# Northwestern Libraries Search Assistant

> Search Northwestern's collections, Google Scholar, or other libraries using WorldCat, without leaving your current page.

Canonical page: [https://chrome-stats.com/d/nu-libraries-search-assistant](https://chrome-stats.com/d/nu-libraries-search-assistant)

## Overview

- **ID:** `nu-libraries-search-assistant`
- **Platform:** Firefox
- **Type:** Firefox add-on
- **Status:** Available
- **Publisher:** Northwestern University Library
- **Category:** search-tools
- **Daily users:** 38
- **Rating:** 5.00 / 5 (1 ratings)
- **Version:** 1.2
- **Last updated:** 2022-04-06
- **First published:** 2022-01-13
- **Size:** 950 KB
- **Data as of:** 2026-09-15
- **Store listing:** [Firefox Add-ons Store](https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/addon/nu-libraries-search-assistant/)
- **Website:** [https://www.library.northwestern.edu/about/contact/index.html](https://www.library.northwestern.edu/about/contact/index.html)

## Description

Northwestern Libraries Search Assistant is a Firefox add-on that allows you to effortlessly search Northwestern's library catalog, Google Scholar, or other libraries' collections in WorldCat from the browser extensions bar. It also offers the ability to highlight text in the browser and access the search assistant from the right-click menu.

## Rankings

- #18,322 — Overall
- #42 — library
- #87 — assistant

## Permissions and access

### Permissions

- `contextMenus`
- `tabs`

## Safety

- **Risk impact:** Moderate risk impact
- **Risk likelihood:** Low risk likelihood

### Analysis details

- Grants access to browser tabs, which can be used to track user browsing habits and history, presenting a privacy concern.
- This extension has low user count. Unpopular extensions may not be stable or safe.

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Source: [Chrome-Stats](https://chrome-stats.com/d/nu-libraries-search-assistant)