For those of you using the Firefox browser we have made catalog search plug-ins for the author, title and keyword searches. 10% of you are now using Firefox. (The plugins should also work for Mozilla and late Netscape.)
Another efficient way to search the catalog via Firefox is to create a Smart Keyword that works directly from the address bar. This works for any page with a search box. Right click in the box. Choose 'Add a Keyword for this Search', and pick a short keyword. Voila! For example, right click in the catalog's Title Search box. Set up 't' for a Smart Keyword. Now you can just type 't bird by bird' in the address bar and Firefox will rush off to the catalog and find you Anne Lamott's wonderful writing book. There are more detailed instructions for Smart Keyword available from NOBLE, a Boston-area library consortium.
Thanks to Corey Seeman at University of Toledo for the plug-in code. He in turn based it on work done by Thomas Dowling at OhioLink. And thanks to the The Shifted Librarian for starting the conversation that led to the people who knew how.
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