AxsJAX-Enhanced Google Scholar User Guide

Table of Contents

• 1 Introduction To AxsJAX-Enhanced Google Scholar
  • 1.1 What Is AxsJAX-Enhanced Google Scholar?
  • 1.2 How Can I Start Using AxsJAX-Enhanced Google Scholar?
  • 1.3 How Do I Use These Features?

1 Introduction To AxsJAX-Enhanced Google Scholar

1.1 What Is AxsJAX-Enhanced Google Scholar?

AxsJAX-Enhanced Google Scholar is the same as regular Google Scholar with the following additional features:

• Quick jump to the search box
• Quick navigation through the search results
• Automatically go to the next page of results when at the end of the current page
• Quick navigation to the next/previous page
• Direct access to "Cited by", "Related articles", "View as HTML", "Library search", "Web search", "BL Direct", and "Import into [a citation format]" links via keyboard shortcuts

1.2 How Can I Start Using AxsJAX-Enhanced Google Scholar?

The simplest way to get started is to use Fire Vox and check the "Site Specific Enhancements" option. By default, this option is checked, so if you did not change it, then you should be ready to go. To start using AxsJAX-Enhanced Google Web Search, all you need to do is go to Google - the AxsJAX enhancements will automatically be added for you. There is nothing Fire Vox specific about AxsJAX - to use a different setup, all you need to do is make sure that you have the following:

1. A modern Web browser like Firefox 2.0 or later that supports W3C ARIA.
2. An adaptive technology that will respond correctly to the accessibility enhancements introduced by W3C ARIA. In particular, many of the enhancements injected by AxsJAX depend on support for live regions a feature that enables adaptive technologies like screen readers and self-voicing browsers deal correctly with asynchronous updates to portions of a Web page.

1.3 How Do I Use These Features?

All of the AxsJAX enhancements are activated through the keyboard. If your assistive technology uses modes, e.g., browse mode in JFW, please switch to the mode that you use for working with forms and web applications so that your keystrokes will be sent to the web page itself. When you are on the Google Scholar page, the following keys are available:

• ? (question mark): Brings up a list of the keyboard commands
• / (slash): Puts focus on the search box
• Esc: Takes focus away from the search box
• Enter: Open the current result that has focus.
• Shift and Enter: Open the current result that has focus in a new window.
• n or Down Arrow: Puts focus on the next result. If you are on the last result of the page, the next page will be loaded for you automatically.
• p or Up Arrow: Puts focus on the previous result. If you are on the first result of the page, the previous page will be loaded for you automatically.
• j or Right Arrow: Puts focus on the next result. If you are on the last result of the page, you will be taken to the first result of the page.
• k or Left Arrow: Puts focus on the previous result. If you are on the first result of the page, you will be taken to the last result of the page.
• c: Goes to the "Cited by" link for the current result.
• r: Goes to the "Related articles" link for the current result.
• h: Goes to the "View as HTML" link for the current result.
• l: Goes to the "Library search" link for the current result.
• w: Goes to the "Web search" link for the current result.
• b: Goes to the "BL Direct" link for the current result.
• i: Goes to the "Import into [a citation format]" link for the current result.

Author: T.V. Raman, Charles L. Chen <clchen@google.com>

Date: 2007/11/26 18:15:39