Bridging the gap from Wikipedia to scholarly resources

Bridging the gap from Wikipedia to scholarly resources: a simple Java. Script search tool BARBARA ARNETT WEB SERVICES LIBRARIAN VALERIE FORRESTAL COMMUNICATIONS & NEW MEDIA STRATEGIES LIBRARIAN STEVENS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY

Project History: Elsevier 2010 API app challenge (for creative use of the Science. Direct open content API) Firefox add-on so researchers can search Science. Direct from anywhere on the web, without going through the library’s website/Science. Direct interface Added functionality: auto-populate search box to encourage Wikipedia/Google users to expand their research to library resources Issues: compatibility with other browsers search limited to Science. Direct content aversion to add-ons due to Firefox memory-hogging managing code updates Solution: Cross-browser compatible JS bookmarklet (inspired by bit. ly, etc) + Ebsco Discovery Service

Inspiration: Bit. ly bookmarklet

Install page

Bookmarklet in browser

Search prompt

Search results

Bookmarklet = Bookmark + Applet In this case, Java. Script executed instead of a URL Works on Firefox, Internet Explorer, Safari, Chrome

Java. Script code in bookmarklet this executes Java. Script in a file that resides on our web server javascript: (function(){document. body. append. Child(document. create. Element ('script')). src='http: //www. stevens. edu/library/js/search. js'; })();

Parts of the Bookmarklet 1 – Google Analytics tracking 2 – Prompt box for user to edit search terms – uses the Page Title for initial search terms 3 – Execute search in federated search

javascript that is executed in http: //www. stevens. edu/library/js/search. js-{ // ********* Google analytics code BEGIN **********// var _gaq = _gaq || []; _gaq. push(['_set. Account', 'UA-18930 XXX-1']); _gaq. push(['_track. Pageview']); (function() { var ga = document. create. Element('script'); ga. type = 'text/javascript'; ga. async = true; ga. src = ('https: ' == document. location. protocol ? 'https: //ssl' : 'http: //www') + '. googleanalytics. com/ga. js'; var s = document. get. Elements. By. Tag. Name('script')[0]; s. parent. Node. insert. Before(ga, s); })(); // ********* Google analytics code END **********// var Ti=document. title. replace('- Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia', ''); void(Ti=prompt('Edit search terms: ', Ti)); if(Ti) { var search. String='http: //ezproxy. stevens. edu/login? url=http: //search. ebscohost. com/login. aspx? direct=true &site=eds-live&scope=site&type=0&cli 0=FT 1&clv 0=Y&bquery='+(Ti); window. location. href=search. String; } }

More info: Contact: Barbara Arnett: barnett@stevens. edu Valerie Forrestal: valerie. forrestal@stevens. edu Details: Presentation available at: http: //slidesha. re/valebookmarklet Server-side code available at: http: //www. stevens. edu/library/js/search. js