Is Zotero be scheduled go find PDFs for citations without a current PDF?

GNK1
Hi everyone.
If a citation has been added to Zotero and it does not have an attached pdf, is there a way to have Zotero go look for this pdf (via my eproxy, Unpaywall etc)? Is it possible to do this for a 1) specific citation, 2) group of citations and 3) to schedule these things to happen on a regular basis?
Thanks in advance for any help.
Greg
  • adamsmith
    1) & 2) right-click: Find Available PDF
    3) No
  • GNK1
    edited September 7, 2022
    Hi Adam.
    Thank you!
    Related to this, if I identify a citation on PubMed and use the chrome extension to bring it into Zotero, how do I have Zotero also bring along the PDF that is available through ezproxy?
    Greg
  • dstillman
    edited September 8, 2022
    Find Available PDF only works for items with a URL or DOI and that don't already have a PDF.

    More details: https://www.zotero.org/blog/improved-pdf-retrieval-with-unpaywall-integration/
  • dstillman
    edited September 8, 2022
    how do I have Zotero also bring along the PDF that is available through ezproxy?
    The Zotero Connector will automatically save the PDF along with the metadata on supported sites as long as you have access to the PDF. If that's not working somewhere, we'd need an example URL.
  • adamsmith
    The Zotero Connector will automatically save the PDF along with the metadata on supported sites as long as you have access to the PDF.
    That's not the case on PubMed (which the OP is asking about), though, because the PDF isn't available on PubMed itself (the full text is typically linked to at the top of the page). Not sure if we could do more to get PDFs for those cases -- certainly wouldn't be easy. We could certainly get it where there's a PMC link, but I think unpaywall should already pick those up.
  • enozkan
    When I save from Pubmed, I get a full-length published PDF more than half the time. Among the remaining cases, some get the PMC version (which I usually delete), and among the rest Find Available PDF by right-clicking on the item works about half the time. For the few remaining cases, I download from the publisher's page and manually add.

    Since Pubmed data is high quality and uniform, it is my preferred source. Also good for grant writing in the US because of PMID/PMCIDs. Streamlining the PDF downloading process would indeed be nice.
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