![]() The workflow you mention is correct one way to save a step is to use the Zotfile plugin's "attach new file" feature to grab the most-recently-downloaded file from your downloads folder and attach it to a selected item. That's why it typically doesn't work with SciHub material. This screen shows the Word add-in is installed. ![]() The feature uses data from and, as a result, will also not locate PDFs that are restricted by copyright. Try this first: In Zotero, click Preferences, Cite, then Word Processors. Second, the "Find available PDF" feature works by providing access to legal, openly-available copies of articles (either because they are Open Access or because an institutionally-deposited manuscript is available as a result of a publishing agreement). If Zotero does not open downloaded files on a Windows computer, you may need to edit the Windows registry so that the RIS MIME type is associated with the. ![]() You can make your own decision about whether or not to use a plug-in like this one to make direct SciHub downloads possible: Īs noted by others, you may still need a VPN to use a plug-in like that one successfully because many institutions actively block access to SciHub. The fact that Zotero can sometimes automatically download a PDF and sometimes can't is due to the way resolvers work in concert with the terms of use / file access permissions for the sites Zotero is looking at. ![]() There are a few things being conflated here.įirst, you're using SciHub - a site viewed by many publishers as illegal because of the way it provides free access to copyrighted material - to find a PDF for an for a book chapter owned and licensed by Elsevier/RELX (at ) SciHub is seen as a "pirate" site (I put the term in quotes because the ethics of SciHub are a subject of debate which I'll sidestep) and so there's little incentive (IMHO) for Zotero to put itself at risk by providing "official" resolvers that facilitate downloading copyrighted material. ![]()
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