Google Scholar- can't get cites to work with proxy

Devin

I use google scholar via first remote logging into my library website in order to have permissions for all the content. Scholar is then accessed through a proxy. I can't figure out how to download citations into Zotero. No folder appears, and if I click the link for an item and the pdf shows up, Zotero just saves the pdf as a new item rather than the citation information.

The URL appears as: http://scholar.google.com.ezproxy.library.wisc.edu/schhp?hl=en

When I log onto google scholar WIHTOUT going through the library, I DO see the folder for Zotero downloads of citations. However, I then don't have permissions to actually see the pdf content for many of the articles.

Side note: I have disabled the proxy feature of Zotero as it didn't work properly and caused many problems, so hopefully the solution will not involve using this. Thanks!

adamsmith

If you don't want to use the proxy feature of Zotero (which is what is designed to address your issue). You can use the VPN that your university offers with regular google scholar.
http://www.doit.wisc.edu/network/vpn/
that should give you access to most - if not all - of the files and - at least for my school - will direct you through the ezproxy where needed.
Also, try to activate "Find It at Wisconsin" in your google scholar preferences:
http://scholar.google.com/scholar_preferences?hl=en

Please also note, that as all open source projects, Zotero is community driven. The simplest way to help to make Zotero better is to provide detailed feedback on its problems - so what exactly where the "many problems" the proxy feature caused, in what type of setup etc.

Devin

Thanks!! Didn't know the proxy was designed for this issue. I will try it again and document the errors and problems, and post them in a new discussion. Then I will try the VPN- I didn't know that existed. Thanks again.