Mushtaq Bilal, PhD
Mushtaq Bilal, PhD

@MushtaqBilalPhD

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Don't use Sci-Hub — it's a "controversial" website with 84M+ research papers freely available.
We should all try to make billion-dollar academic publishers richer.
Anyway, here's a thread on how to integrate Sci-Hub with Zotero 7 to get free papers.
DO NOT DO IT!
1. Don't go to this link:
github(dot)com/syt2/zotero-scipdf
But if you do, replace the word "dot" with an actual [.]
Don't scroll down and click on "latest release xpi file."
This will download an "xpi" file to your computer.
2. Don't open your Zotero. But if you do, click on "Tools."
In "Tools," click on "Plugins." This will open Zotero's Plugin Manager.
In the Plugin Manager, click on the gear-like icon and select "Install Plugin From File."
Navigate to the XPI file you downloaded and add it.
3. Don't copy the DOI of the paper you want to read.
But if you do, go back to your Zotero and click on the magic wand-like icon.
Don't paste the DOI in the search bar because Sci-Hub will retrieve a PDF and add it to your Zotero library.
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