David Walker created a SRU Interface for III servers called Shrew. I first read about it in Ryan Eby’s post SRU Interface for the III XML Server.
It didn’t take much to modify my Microsoft Office interface for OAI servers to support this too. So now you can query the library catalogs that Shrew supports in Office.
Here are some screenshots.
It’s open to the public, but still in the testing phase. If you want to use it, open up Word or another Office program, in the sidebar choose Research from the top dropdown. Down near the bottom choose Research Options. Then choose Add Services. The URL is: http://lib0059.lib.msu.edu:6891/axis/services/OAIResearch
Here’s the code: oairesearch-0.1.tar.gz. It’s a horrid mess, but I figured I’d make it available.
