Useful Tools to expedite your access to academic papers

Useful Tools to expedite your access to academic papers


EndNote Click (formerly Kopernio)

Automatically find the subscribed paper (or OA version) during the paper search. When you can access the paper, it display a purple button. This purple button is link to article PDF.

This plugin saves the ID / PW of “Remote Access Service” in the browser, so you can access the papers subscribed by the university immediately from outside the campus if you only set the above ID / PW once.

a screenshot of EndNote Click

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Unpaywall

Display whether you can access the OA version or not.

When you can access the OA version, it display a green icon. The green icon is link to article PDF. When you can't access the OA version, it display a gray icon.

Unpaywallの説明

 Official Website Unpaywall

Google Scholar Button

Lookup scholarly articles as you browse the web. This plugin adds a browser button for easy access to Google Scholar from any web page.

Just select some letters (eg. a title of a paper) and press the button, Google Scholar search begins.

Google scholarボタンの使い方説明

DOI Resolver

Use this plugin to quickly resolve DOI and ShortDOI codes via any one of several methods: extension button, right-click on selected text, or omnibox with keyword: doi.

How to get

Add to Google Chrome

Click the above link[Add to Chrome], or access to chrome web store . Search for the tool by name and add to browser.


Add to FireFox

Click the above link[Add to FireFox], or access to Firefox Add-ons . Search for the tool by name and add to browser.

Reference information


【Further help and information】Hokkaido University Library, Research Support Division E-mail : jsa[at]lib.hokudai.ac.jp