Script Summary: Modifies links to paywalled websites to versions that your institution can access
Version: 0.30 - Link directly to the PDF file instead of to a frameset
Like http://userscripts.org/scripts/show/42011, but modifies links before they are clicked (not after).
To set up
The script you install is configured for the University of Toronto. To amend it for your institution, you need to make a minor edit.
- Disable Greasemonkey by left-clicking on the Monkey icon in the bottom-right corner of your window (it will turn grey when disabled). If using Chrome, disable this script in Tools -> Extensions.
- Navigate to the full text of an article at a protected journal (e.g. Nature) via your institution.
- Note the address that appears in your browser's address bar. It will be something like http://www.nature.com.access.yourinstitution.ac....
- Copy the text that comes between www.nature.com and the first slash : in this example it is access.yourinstitution.ac.uk
- Right-click the monkey item you used earlier and click Manage Userscripts.
- Find this script in the list of installed scripts, and click 'Edit'
- Replace "myaccess.library.utoronto.ca" in the last line of the script with the string you found earlier ("access.yourinstitution.ac.uk" in this example). Make sure you don't alter the
$1.beforehand. - You're done! Save the file and re-enable GreaseMonkey.
To add a site
The script comes pre-configured to activate when it sees a wide range of sites. If it isn't redirecting you for a particular site, you need to add it to the list in the script; follow the syntax there.
