Google scholar items not showing in Zotero dropdown

wayneholmes · April 4, 2016

I've been using Zotero for some time without problem. To add references, I usually go from Google Scholar. Search in Scholar, click the Zotero button, choose the papers, and go. Fantastic.

But currently, the Zotero button doesn't give me an option to import from Scholar, only options to save as Web Page.

Using Zotero 4.0.29.6 and Firefox 45.0.1. Many thanks.

dstillman · April 4, 2016

Definitely should still be working. Does this happen after restarting Firefox? If so, try resetting your translators from the Advanced → Files and Folders pane of the Zotero preferences.

wayneholmes · April 4, 2016

Wow. Thank you so much for your incredibly fast response! I've reset the translators as you suggested, and restarted Firefox, and all seems well! Brilliant stuff - and thank you for a brilliant tool. Best wishes. W

dstillman · April 4, 2016

Note that that shouldn't happen be necessary under normal usage. If you happen to have your Zotero data directory within Dropbox or something of the sort, that would cause problems. If that's not the case, let us know if it happens again and we can do further debugging.

wayneholmes · April 4, 2016

Many thanks. I'll keep you posted. Best wishes. W

Stofer · April 28, 2016

Hi, I think this is a google scholar issue, but I can't honestly remember if it was working before the new button or not:

I'm having issues with Google scholar searches and the new button (I think, but maybe this was happening before in scholar) - both on Chrome with standalone and Firefox on my windows 10 Surface Pro 3 (am traveling and havent checked other computers). - instead of a folder on the scholar page for an individual scholar, i get only the option to save as web page. for example on this page: https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=kYWb2jUAAAAJ&hl=en&oi=sra

then if i select one of the articles, still just get "web page" option:
https://scholar.google.com/citations?view_op=view_citation&hl=en&user=kYWb2jUAAAAJ&citation_for_view=kYWb2jUAAAAJ:zYLM7Y9cAGgC

the general scholar search results page still(?) works. https://scholar.google.com/scholar?hl=en&q=godwin+potvin&btnG=&as_sdt=1,10&as_sdtp=

I did refresh the translators in both standalone and the firefox integrated version. Thanks.

adamsmith · April 28, 2016

I'm not sure individual scholar pages (and citations on them) ever worked -- with the current layout, at least, it does require a whole different set of code. We can look at it, but won't be quick.

Stofer · April 28, 2016

Ok, I wasn't sure. Not a big deal, thanks!