Google Operating System had a neat post today on a script called "Try This Search On..." Try the script out--install it in your browser.
In a nutshell, this script senses when you are on a search results page, and launches a little embedded toolbar at the bottom of your page, with links (including your search terms) to a variety of other search engines.
I installed it, and then re-wrote the script a bit to see if I could get it to point to Libraries databases, like CQ Researcher and ProQuest. It worked, but it didn't work---the links worked but the search terms did not carry through. This is, of course, because I am a moron when it comes to coding things. Perhaps someone else can make it work?
I think scripts like this take toolbars to the next level. Here's a screen cap of what this script looked like on my page:
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