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[Jabref-users] Presenting: Google Scholar Fetcher

[Nicolas <go...@go...>]

Hi List,

I have written a Google Scholar fetcher for JabRef (Web Search menu).
You can use it just like any other fetcher.

The entered search query is directly given to google, and the result
page is parsed basically for the BibTex links. Then all the BibTex
links are downloaded and the BibTex entries are added to JabRef's
search dialog. So your BibTex entry will have everything Google shows
in their BibTex file, plus the link to the paper, as provided in
Googles HTML results page. There are a few different formats of search
results in scholar (such as book, citation, and a normal paper). Some
of them are ignored by the fetcher or not properly imported. The
number of search results shown is defined in the .java file.

The importer identifies itself to Google as JabRef. So if they want
to, they can lock us out.

The Code is not yet checked in. You can download it, including a
runable JAR file based on the 2.4 beta, from:
http://sites.google.com/site/gohuju/Home/JabRef-2.4b2_mod.zip
(temporarily). It is really alpha state, but it seems to work.
Currently, a lot of debug output is produced, which is very helpful to
trace problems. Run JabRef from a console to see the debug output:
Something like "java -jar jabref.jar".

Cheers,
Nicolas

Re: [Jabref-users] Presenting: Google Scholar Fetcher

[Morten O. A. <mor...@gm...>]

2008/7/30 Nicolas <go...@go...>:
> Hi List,
>
> I have written a Google Scholar fetcher for JabRef (Web Search menu).
> You can use it just like any other fetcher.

Nicolas,

thank you for this contribution! This will definitely be a popular feature.

Have you considered packaging it as an external plugin? That way,
users will be able to use it easily with the current beta version and
with 2.4 final, when that comes out. I can help you if you need more
information on how to package the plugin.


-- 
Morten

Re: [Jabref-users] Presenting: Google Scholar Fetcher

[Michael J. <mj...@in...>]

Hi Nicolas,

 While we're on the subject, I have noticed that Google Scholar's 
database seems to contain an extra pair of braces in its title ie: 
{{Principal Component Curves}}. I'm not sure whether this is an artifact 
of their bibtex-serving page, or contaminated data. When you copy the 
BibTex entry into JabRef, you can still see the pair of inner braces in 
the title. If you could detect this and snip them out, that would be 
awesome!

Mike

Nicolas wrote:
> Hi List,
>
> I have written a Google Scholar fetcher for JabRef (Web Search menu).
> You can use it just like any other fetcher.
>
> The entered search query is directly given to google, and the result
> page is parsed basically for the BibTex links. Then all the BibTex
> links are downloaded and the BibTex entries are added to JabRef's
> search dialog. So your BibTex entry will have everything Google shows
> in their BibTex file, plus the link to the paper, as provided in
> Googles HTML results page. There are a few different formats of search
> results in scholar (such as book, citation, and a normal paper). Some
> of them are ignored by the fetcher or not properly imported. The
> number of search results shown is defined in the .java file.
>
> The importer identifies itself to Google as JabRef. So if they want
> to, they can lock us out.
>
> The Code is not yet checked in. You can download it, including a
> runable JAR file based on the 2.4 beta, from:
> http://sites.google.com/site/gohuju/Home/JabRef-2.4b2_mod.zip
> (temporarily). It is really alpha state, but it seems to work.
> Currently, a lot of debug output is produced, which is very helpful to
> trace problems. Run JabRef from a console to see the debug output:
> Something like "java -jar jabref.jar".
>
> Cheers,
> Nicolas
>
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Re: [Jabref-users] Presenting: Google Scholar Fetcher

[Morten O. A. <mor...@gm...>]

2008/8/3 Nicolas <go...@go...>:
> Hi Morten,
>
> guess the external plugin is a good idea. I went through the source
> files, but plugin documentation seems to be missing. Would be nice if
> you could guide me to the right examples, etc!
>
> Is there something like a download site for plugins?

You could take a look at this plugin:

http://sourceforge.net/tracker/index.php?func=detail&aid=1833617&group_id=92314&atid=600308

I think it needs an update, but you can look at the jar file and see
how it's packaged. It's merely a jar with a plugins.xml file
containing something similar to the entry you added to the "central"
plugins file, and referring the code included in the jar file. In
order to use the plugin, you put the jar file in a "plugins" directory
right below the JabRef jar, and it should be automatically loaded on
startup.

Don't hesitate to ask me (or this mailing list) if you need help!


Morten

Re: [Jabref-users] Presenting: Google Scholar Fetcher

[Benatzky, J. <Joa...@un...>]

Hi Nicolas,

Thank you very much for this feature that I really like!

I've seen that JabRef 2.4 (stable version) was released on 1th September, but your Google Scholar Fetcher is not included, is it? Are there any plans to do that? I would appreciate that but I'm also very happy with JabRef 2.4b.

Cheers,

Joachim.



 

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> 
> Hi List,
> 
> I have written a Google Scholar fetcher for JabRef (Web Search menu).
> You can use it just like any other fetcher.
> 
> The entered search query is directly given to google, and the 
> result page is parsed basically for the BibTex links. Then 
> all the BibTex links are downloaded and the BibTex entries 
> are added to JabRef's search dialog. So your BibTex entry 
> will have everything Google shows in their BibTex file, plus 
> the link to the paper, as provided in Googles HTML results 
> page. There are a few different formats of search results in 
> scholar (such as book, citation, and a normal paper). Some of 
> them are ignored by the fetcher or not properly imported. The 
> number of search results shown is defined in the .java file.
> 
> The importer identifies itself to Google as JabRef. So if 
> they want to, they can lock us out.
> 
> The Code is not yet checked in. You can download it, 
> including a runable JAR file based on the 2.4 beta, from:
> http://sites.google.com/site/gohuju/Home/JabRef-2.4b2_mod.zip
> (temporarily). It is really alpha state, but it seems to work.
> Currently, a lot of debug output is produced, which is very 
> helpful to trace problems. Run JabRef from a console to see 
> the debug output:
> Something like "java -jar jabref.jar".
> 
> Cheers,
> Nicolas
> 
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