Tools & Gadgets: VCU Libraries Labs
Research bookmarklets
Drag the bookmarklet links below to your browser's bookmarks toolbar, or right-click and add to favorites.
Get this through VCU Libraries
Access journals, articles, and other library resources from off-campus without having to go through the library website. What is this?
NYT Articles via VCU Libraries
If an article is not available to you for free on the New York Times
website, use this bookmarklet to access the article through the VCU Libraries LexisNexis subscription.
Amazon: Does VCU own this?
Find a good resource at Amazon? Check to see if VCU owns it.
(Code courtesy of Fred Stutzman.)
Feeds & Gadgets
- Libraries Blogs and Feeds
News and feeds provided by the Libraries - Google gadget for VCU Libraries search
Add Library search to your personalized Google homepage, Blackboard, or any other Web page.
Mobile Tools
Bookmark http://m.library.vcu.edu on your mobile device.
- NEW Hot Articles App find popular articles in your field using the Hot Articles App for iPhone/iPod and Android.
- Mobile group study room reservations for Cabell Library and for Tompkins-McCaw Library
- Mobile Research Guides
- Find Mobile-enabled databases
- WorldCat Mobile Search for books and materials, call a library or map a route to a library near you.
- MEDLINE/PubMed Mobile
- Refworks Mobile The Group Code is on our RefWorks page.
Citation Tools
- Refworks Citation Manager
Use RefWorks to manage your citations/references. - Citation Linker
Find out if we have the full text available for a citation.
Database Trials
- NEW! Try out and give us your feedback on trials of new databases
Your input is an important part of the database selection process.