WebCite Widget
June 26, 2009

What is WebCite®?

WebCite®, a member of the International Internet Preservation Consortium, is an on-demand archiving system for webreferences (cited webpages and websites, or other kinds of Internet-accessible digital objects), which can be used by authors, editors, and publishers of scholarly papers and books, to ensure that cited webmaterial will remain available to readers in the future. If cited webreferences in journal articles, books etc. are not archived, future readers may encounter a “404 File Not Found” error when clicking on a cited URL.

Features:
- Archive webpages from the comfort of your dashboard
- Active Browsers current URL automatically retrieved
- Archive results automatically copied to clipboard
- Plain text and html formatted output
- Supported Browsers, for automatic URL grabbing: Safari, Firefox, Camino, Opera, Flock, OmniWeb

Download the WebCite widget

“Mac OS X 10.4 Tiger is required. If you’re using Safari, click the download link. When the widget download is complete, show Dashboard, click the Plus sign to display the Widget Bar and click the widget’s icon in the Widget Bar to open it. If you’re using a browser other than Safari, click the download link. When the widget download is complete, unarchive it and place it in /Library/Widgets/ in your home folder. show Dashboard, click the Plus sign to display the Widget Bar and click the widget’s icon in the Widget Bar to open it.”

Please leave your thoughts and suggestions for improvement in the comments area below or tweet me @MikeGrace.

Version 1.4 updates:
- Fixed bug in browser URL grabbing scripts which caused intermittent failure
- Added visual indicators to indicate when the widget is working on a task
– Website URL input area
– Archive results area
- Cleaned up JavaScript code

Version 1.2 updates:
- Preferences are available and saved between sessions
- Browser URL refresh button added
- Valid email checking

History:
April 15, 2009
URL: http://geek.michaelgrace.org/webcite/ Accessed: 2009-5-17. (Archived by WebCite® at http://www.webcitation.org/5hasWiPqI)