This document describes a JavaScript bookmarklet that was created to bridge the gap between Wikipedia and scholarly resources. The bookmarklet allows users to search the library's discovery service from any webpage without going through the library's website. It was inspired by Bit.ly bookmarklets and executes a search using the current webpage's title. The bookmarklet is cross-browser compatible and includes Google Analytics tracking. It prompts the user to edit the search terms and then executes the search in the library's discovery service. More details and contacts are provided at the end.

1. Bridging the gap from Wikipedia to scholarly resources:a simple JavaScript search tool Barbara ArnettWeb Services Librarian Valerie ForrestalCommunications & New Media Strategies Librarian Stevens Institute of Technology

2. Project History: Elsevier 2010 API app challenge (for creative use of the ScienceDirect open content API) Firefox add-on so researchers can search ScienceDirect from anywhere on the web, without going through the library’s website/ScienceDirect 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 ScienceDirect 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

3. Inspiration: Bit.ly bookmarklet

4. Install page

5. Bookmarklet in browser

6. Search prompt

7. Search results

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

9. JavaScript code in bookmarklet javascript:(function(){document.body.appendChild(document.createElement('script')).src='http://www.stevens.edu/library/js/search.js';})(); this executes JavaScript in a file that resides on our web server

10. 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

11. javascript that is executed in http://www.stevens.edu/library/js/search.js-- { // ***************** Google analytics code BEGIN *******************// var _gaq = _gaq || []; _gaq.push(['_setAccount', 'UA-18930XXX-1']); _gaq.push(['_trackPageview']); (function() { var ga = document.createElement('script'); ga.type = 'text/javascript'; ga.async = true; ga.src = ('https:' == document.location.protocol ? 'https://ssl' : 'http://www') + '.google- analytics.com/ga.js'; var s = document.getElementsByTagName('script')[0]; s.parentNode.insertBefore(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 searchString='http://ezproxy.stevens.edu/login?url=http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&site=eds-live&scope=site&type=0&cli0=FT1&clv0=Y&bquery='+(Ti); window.location.href=searchString; } }

12. 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