Tools and Widgets
The University of Minnesota Libraries offers many different tools and widgets that may be used directly or incorporated into other applications such as Google, Amazon, or your browser. We hope to develop more so stay tuned!
Direct use tools
- Refworks: Citation manager -- Manage your bibliography online
- UThink: Blogs at the University of Minnesota -- Create a University of Minnesota blog
- CitationLinker: find full text -- Find out if the libraries has the full text of a known article citation
- Assignment Calculator -- Easily map out the steps needed to complete an assignment
- RSS URL Converter -- Have licensed RSS content that you can't get to from off campus? Convert the RSS URL to a U of M recognized RSS feed and get access from both on campus and off!
Incorporate these widgets and feeds into existing applications
- Libraries News Feeds (RSS, XML, Atom) -- The library offers many different feeds to add to an aggregator or another web site
- Install the U of M Libraries browser toolbar -- Search library resources from this handy browser toolbar
- Install MNCAT search in Firefox and Internet Explorer 7 -- Search MNCAT from your browsers built in search box
- Add MNCAT Lookup to Amazon Searches -- Determine if a book found in Amazon is at the U of M Libraries
- Add the Libraries Search tool to MyU and Google -- The search box on the home page can be added to MyU and Google