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Reference Universe Search Widget

This is a widget for searching Reference Universe. Reference Universe is a tool that searches our subject encyclopedias and other reference works in a wide variety of subject areas for articles on your keywords. It provides links to articles available online and library location information for those in print. The widget is sized to fit in the Moodle sidebar.

Just click the "Get Code" button to put this widget into your clipboard for easy pasting into your application.

Reference Universe

Enter your search terms:

<div style="background: #cecece url(http://www.d.umn.edu/lib/widgets/images/gradientmedium7.gif) bottom left repeat-x; border-style:solid; border-width:1px; border-color:#666; padding:0px; width:200px;" 
border="0" align="center" action="" method="get" target="_blank">
<p style="margin-top:5px; margin-bottom:3px; border-bottom:1px solid #999;text-align:center; 
font:bold 14px arial, helvetica, sans-serif; color:#333; padding-bottom:8px">Reference Universe</p>


<script type="text/javascript">
function rusearch(){
var url="https://login.libpdb.d.umn.edu:2443/login?url=http://refuniv.odyssi.com/cgi-bin/member/search/r?dbs+ruprime:@and+@syn1+";
var searchInputEl = document.getElementById("ruSearchInput");
document.location=url + '@w15 + (+' + encodeURIComponent(searchInputEl.value) + '+)';
}</script>
<script type="text/javascript">
function getKeyValue(e,form){
var key=e.keyCode || e.which;
if (key==13){
rusearch();
}
}
</script>


<div style="text-align:center">
<div id="enterText" style="font: 11px Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">Enter your search terms:</div>
<input type="text" id="ruSearchInput" size="24" onKeyPress= "getKeyValue(event,this.form)" />
<div style="display:inline"><input style="font-size:12px; color:#ededed; border-top:1px solid #000; 
border-right:none; border-left:1px solid #000; border-bottom:none; margin-top:2px; margin-bottom:9px; 
width:129px; padding-bottom:4px; background: #cecece url(http://www.d.umn.edu/lib/widgets/images/buttongrey.jpg) bottom right repeat-x" 
type="button" value="Search" onclick="rusearch()" /></div>
</div>
<img src="http://www.d.umn.edu/lib/widgets/images/brand.gif" />
</div>

widget code last updated 8-12-10

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