Creation of search toolbars and tailor-made searchboxes to be place anywhere on the web, even on your users personal pages .. is made really easy with tools like Conduit.com, NeedleSearch, Netvibes.com.
I know there are many others, but these I use on a daily basis.
In preparation of a talk at the Karolinska Institutet in Stockholm next week, I did a quick excersice (1 hour) on a toolbar and search box on just a few of their freely available search resources.
I wonder if they find this usefull ...
KOPERNIO extension to find PDF's : plus Open Access button, Unpaywall, Google Scholar and Connect UPDATED!
UPDATE: Clarivate Analytics Acquires Research Startup Kopernio to Accelerate Pace of Scientific Innovation I am currently testing 4 browser extensions in Chrome that can help me find the PDF i need. They seem to be popping up like dandelions in the fields ;-) (Please read my post on ALL possible options to get to a PDF: http://digicmb.blogspot.nl/2017/03/how-to-get-pdf-infographic.html ) Here is a first glance of what they do. For testing i used this article: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.cub.2016.10.008 (not free or open access) Kopernio (previously Canary Haz ( http://kopernio.com) Note this is a .com extension. This new company has been founded just 8 months ago. The Kopernio extension was released just in March 2017. Currently the Kopernio button is in alpha-testing and so far it seems free. The previous name appeared to be a tribute to the #ICANHAZPDF movement (requesting pdf's via Twitter with this hashtag). ...
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