This Catalog Blog post isn't really about a catalog feature. It's about John Udell's Library Lookup bookmarklet that makes it easy to check library catalogs for books found in Amazon, Barnes & Noble, Borders, and other Web bookstores.
Here's the bookmarklet for our catalog:
PALS Lookup
Nothing is supposed to happen when you click this link! To use the bookmarklet while you are browsing in online bookstores, follow these steps:
If you use Internet Explorer, right-click on the PALS Lookup link above, choose Add to Favorites, and create your favorite in the Links folder. Using many other browsers, you can drag the link into your toolbar. If you have trouble getting the link into the toolbar (or you want to learn more about bookmarklets) see this video.
Now visit your favorite Web bookseller, find a book you are interested in, and view the full page about that book. Click on your PALS Lookup toolbar link, and a new window will open with a Library catalog search for your book.
The search uses the ISBN (International Standard Book Number) that is part of the store's Web address for each book. If the ISBN doesn't match, try another edition of the same book. Here are a few more tips.
Let us know how it works by commenting on this post.
