The Penn Libraries Toolbar is a custom-made web browser extension for University of Pennsylvania students, faculty, and staff.

It provides a persistent search box that allows you to search:

• The Penn website using Google
• Penn Library databases, e-journals, FAQs, Library web pages and more using FindIt!
• Franklin Library Catalog by Title, Keywords, Author and Journal Title
• VCat, the Library Video Catalog, for Videos and DVD Collections in the Penn Library
• Databases such as EBSCO Megafile, JSTOR, ABI/Inform, PubMed, ScienceDirect and WorldCat
• Google and Google Scholar

It also provides links to frequently used Penn and Penn Library websites, Webmail, Ask a Librarian, Blackboard and the Penn Library social bookmarking tool, PennTags.

Install the Firefox Toolbar Latest Version

NOTE

• Mozilla Firefox will not install the toolbar until you add upenn.edu to your Allowed Sites List. A yellow bar will appear at the top of your screen alerting you that you are attempting to install software.
• Click Edit Options and Allow to let Firefox know that it is safe to install extensions from the labs.library.upenn.edu site.
• Once you have allowed the install, click on Firefox Toolbar Latest Version again to install the toolbar.
• A dialog box will pop up, informing you that the toolbar will be installed after you restart Firefox.
• Close all instances of Firefox and restart your browser to view and use the toolbar.
• Enjoy!

To uninstall the Penn Firefox Toolbar:

Required: Internet Explorer 6.0+

To uninstall the Internet Explorer toolbar:

1. Close Internet Explorer.
2. Open the Windows Control Panel (usually: Start Menu > Control Panel)
3. Choose Add or Remove Programs .
4. Scroll down to Penn Toolbar and click on it.
5. Click on Change/Remove
6. When asked "All running IE Windows will be closed before toolbar's Uninstall. Continue?" , Click  Yes.

Please send comments to library@pobox.upenn.edu