Take Control over your Search Box in Your Browser
With a few simple clicks you can add your favourite library databases as a search option to your browser.
This allows you you to :
- do a direct search from your internet browser search box,
- without having to go to the database or search enigine first!
- not worry about your access to the Digital Library access from off-campus.
The small tools that do that are called Search Plugins and we can create them for you.
What is a search plugin?
Search plugins allows you to do a direct search from your internet browser search box, without having to go to the database or search enigine first. The plugins offered here works only on Internet Explorer 7 (and above) and Firefox 2.0 (and above).
How do I install these plugins?
To install, click on the plugin you wish to add and click "add provider" when prompted to do so. The plugin/s will then be added onto your internet browser search box.
To know more details about what exactly is being searched, click on the icon displayed under each plugin. (Details for several of the plugins are in the process of being updated.)
For comments on plugins, or requests for new plugins please e-mail
Nothing happens when I click on plugin?
In most cases, this happens when your browser security setting is set too high. To solve this problem, please add this site to IE7's trusted zone, then restart your browser again.
Other comments
The plugins offered here are not compatible with Safari and Opera internet browsers. A guide on how to set up plugins for these internet browsers will be up soon. Safari users may want to install the following freeware - Acidsearch or Inquistor.
