Brooklyn College Library Browser Plugin

Take the library with you wherever you are on the Web

We're offering a more customized alternative to the Google or Yahoo toolbars.
Reading a book review and want to know if we have the book? Want quick access to library research tools without going to the Library home page? Try BCL's Libx plugin for Firefox! Once installed, Libx stays with you wherever you go on the web and provides direct access to the Library's resources.

Download it here It's free, open source and easy to install. Mozilla Firefox LibX version Internet Explorer LibX version (beta only)  - some features do not work in IE

What is LibX?
LibX is free software that modifies your internet browser to allow you to use the library's resources from any page on the Web.

• Want quick access to library research tools without going to the Library home page? A tremendously useful toolbar is added to your browser. No matter where you are on the Web, you can use the Libx toolbar search box to quickly search your terms in Library Catalog, E-Journals Finder, Google Scholar, and Worldcat.

• Use toolbar's dropdown menu to quickly open Brooklyn College Library webpages such as Databases, Library Catalog, Interlibrary Loan, etc.

• Looking into buying a book? Wait! Check to see if you can borrow it from the library first.
  Whenever you see the library icon at an online bookseller (e.g. Amazon) or online books digitization project (e.g. Google Books), you can click to see our Library Catalog record for that item.

• Reading a good book review and want to know if we have the book? Check to see if the library has the book. The library icon will appear on many popular webpages such as The New York Times. Just click on it to see if you can check it out from the library.

• Right-click in Context: Doing some research on the Web and find something interesting? No need to cut-and-paste. On any webpage, you can highlight text (an author, a book title, etc.) and then right click it to search that text in the Library Catalog, E-Journals Finder, Google Scholar, and Worldcat.