How to install
- Install Stylish plus Kallout for Firefox (or from here for just Stylish or for other Mozilla apps). If you have Stylish already, make sure you have JavaScript enabled.
- You need Firefox with Stylish to use this style. Get Firefox, then install Stylish plus Kallout (or just Stylish), then come back here to install this style.
- for Greasemonkey and Opera users.
This styles adds a book icon in front of book results and an icon for pdf files (the icon which your specific system uses). Neat, huh?! :-)
This style makes it MUCH more clear which results are books and (more importantly?) which results are DIRECT links to pdf files. (see screenshots) This makes searches infinitely more straightforward! Also, I've found that it corrects the occasional Google mistake of identifying a pdf file as a "book."
Google Scholar is a great tool, and this style further improves its usability. Best of luck with your research!!!
If you like this style, please refer to Google (search results) - add filetype icon before.
P.S. - I know that Google Scholar interacts with some universities to offer direct links to sites which that particular university has subscriptions to (a fantastic idea) - this MAY change the layout, and potentially break this style. PLEASE leave a comment if you find this to be true (or not). THANKS!
(11-03-07 - update to include additional url address)
(03-25-08 - update to include additional filetypes: ppt, doc, and xls)
(08-04-08 - update to include an addition URL parameter)
(08-10-08 - update to include an additional URL parameter)
(08-24-08 - updated to now only show icons before links which point directly to a file)
(09-15-08 - updated to include more links which point directly to the file)
(09-19-08 - updated to include more filetypes for what I've been calling "secondary" links)
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Primus said on May 17 2009
Failtard is failtarded.