video, article or journal.

Look for these embedded cues in Amazon, Barnes & Noble, and New York Times Book Review for a quick way to search LEO. The embedded cues are also available in Google and Yahoo! so you can repeat a search done there in one of our search tools.

LibX Toolbar

Install LibX JMU Edition

Click on the install link: http://libx.org/editions/jmu/libx-jmu.xpi
When prompted, click on Install Now.

Restart Firefox to finish.

Installation Notes

If Firefox displays a message "To protect your computer, Firefox prevented this site... from installing software on your computer,"

click the button labeled "Edit Options..."
click "Allow" to add libx.org to the list of websites from which extensions may be installed.
Then click "OK" or “Close”
Click on the "Install" link again

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, and 1.5.0.2 on Windows, Linux, and Macintosh OS-X.

More About LibX

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.

For more information about LibX, visit the LibX Homepage at http://libx.org.