- Search keywords in Google
- Find an exact match that goes to the paper page in ACM, Springer, IEEE, etc.
- Go to the NUS Digital Library page, find and login to the publisher site.
- Search the publisher site for the paper you've previously found.
- Click on the download link.
One solution to this problem is to go directly from the normal page to the proxy page. We can use bookmarklets to achieve this. Changing the domain name of the URL works most of the time but may not work for sites that have different URLs when you're authenticated. For this, we have to find the correct URL for that site.
Here are some bookmarklets that I have used with success:
IEEE
javascript:window.location=window.location.protocol+
'//ieeexplore.ieee.org.libproxy1.nus.edu.sg/xpls/abs_all.jsp'+
window.location.search+window.location.hash;
Springer
javascript:window.location=window.location.protocol+
'//springerlink.metapress.com.libproxy1.nus.edu.sg'+
window.location.pathname+window.location.search+
window.location.hash;
All others (including ACM Digital Library)
javascript:window.location=window.location.protocol+
'//'+window.location.hostname+'.libproxy1.nus.edu.sg'+
window.location.pathname+window.location.search+
window.location.hash;
So now, when you reach a page from Google. You just need to click on the bookmarklet to get to the paper download page.
Note: The bookmarklets above must be one single line. There should not be any whitespaces.
Hi Jess
ReplyDeleteInteresting post. You do know that NUS Libraries has the Proxy bookmarklet at http://www.lib.nus.edu.sg/lion/d/proxybkmrklet_google.html
http://www.lib.nus.edu.sg/lion/sg/ss/ec/Use%20of%20Proxy%20Bookmarklet%20with%20Google%20Scholar.doc
It's not fool-proof as you point out of course.
Additional tips for you since you are a Phd student.
Search databases using OpenSearch Plugins via NUS Libraries' subscriptions (beta)
http://www.lib.nus.edu.sg/lion/p/srchplugin/searchplugin.htm
LibX toolbar (not officially supported)
http://libx.org/editions/download.php?edition=039CA547
Thanks Aaron :)
ReplyDeleteI'm from the School of Computing so unfortunately, most of the search plugins are not very useful for me. The three I posted above are actually most useful because the papers I find can be typically found on ACM, IEEE, or SpringerLink. I use Google as a starting point because sometimes it gives me a direct link to the document (for example, from the author's pubpage).