Searching Internet for PDFs and Adding to Zotero Subfolder: How to

ejlopez
I have a subfolder with several research articles. Some have PDF attachments, but most do not. I'm wondering if there's a way to select a subfolder and have zotero search the internet for full PDFs? Alternatively, is there a way to select an individual entry and search for its full PDF? I'm trying to avoid having to go through the process of searching each entry, downloading it's PDF and then attaching each PDF to its zotero entry. Thanks for the help.
  • adamsmith
    See this functionality: https://www.zotero.org/blog/improved-pdf-retrieval-with-unpaywall-integration/

    In Zotero 7+ this is called "Find Full Text" instead of "Available PDF".

    Read closely how it works -- if you may have institutional access to PDFs, it matters how exactly you're connected to your institution when trying this (i.e. on campus, VPN, and RDS will work, web proxy will not).

    You can use that in bulk for all currently selected items. It will work only on items with a URL and/or a DOI
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