Superpower Your Browser with LibX and Zotero: Open Source Tools for Research
A Note from Gary: Zotero is one of the most useful web research tools I've ever used. It's worth money (that I would be willing to pay) but it continues to be made available at no charge.
From the Article:
by Jason Puckett, Librarian for Communication and User Education Technologies, Georgia State University,
Most of our powerful research tools now exist on the Web, but libraries shouldn’t overlook the ability to add research features to the browser software itself. The extensible nature of the Firefox browser in particular makes it easy to install add-ons that help researchers at every stage of the research cycle, from search and discovery to writing and citation.
Two such add-ons are LibX, which enhances the search process, and Zotero, which eases saving, organizing, and citing sources. The LibX search toolbar can be customized to search your library’s catalog and databases, insert library links into sites like Amazon and Wikipedia, and more. Zotero is a citation manager and bibliography creator that is as easy to use as iTunes. They run on any operating system that will run Firefox, and LibX will also work with Internet Explorer for Windows. Both plug-ins are free open source tools developed by universities for academic researchers.
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