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Image by Frank Hamm via Flickr Just to make my own work easier, and eventually of course our patrons, I am working on a Resources Page for specific and general OpenSearch Plugins for direct use in the browser search box . For licenced databases I am working on the url-string to include our digital library proxy access. Luckily I already have a huge list of library resource urls due to the Library Toolbars. 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 MyCroft Project has been gathering all kinds of useful stuff at their site, including a search for OpenSearch Plugins. I could not resist in putting that into a handy widget via Widgetbox. You can also see it work on this Blog It is not approved by Widgetbox yet, but it can be used as from now. And it it amazing to see how many Search Plugins there are out there! Make Your (Search) Life Easier! Related articles by...

This first part of the PubMed Toolbar Screencast explains the many options users have to adjust the Toolbar Settings to their own liking. Some options are: shrink/unshrink toolbar. This leaves only the icons with mouse-over text and saves space add gadgets (widgets): for business or pleasure clear your search history The Toolbar Options has 4 tabs with loads of settings: Personal Components: email notifyer, privacy, weather, radio(podcasts) Predefined Components: here you can choose which items of the toolbar you want to toggle on/off. If you do not like the News Ticker, just de-select it here. Useful Components: Add your own apps buttons on the Toolbar for fast access: All Microsoft Office apps, Paint, MSN, Registry editor etc Additional Settings: Very useful to set the functionality of the search box for search history, text selection, serch database preference etc. Related articles by Zemanta PubMed Toolbar in the Spotlight (digicmb.blogspot.com) PubMed Search & News Widget ...

Zemanta has suggestions while you write inside your blogging dashboard ! It tries to understand your text and recommends images, related links, tags and more. I am using Blogger to write my posts and setting up the Zemanta Firefox plugin was pretty easy. When having the Blogger dashboard open it presents a special window next to the concept post. The content of the post is being scanned and at least 5 things are happening automatically: based on semantic search it offers to add links to parts of the text. I see many Wikipedia suggestions. I wonder if I can direct this anymore, i.e. with telling it to insert my Delicious links. it presents suggestions for Tags & Labels. They can be included with one click. I do not see an option to add extra labels. Pictures are shown the should relate to the text. They come from either from the web searched via an filter or from your own stuff from Flickr . Your own stuff can be entered in the Preferences. With a max of 160 feeds via OPML ...