Bookmarklets:Bookmarks With Power

Michael Sauersmsauers@travelinlibrarian.info

Computers in Libraries 2005Washington, DC – 18 March 2005

http://travelinlibrarian.info/presentations/

What is a bookmarklet?

• A bookmark (or favorite) that instead of containing a URL for a Web page, contains JavaScript to perform a function.

How do I install a bookmarklet• Find the link, right-click, and select “Add to

bookmarks” or “Bookmark this link”.

• Drag the link onto your links toolbar.

Bookmarklets Homepagehttp://www.bookmarklets.com/

BugMeNothttp://www.bugmenot.com/

Make Search Bookmarklethttp://www.bookmarklets.com/mk.phtml

LibraryLookuphttp://weblog.infoworld.com/udell/stories/2002/12/11/librarylookup.html

TinyURLhttp://tinyurl.com/

Wayback Machinehttp://www.archive.org/web/web.php

CoolWhoIshttp://www.coolwhois.com/

Subscribe with Bloglineshttp://www.bloglines.com/help/easysub?tip=6

Validation Bookmarkletshttp://www.squarefree.com/bookmarklets/validation.html

BlogThis! (Blogger) http://help.blogger.com/bin/answer.py?answer=152&query=blogthis&topic=&type=f

Waypathhttp://www.waypath.com/tools/

NYT Link Generatorhttp://nytimes.blogspace.com/genlink/