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Browser add-ons and Preferences  > LibX Deakin Edition

LibX is a browser plugin for Firefox and Internet Explorer that provides direct access to Deakin University Library's resources.  With LibX you can:

• Search the Library's resources any time, anywhere using a right-click context menu
  Highlight selected text from any web page, right click to bring up a context menu, then choose to search the Deakin University Library catalogue, or find Library resources via Google Scholar.
  
  
• More support for off campus users via Library authentication (EZproxy)
  Use LibX to re-load a web page page via EZproxy (doing this makes it appear as though off campus access is from an on-campus location).
  
  
• Autolink
  Autolink turns International Standard Book Numbers (ISBNs) featured on web pages - such as Libraries Australia, or bookseller websites, such as Dymocks - into hotlinks. Click the hotlink to search the Deakin University Library catalogue to see if we hold the title.
  
  
• Deakin logo in Amazon, Barnes & Noble and other sites
  Search the Deakin catalogue by clicking on the Deakin University logo embedded in sites such as Barnes & Noble, Amazon, Yahoo! and Google.
  
  
• Support for xISBN
  With xISBN, you can find books in the catalogue even when the Library's copy has an ISBN that is different from the ISBN found on the Barnes & Noble, Amazon etc. site.
  
  
• Enhanced access to Google Scholar
  Highlight selected text, then drag and drop the selection onto the Google Scholar button in the LibXtoolbar, or, simply enter text into the LibX text box to search Google Scholar directly.

 More information about LibX Deakin Edition.

 View the video tutorial

 Click here to install LibX for Firefox Deakin University Library Edition.

 Click here to install LibX for Internet Explorer Deakin University Library Edition.

 Click here to install LibX for Google Chrome Deakin Library Edition.

Installation notes:

• If you are prompted to open the file 'libx-deakin.xpi', select Firefox as the application. After installing you will need to restart the Firefox browser.
  
  
• Firefox will block the installatation of LibX software unless you have registered Deakin University Library as an 'Allowed site'.  The prompt will appear in a yellow bar at the top of the screen.  If prompted, choose the option 'Edit Options', then select 'library.deakin.edu.au' as an allowed site.  You will then need to re-select the 'Click here to install LibX' option.
  
  
  
  
• So that all of LibX's features will work, it is important that you set certain preferences in Google Scholar **after** you install LibX:
  
  
  1. Go to Google Scholar: http://scholar.google.com/
  2. Choose 'Scholar Preferences' which is located alongside the searchbox
  3. In the 'Library links' section of the page, type 'Deakin' into the search box, then select 'Find Library'
  4. 'Deakin University Library (WebBridge@DEAKIN)' should now appear as a ticked check box
  5. Choose 'Save Preferences'

To uninstall LibX-Deakin:

1. Start Firefox
2. Click Tools | Extensions
3. Select LibX Deakin University
4. Click uninstall
5. Restart Firefox.

LibX is distributed under the Mozilla Public License. For more information, go to: http://www.libx.org.

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