Library Tips: an occasional newsletter Morrisville State College August 22, 2003                                Back Issues: http://library.morrisville.edu/tips/ This newsletter is sent out via e-mail to all faculty, staff, and students.  Its purpose is to announce new library services and other items of interest to you.  Please send comments to Bill Drew: drewwe@morrisville.edu. Advanced Information Tools Purpose: This issue is aimed at providing you with advanced tools that will make your information seeking more efficient and will not tie you to a particular web site or page. This information is also at http://library.morrisville.edu/advancedtools.html. Bookmarklets Bookmarklets are "simple tools that extend the surf and search capabilities of Netscape and Explorer web browsers." (from Bookmarklets.com) They are little javascript programs used to extend your web browser. The library has already created some bookmarklet links (below) which you can add to your browser right now for use at any time. They are also called "favelets." SETUP INSTRUCTIONS: Choose a useful Search Tool bookmarklet from the list below, mouse over that link below, right click, and click on the 'Add to Favorites' or 'Add to Bookmarks' choice.  You can also highlight the link and drag it to your "Links" toolbar. Now it's available for you to use anytime from your Links, Favorites or Bookmarks. Choose more -- they're all free! Search Tool Bookmarklets: How to use the tools: (1) Open your browser's Favorites or Bookmarks, click on the Search Tool link you think would be helpful (e.g., Search OneFile) and it will open a small pop-up window where you can type in your search word or phrase. Click the 'OK' button to do an immediate search in that source! OR (2) Highlight a word or phrase in the webpage you're looking at, open your browser's Favorites or Bookmarks and click on a Search Tool link you think might be helpful (e.g., Morrisville Library Catalog), and it will automatically show you the results of searching that word in the Morrisville Library Catalog. Slick, huh? Morrisville Library Catalog - This will search the library catalog for books, videos, etc. Search OneFile - This will search for magazine, journal, or newspaper articles. Only for Morrisville College students, staff, faculty. New York State Newspapers - find articles in 10 major NYS newspapers including the New York Times and the Post-Standard (Syracuse).Only for Morrisville College students, staff, faculty. Search Librarians Index to the Internet -"The Librarians' Index to the Internet (lii.org) is a searchable, annotated subject directory of more than 12,000 Internet resources selected and evaluated by librarians for their usefulness to users of public libraries. lii.org is used by both librarians and the general public as a reliable and efficient guide to Internet resources." Search Google - Search one of the best internet search engines. Search Google News  Search for news on Google News. Dictionary - Look up words in the American Heritage Dictionary. Create Search Bookmarklet :This page has a bookmarklet that helps you create search bookmarklets similar to the ones above. Includes detailed instructions. I used this tool to create the ones on this page.