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Wikipedia Bookmarklet for Your Desktop Research

wiki-bookmarklet Often, when writing or working on a project – I will keep Wikipedia handy, for the occasional definition or fact check. 

With all my other tabs filled up with other content though, I don’t want to keep switching back to another tab in my browser to check out Wikipedia too.  So that is why I have started using a bookmarklet based around the mobile version of Wikipedia.

You can too now, just drag and drop this to your bookmarks toolbar.

+ Pop-up Wikipedia

For more pop-up tools, be sure to check out my previous post on the top five Google pop-up bookmarklets.

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Top 5 Google Pop-up Bookmarklets

google-popup I love bookmarklets. I love Google.  So, mixing the two should not seem like that much of a stretch, right?  Sometimes opening in a different tab just doesn’t get the job done.  So why not open some of the simple services out there in their own popup window?

google Google

To open up Google, just drag this bookmarklet to your bookmarks toolbar:

+ Google

google Google Notebook

To open up Google Notebook, just drag this bookmarklet to your bookmarks toolbar:

+ Google Notebook

google Google Talk

To open up Google Talk, just drag this bookmarklet to your bookmarks toolbar:

+ Google Talk

google Google Calendar

To open up Google Calendar, drag this bookmark to your bookmarks toolbar:

+ Google Calendar

google Google Reader

To open up Google Reader, drag this bookmark to your bookmarks toolbar:

+ Google Reader

What other useful Google resources would make for a good bookmarklet?  These are the ones I find myself using the most, how about you?

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