1. Bridging the gap from Wikipedia
to scholarly sources:
oneSearch bookmarklet
BARBARA ARNETT
WEB SERVICES LIBRARIAN
VALERIE FORRESTAL
COMMUNICATIONS & NEW MEDIA STRATEGIES
LIBRARIAN
STEVENS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY

2. Discovery tool project:
 Key questions:
 How do you prompt students to use scholarly sources for
research?
 What if they could search the library’s subscription databases
without having to go through the library website?
 How do you create a bridge between common student research
sources, such as Wikipedia, and the library’s collections?

3. Solution
 Solution: Cross-browser compatible bookmarklet
(inspired by bit.ly, etc) + Summon (Serials Solutions
Discovery Service)
 Bookmarklet = Bookmark + Applet
 small program run from your browser’s favorites menu
 Easy to install (drag-and-drop)
 OS/browser independent
 Only runs when clicked, so it doesn’t slow down your computer
like some browser add-ons

4. Browser use at Stevens Library website
60
50
40
Internet Explorer
30 Firefox
Safari
20 Chrome
10
0
2009 2010 2011

5. Inspiration: Bit.ly bookmarklet

6. How students use the Bookmarklet

7. Install page

8. Bookmarklet in browser

9. Search prompt

10. Search results

11. Usage Statistics

12. How libraries can set up a Bookmarklet

13. Parts of the Bookmarklet:
 1 – HTML : display bookmarklet on your webpage
 Contains the JavaScript that sits in the bookmarklet (in user’s
browser)
 2 – JavaScript: on your server
 sits in search.js, referenced in bookmarklet HTML
 Google Analytics tracking + Prompt box for user to edit search terms
(uses the Page Title for initial search terms)
 Executes search and returns results in federated search or catalog
 3 – CSS: make it pretty
 Optional (places button image under link)
 Can be inline or separate stylesheet

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

15. Javascript 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://stevens.summon.serialssolutions.com/search?s.q='+(Ti);
window.location.href=searchString;
}
}

16. Hasn’t this been done before?
 Catalog search bookmarklet (Indiana State University)
 Added functionality – code on our server, no version updates for the
user to install
 Uses federated search to retrieve all types of information
 Libx toolbar
 Add-ons / extensions can slow down browser, bookmarklet only
executes / uses resources when clicked
 Can be used in all browsers (Chrome, Safari, Firefox, IE)
 Bookmarklet:
 Manage code updates easily
 No memory hogging

17. Results
 Analytics tell us:
 Number of clicks
 Where clicking from
 University of Michigan
 http://www.lib.umich.edu/mlibrary-labs/articlesplus-quick-search-bookmarklet

18. Next steps:
 Have students install bookmarklet in all info lit
classes (laptops are required.)
 Place oneSearch button in library website footer, so
it’s easy to find and accessible from any page on our
site.
 Campus-wide announcement (email) in September
2011.
 After roll-out and promotion, compare Fall 2011
usage stats for key databases vs. Fall 2009/2010.
 Edit Google Analytics code to track search terms
(anonymously.)

19. More info:
Contact:
 Barbara Arnett: barnett@stevens.edu
 Valerie Forrestal: valerie.forrestal@stevens.edu
Details:
 Instructions available at: http://bit.ly/LibTech11
 Server-side code: http://www.stevens.edu/library/js/search.js