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OSU Library Labs: Facebook Application

April 30th, 2009

Are you an avid Facebook user? Do you keep your social connections going while working on homework?

Why an OSU Libraries Facebook application? It allows you to search the OSU Library catalog right from your Facebook page.

How to add:

• Go to: http://apps.facebook.com/osulibraries/?ref=ts
• Login to Facebook if prompted
• Click on the Allow box to add the application

OR

• Log in to Facebook
• Enter “OSU Libraries” in the search box
• Select the OSU Libraries application
• Click on the Allow box to add the application

To make this search box permanently available on your profile page:

• Click on the Application box at the bottom of the Facebook screen
• Click Edit at the top of your application box
• Find the OSU Libraries application on your list of applications and click “edit settings”
• On the profile tab, select add, to add it as a box
• Move the box to your preferred location

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More library applications:

Search the OhioLINK catalog:

Search for JSTOR materials: (created by JSTOR; use this proxy string where prompted: http://proxy.lib.ohio-state.edu/login?url=http://www.jstor )

Search for materials in libraries world wide (created by OCLC):

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Entry Filed under: Search Tool, Utility