Thursday, April 12, 2007

WorldCat Google Gadget now available

A Google Gadget containing the WorldCat search box has been released and is available on the Google site. The WorldCat Gadget can be incorporated within two free and customizable Google services:
Your personalized Google home page
Personal Web pages built with Google Page Creator

The Gadget works just like the free WorldCat search box obtainable at WorldCat.org: Both let your customers search the collections of 10,000-plus libraries worldwide, then locate the item they want at your library or another nearby library. Let your patrons know about it! (Instructions for installing the Gadget are included below.)
How to install the WorldCat Google Gadget on your personalized Google home page
If you have previously created a personalized Google home page, steps 1 and 2 may be unnecessary.
Visit www.google.com and click the "Personalize this page" link at upper right.
Create an account or sign in.
Click the "Add Stuff" link at right above the Gadget display area.
Click the "Add by URL" link at page top, to the left of the Search Homepage Content button.
Enter the following URL in the Add by URL box:http://worldcat.org/googlegadgets/worldcatsearch.xml
Click OK on the "You are about to add a feature that was not created by Google" dialog.
Click the "Close" link inside the Add by URL box. Add more Google Gadgets, or return to your personalized home page via the "Back to homepage" link at top left.
How to install the WorldCat Google Gadget on a personal Web page built with Google Page Creator
Visit pages.google.com and create an account or sign in.
Create a new page, or enter Edit Page mode on an existing page.
While in Edit Page mode, click the "Add Gadget" link at lower right.
Click the "Add by URL" link in the popup pane, and enter http://worldcat.org/googlegadgets/worldcatsearch.xml
Click on the WorldCat logo or "WorldCat Search" link; then click OK on the "You are about to add a feature that was not created by Google" dialog.
Click OK in the Gadget Preview pane.
Click and drag the WorldCat Gadget to the desired page location.
Continue editing your page, or click the Publish button to post your new/revised personal Web page.

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