How can I set the resolver to locate books in my university library, or other libraries nearby? I cannot just put in the library's URL, right? Then what should I put in there?
You need to find your Library' openURL resolver address. Zotero should be able to figure this out for you, but I am not sure it it is working. I found out mine using this extension:
http://www.openly.com/openurlref/ which uses this site http://www.oclc.org/productworks/urlresolver.htm or you could ask someone at your library.
search for something on Google Scholar scholar.google.com
If you can find any articles that say "Fulltext@NameOfYourUniversity," click that link. In my case it was a link to the SFX server which provides the OpenURL resolver for my university library. Use the URL up to (but not including) the question mark. Somehow Google Scholar seems to be set up to do this for many universities already.
Zotero should theoretically be able to do the same thing if you click "Search for resolvers" in the prefs. I imagine that Google Scholar is just using the same OCLC OpenURL Resolver Registry that we are. You can also check manually.
Note that it will of course only work if you're on campus or otherwise within a block of recognized IP addresses.
Many German (and some other European) institutions can be accessed through http://www.openurl.de/. Just use that address as a resolver (version 1.0).
Another list of resolvers can be found here http://www.geodok.uni-erlangen.de/geodok/konfiguration.htm. These should also be accessible through openurl.de though.
I am wondering if you can add the resolver for Montana state University - Bozeman to the list for people to add. The link is http://qs7th3bl8m.search.serialssolutions.com/
I suspect that the "Search for resolvers" is broken in 2.0.3
Zotero sends the query "http://worldcatlibraries.org/registry/lookup?IP=requestor", and gets a non-zero length response, but then reports "0 resolvers found"
Sending the same URL from a browser, results in the expected response from the registry.
Seem to find the http://sfx.coventry.ac.uk/coventry works for Coventry University. Took from the setting used by Google Scholar. I don't know if this is a good generic trick.
Zotero doesn't have its own list of link resolvers; if you're affilitated with that university/library you should change your resolver in the WorldCat registry.
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http://www.openly.com/openurlref/ which uses this site http://www.oclc.org/productworks/urlresolver.htm or you could ask someone at your library.
I have a working resolver by putting this in zotero's 'resolver' field:
http://aulib2.abdn.ac.uk:9003/sfx_local
using 'version 1.0'
search for something on Google Scholar
scholar.google.com
If you can find any articles that say "Fulltext@NameOfYourUniversity,"
click that link. In my case it was a link to the SFX server which provides the OpenURL resolver for my university library. Use the URL up to (but not including) the question mark. Somehow Google Scholar seems to be set up to do this for many universities already.
Note that it will of course only work if you're on campus or otherwise within a block of recognized IP addresses.
http://ak7rt6cb3z.search.serialssolutions.com/?
seems to work.
the "search for resolvers button" did not seem to work
http://sfx.mpg.de/citation/sfx_local
With 'version' set to 1.0. (What's that setting, anyway?)
http://www.zotero.org/documentation/locate
as the links ("For other OpenURL resolvers") are all broken.
Another list of resolvers can be found here http://www.geodok.uni-erlangen.de/geodok/konfiguration.htm. These should also be accessible through openurl.de though.
Thanks.
Zotero sends the query "http://worldcatlibraries.org/registry/lookup?IP=requestor", and gets a non-zero length response, but then reports "0 resolvers found"
Sending the same URL from a browser, results in the expected response from the registry.
When I set the resolver of my local library, am I not bound to get less search results?
Institution: Universitäts- und Landesbibliothek Münster
Resolver: http://sfx.hbz-nrw.de/sfx_ulbms