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Cool Tools

Madigan Library Cool Tools are mini-applications that offer cool and handy shortcuts for things like looking up a book in the Madigan Library or keeping on top of the current best-sellers. Below, we have listed the gadgets we currently have available. You can add these gadgets to your personalized iGoogle webpage and, if you have Google Desktop installed, you can also add these gadgets to your computer's desktop. We are always looking for new ideas or suggestions for gadgets, so dive in, check these out and share your feedback.

Madigan Widgets and Gadgets

  • Firefox users can search the Madigan Library Catalog from Amazon. This tool is a script that puts a small catalog box on right hand side of the screen that shows if the title is owned by the Madigan Library. It also has link to the catalog.

  • This tool requires Greasemonkey to be installed in your Firefox browser. Installation and instructions for installing Greasemonkey can be found here.

  • How to install the Madigan Library Lookup user script:

    • Go to the script site at userscripts.org: http://userscripts.org/scripts/show/25711
    • Click on the “Install this script” button on the upper right of the website
    • A dialog box will pop up titled “Greasemonkey Installation”, which displays the name of the script you are about to install, a brief description, and a list of included pages, in this case http://*.amazon.*
    • Click “install” to install this script
    • That’s it! Now when you use Amazon, a box will appear on the right side of Amazon’s screen that will tell you if the book is available at the Madigan Library

Other Widgets and Gadgets