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Sunday, August 09, 2009

Alexander Street Press search widgets

Subscribers can now embed the Alexander Street Press search widgets on their library Web page, course homepage, blog, or anywhere HTML code can be placed. The search widget allows authenticated users to search specific Alexander Street online collections from anywhere on the Web. The example below is the embeddable search widget for American History in Video


Alexander Street Press: American History in Video
Search hundreds of hours of newsreels and documentaries in streaming video






Embedding the search widget requires access to the HTML code of your Web page. Simply copy the HTML code from the available downloadable .txt files , and paste it wherever you want the widget to appear. Please note that users must be authenticated to obtain search results. To enable access from off campus, change the URL in the HTML to include your institution's proxy server as a prefix to the URL provided in the HTML code. Advanced HTML users will be able to customize the widget by changing the size, font, border color, and other attributes

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