The MetaLib X-Server enables libraries to extend MetaLib functionality and metasearch services to users wherever they are and in the context in which they need them. Using the MetaLib X-Server, libraries can deliver customized solutions within a well-documented and fully-supported framework.

With MetaLib X-Server, you can:

• Embed a search box in your library's electronic resources Web page, offering users the ability to search a single resource or a resource collection
  
• Extract resource descriptions from MetaLib to enhance your library's Web pages or electronic Subject Guides
  
• Extract your lists of resources from MetaLib, organized by categories, and present them within your Course Management System (CMS)
  
• Use MetaLib as the "engine" for your library portal(s) with a user interface of your own design
  
• Create a fully-integrated, highly customized search-and-link environment that includes:
  
• MetaLib for metasearching
  
• SFX for scholarly linking
  
• Local catalog for local holdings
  
• Google's API for spell checking
  
• Integration with CourseWare