Libx is a Web 2.0 tool that connects you to the university library while exploring the web. Available for Firefox and Internet Explorer, this plug-in is customized especially for DePaul and pops a handy little search bar across the top of your browser window, so you can quickly and easily search the library catalog or check on whether the library has the journal you need online or in print.

Even better, when searching for titles from Amazon, Barnes & Noble, or many other sites, you will see a little DePaul icon next to the book title allowing you to see if it is available in the DePaul Library.

In addition, you can highlight any word or phrase in a web page and right-click to search the library catalog for that item or drag-and-drop onto the ‘Scholar’ button in the toolbar to generate a search in Google Scholar.

Speaking of Google Scholar, if you set your scholar preferences to include library links from DePaul,

your scholar results will have ‘find full text’ buttons.

Now you are never more than a click or two away from finding out whether the library has what you’re looking for.

Give it a try!

For Firefox:
http://libx.org/editions/download.php?edition=CD98EF7E

For Internet Explorer:
http://libx.org/editions/CD/98/CD98EF7E/libx-CD98EF7E.exe

(More general information at: http://libx.org/)