Hello tailonfire,

Maybe you'd like to give one of these extensions a try :

https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/custom-search-engine/

Or:

https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/multi-web-search/

McCoy, that doesn't help. These searches are searches in library catalogues, not the World Wide Web.

I must have misconstrued your question, but I notice that you edited your original post after my suggestion ..... (?)

I'm not sure if this is what you're looking for, but would you please take a look at this :

https://www.chronicle.com/blogs/profhacker/searching-multiple-libraries-with-the-chrome-library-extension/63886

https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/libraryextension/

Maybe try a JavaScript bookmarklet.

javascript:(function(){var sl=['https://www.LibaryA.com/search?query=!!','https://www.LibaryB.com/search?query=!!','https://www.LibaryC.com/search?query=!!','https://www.LibaryD.com/search?query=!!','https://www.LibaryE.com/search?query=!!'],so,sp,sn;if((sp=prompt('Search terms',''))!=null){sp=encodeURIComponent(sp);for(sn in sl){so=sl[sn].replace('!!',sp);if(prompt('open',so)){window.open(so)}}}})()

Again you edited your original post after I posted a suggestion ....

Would you please use the "Post a Reply" box to post additional information ?

cor-el, thanks. Is there a way I can just type something like "lib foo fie" in Firefox's search bar, and all five library catalogs will be searched without having to click on the bookmarklet?

It seems that with the bookmarklet, I have to do a lot of clicking... Clicking to allow pop-ups. Clicking to return to the original tab to allow future dialog windows.

You can add a keyword and use this version:

javascript:(function(){var sl=['https://www.LibaryA.com/search?query=!!','https://www.LibaryB.com/search?query=!!','https://www.LibaryC.com/search?query=!!','https://www.LibaryD.com/search?query=!!','https://www.LibaryE.com/search?query=!!'],so,sp,sn;for(sn in sl){so=sl[sn].replace('!!','%s');window.open(so)}})()

javascript:(function(){
var sl=['https://www.LibaryA.com/search?query=','https://www.LibaryB.com/search?query=','https://www.LibaryC.com/search?query=','https://www.LibaryD.com/search?query=','https://www.LibaryE.com/search?query='],sn;
for(sn in sl){window.open(sl[sn]+'%s');}
})()

corel, why are there 2 codes in your last reply?

Both codes do the same, only the second code is more compact and uses '%s' only in windows.open (the links have a blank query parameter). You only need to use one of them.

Corel, I tried the top code but it doesn't work, whether I do a keyword search (e.g., "e king") or clicking on the bookmark in my bookmark toolbar. When I click the bookmark, nothing appears. When I type "e king" in the URL bar, it just seems to paste the javascript code into the URL bar.

How about a basic HTML page that can do this?

You can disable the pop-up blocker (i.e. allow all pop-up) in Firefox temporarily to allow the JavaScript to open the tabs.

• https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/pop-blocker-settings-exceptions-troubleshooting