problem to retrieve metadata for pdf files

ds-r
Dear All,
I have a problem to retrieve metadata for pdf documents.
however, once searching it on "google scholar" it is found!
how to set the engine of retrieve to "google scholar" or any other efficient engine.

thank you,

DS
  • dstillman
    Retrieving metadata isn't related in any way to Google Scholar. What it's able to retrieve depends entirely on what's in the PDF. See Retrieve PDF Metadata to better understand how it works.

    If Zotero isn't able to find metadata for a PDF, you can save a parent item from Google Scholar or (better yet) the publisher page and drag the PDF on top of it. When you have the option, it's better to just save a parent item from the publisher page to begin with, which will download a PDF as well if one is available, rather than starting with a PDF.

    (Years ago, Zotero's PDF recognition feature did use Google Scholar, but Google Scholar now has extremely strict rate limits, which resulted in people getting blocked quickly when trying to recognize more than a few files. The current system has no such limits and can recognize large numbers of files at once.)
  • ds-r
    Thank you dstillman
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