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=== Google Scholar (or some other site) locked me out after using Zotero to save items. What happened? === | === Google Scholar (or some other site) locked me out after using Zotero to save items. What happened? === |
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When saving multiple items from a given site, Zotero users will occasionally push the limits of what Google Scholar, or any other Zotero-compatible database (e.g., ProQuest), wants an individual to access in a given period of time, and you may start getting save failures or see a message like the following when browsing the site: | When saving multiple items from a given site, Zotero users will occasionally push the limits of what Google Scholar, or any other Zotero-compatible database (e.g., ProQuest), wants an individual to access in a given period of time. When this happens, saving to Zotero may fail, and when browsing the site you may start seeing CAPTCHAs or messages about making automated requests. |
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//"Query limit reached"// | If you need to import more than a few items at once, it's better to first save the items to Google Scholar's [[https://scholar.google.com/intl/en/scholar/help.html#library|"My Library"]] feature and then export items en masse as a BibTeX file from the My Library view. Other sites may have similar features that allow exporting a collection of items. You can also simply click through to the article page and save from there rather than saving from the search results page. |
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//"We're sorry but your computer or network may be sending automated queries. To protect our users, we can't process your request right now."// | |
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If you need to import large numbers of items at once, it's better to first save the items to Google Scholar's [[https://scholar.google.com/intl/en/scholar/help.html#library|"My Library"]] feature and then export items en masse as a BibTeX file from the My Library view. Other sites may have similar features that allow exporting a collection of items. You can also simply click through to the article page and save from there rather than saving from the search results page. | |
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The [[https://github.com/beloglazov/zotero-scholar-citations|Google Scholar Citations for Zotero]] plugin can also send sufficient numbers of queries to cause Google Scholar to lock out Zotero. | The [[https://github.com/beloglazov/zotero-scholar-citations|Google Scholar Citations for Zotero]] plugin can also send sufficient numbers of queries to cause Google Scholar to lock out Zotero. |