More Pubmed proplems

freeze
This link has been closed: http://forums.zotero.org/discussion/26046/saving-search-result-pubmed-failed/
However, I have lost the icon (that used to be right beside the "Bookmark this Page" icon in FireFox. This always appeared in the past when I had found a paper through Pubmed search.
I have tried the "Update now" button on the Preferences page, to no avail.
Is there something I am missing?
Thank you
  • dstillman
    Provide example URLs.
  • freeze
    Here is a typical URL:
    http://www-ncbi-nlm-nih-gov.proxy1.lib.umanitoba.ca/pubmed/9743389
  • adamsmith
    the problem is your proxy - i.e. how manitoba manages your access to pubmed. Note how instead of periods you have hyphens between the parts of the URL. Right now we can't properly deal with those types of proxies - it doesn't recognize if you're on pubmed.

    The only thing I can recommend you either don't access pubmed through your university or find out if you can do so via VPN when you're off campus.
  • freeze
    This is a major problem. I have several URL's that automatically go through the U f Manitoba proxy. An example is: http://www.nature.com.proxy1.lib.umanitoba.ca/nature/index.html
    1: It would be a major hassle to lose this convenience with all the non-pubmed stuff
    2: As it stands, I can't access Pubmed without going through the proxy (because it is automatic). And if I try, The URL does not work.
    3: The proxy has not changed for anything else, and still works. Is this a Zotero issue, or is it possible that the U of M has recently changed the proxy for Pubmed only? The proxy enabled in Zotero is http//:%h.proxy1.lib.umanitoba.ca/%p
    4: I can't be the only one using Zotero at the U of Manitoba. Can an overall solution be found?
  • adamsmith
    2. You can delete just pubmed from your list of proxied sites in the Proxy tab of the Zotero preferences (double click on the "multi-site" entry and delete the pubmed URL from the list that comes up).
    For reasons I don't understand, manitoba only does the weird hyphen thing for pubmed, so nature et al would still work.

    3. This is a change on the Manitoba side. This would never have worked with Zotero.

    4. Simon would have to say if Zotero's proxy functionality can address this - it wouldn't be trivial, at least.
  • freeze
    2: This works. Thanks.
  • adamsmith
    We've adjusted the pubmed translator - this should (! - we can't test it) - work with the proxys as used by U Manitoba.
  • freeze
    Thank you
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