Two JEFFLINE databases now automate downloading and renaming journal article PDFs, to quickly obtain and organize batches of articles. The two databases, Scopus and Elsevier ScienceDirect, use Quosa software, which lets you:
- choose multiple articles to download
- opt to download abstracts for articles not available online (abstracts download as web pages from the database)
- choose how you’d like to name the PDFs, using preset combinations of author/title/journal or choosing from a list of citation elements and adding your own prefix or suffix
- have a quick cup (or sip) of coffee while the software checks each citation for full-text availability, downloads and renames the files. A status page shows which items have downloaded and whether they are full-text or abstract only.
A recent test of 20 articles found in a Scopus search downloaded and renamed 14 article PDFs in three minutes.
In ScienceDirect, the Advanced Search lets you limit to Subscribed Sources to get just those articles available through JEFFLINE:
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Look for more developments as vendors include better tools to simplify document retrieval when searching databases.
