Widgets

Adding a search widget to your webpage is a great way of  marketing your databases. 

Gale’s new customizable widgets are simple but powerful tools that generate short HTML code to be placed directly into any page on your Web site. Most widgets also provide an option for adding to your Facebook profile and iGoogle pages. These are a great way of directing more users to your Gale online resources

You can create widgets for your Gale databases and eBooks  from the templates listed on Gale widget site

Adding the widget to your webpage

These are the following options open to you when embedding a widget onto your website.  These scripts include ones suitable for blogs and igoogle pages;

Javascript and iFrames
These options allow you to copy and paste your widget into the HTML of your Web page.

HTML (Create your own)
This option allows you to grab the entire HTML code for the widget and customize as needed. It does not include any style or graphics so that you can fit this into any spot on your Web site needed.

iGoogle
Select this option to have your Gale widget added instantly to your iGoogle page

Google Sites
This option allows you to add the widget to your Google site. Google sites include blogger
http://access.gale.com/widgets/bbcn/google/nettest_site.xml

If you are using a widget on your library webpage; why not share the link with us to show other libraries how they can be used