lexis nexus

abdul-lateef

Zotero will not save documents i pull up on the lexisnexus search engine. It tells me that an error occurred while trying to save the item and them provides me a link for 'known translator issues'

ajlyon

Please provide a sample URL that did not work for you.

anders_royce

There are many threads on Lexis Nexus problems where you might be able to find something useful. If the forum search box is broken for you as it currently is for me, use the search link in the quick links on the left.

abdul-lateef

here is a sample;

http://0-www.lexisnexis.com.opac.sfsu.edu/us/lnacademic/results/docview/docview.do?docLinkInd=true&risb=21_T9115695363&format=GNBFI&sort=RELEVANCE&startDocNo=1&resultsUrlKey=29_T9115695366&cisb=22_T9115695365&treeMax=true&treeWidth=0&csi=8058&docNo=3

i cannot save any article however, i have pulled up several and tried them

fbennett

The LexisNexis Academic translator is meant to work only with newspapers, although it gives an icon for law cases as well. For newspapers, there is one missing character in the translator code that throws a syntax error and results in the failure that you see. A patch is available, if you're up for digging into the translator directory, finding the translator, and applying the fix by hand:

http://groups.google.com/group/zotero-dev/browse_thread/thread/e7fe8d009185b84a

Otherwise, feel free to post to the zotero-dev thread above with a request that the patch be applied and pushed to clients.

dstillman

Thanks, Frank—I've pushed the fix.

abdul-lateef: Your copy of Zotero should auto-update within 24 hours, or you can update manually by clicking Update Now in the General pane of the Zotero prefs.

mpeters1

Is this issue still unresolved? LexisNexis Academic is not offering any citations to import. Is the above-mentioned patch still viable? Is there a walkthrough anywhere for how to apply it?
Thanks.