A bookmarklet is similar to any other “Favorite” or a “Bookmark” that you save in your internet browser. Similar, but also different. It is a very small program that takes input from the user and loads up a page based on that input.
Below are two bookmarklets that can search Diamond, our library catalog. Instead of having to navigate into the catalog and click on the search you want to do, the bookmarklet will search the catalog by keyword in one of two ways:
1) Highlight some text on your screen with your cursor. Then click on the bookmarklet. It will search the catalog for the words you highlighted and bring up a page of results.
2) Click on the bookmarklet. A box will pop-up prompting you to enter keywords. Type what you what to search for in the box and hit “OK”. You will then get a page of results in the catalog.
To use the bookmarklet you need to add it to your list of Favorites/Bookmarks. You can drag the link into your browser toolbar or right click and select “Add to Favorites/Bookmark this Link.” It works best if it is the group of bookmarks that appear in your toolbar.
For Internet Explorer Users:
For Firefox users:
–Derik A. Badman
When I try this with Firefox, I’m always prompted to enter a search term – highlighting a word and clicking the bookmarklet doesn’t automatically initiate a Diamond search.
That’s strange. I just tested it again and it worked for me (on my Mac). Last night I tested in a PC and it worked fine too.