ACRL Superpower Your Browser links
by Jason on Mar.22, 2010, under Uncategorized
This is the “handout” for my March 23 webcast “Superpower your Browser: Open Source Research Tools” for ACRL. I’ve included printable URLs.
My article about LibX and Zotero is available in the February 2010 issue of C&RL News and online at http://crln.acrl.org/content/71/2/70.full
“LibX and Zotero: Firefox extensions for librarians and library patrons” by Jacob Glenn. Zotero in particular has introduced many new features since this was written, but it’s a good introduction to both programs. http://www-personal.umich.edu/~jkglenn/firefox/
LibX
LibX project home page, including edition builder and documentation: http://libx.org
My LibX guide: http://research.library.gsu.edu/libx
Creative Commons licensed. You may copy and alter it for your library as long as you credit me.
Great LibX guides from
Eastern Kentucky U: http://libguides.eku.edu/libx
and Murdoch U: http://wwwlib.murdoch.edu.au/mylibrary/LibX/
Zotero
Zotero home page, including documentation, forums, and more: http://www.zotero.org
My Zotero guide: http://research.library.gsu.edu/zotero
Creative Commons licensed. You may copy and alter it for your library as long as you credit me.
“7 Things You Need to Know about Zotero: A white paper from Teaching and Learning with Technology at Penn State” (pdf link): http://ets.tlt.psu.edu/wp-content/uploads/zotero_hot_team.pdf
Zotero guide from the U of Michigan: http://guides.lib.umich.edu/zotero
Other browser tools for researchers
In no particular order.
- Top Twenty Firefox Add-ons that Make Firefox the Researcher’s Browser of Choice: http://resipsablog.com/2008/08/23/become-an-efficient-researcher-top-twenty-firefox-add-ons-that-make-firefox-the-researchers-browser-of-choice/
- How to customise your browser for effective online research: http://helpmeinvestigate.com/ColinMeek/posts/41-how-to-customise-your-browser-for-effective-online-research
- 50+ Useful Firefox Extensions for College Students: http://www.collegedegrees.com/blog/2008/05/21/50-useful-firefox-extensions-for-college-students/
- Academic Power Research: Add-ons for Firefox: https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/collection/academic
- 100 Essential Firefox Add-Ons for Librarians: http://oedb.org/library/features/100_firefox_addons_for_librarians
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This blog is by Jason Puckett. I'm the Librarian for Communication and Educational Technologies at GSU in Atlanta. I write and speak about open-source software in libraries (pro), digital rights management (anti), and teaching information literacy (pro). I also podcast at Adventures in Library Instruction. I'm the author of a forthcoming book about using and teaching Zotero (ACRL Publications, spring 2011).
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March 23rd, 2010 on 7:01 pm
Hi Jason, Your presentation today was fabulous! I got all excited about setting us up with LibX but I can’t find a place to register (ie, to set up a login and password)! Can you point me in the right direction?
March 24th, 2010 on 9:12 am
Hi, Ann. So glad you enjoyed the session! You register at LibX just by going to the Edition Builder login page and putting in your email address and choosing password. They don’t seem to have a separate “register” interface. Confusing, I agree.
March 24th, 2010 on 12:33 pm
Thanks Jason, that wasn’t intuitive but it worked great!
Ann