Chrome-Stats extension
Lean Library
A library-approved tool to unlock access to academic papers.
Total ratings for Lean Library
3.08
(Rating count:
77)
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Pros
- Saves money by directing users to freely available resources
- Saves time when searching for academic papers
- Provides access to paywalled articles through open access alternatives
- Useful for off-campus access to online resources provided by academic libraries
Cons
- Interferes with other extensions like Mendeley and Google Translate
- Causes the whole Chrome window to become a blank screen
- Refreshes pages and causes redirect loops
- May have compatibility issues with certain websites or services
Most mentioned
- Saves time when searching for academic papers
- Interferes with other extensions
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Recent reviews for Lean Library
Recent rating average:
3.50
All time rating average:
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| Date | Author | Rating | Lang | Comment |
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| 2024-04-16 |  |
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| 2024-03-20 |  |
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en | Lean Library helped with my academic journey massively! As a first year university student, I used to struggle with accessing articles and resources online as lots of them caps me at only the abstract and references. After downloading I have lots of essays every term, and this tool helps me to access full text articles for free! I wish I knew this earlier... I was able to use more articles in my essay and helped me to achieve a better grade. |
| 2024-03-08 |  |
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nl | Fijn dat dit gratis is, ik heb het nog niet gebruikt maar goede verhalen over gehoord! |
| 2024-02-26 |  |
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en | I work for the NHS and this saves me money as it directs me to freely available medical papers rather than paywalled ones. |
| 2024-02-26 |  |
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en | This extension saves me loads of time when searching for academic papers. |
| 2024-02-19 |  |
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en | Greetings, I'm not able to get in at all.. It tells me that I am successfully logged in, but it does not get redirected to the library. Spent hours figuring it out and still unsuccessful. |
| 2024-01-31 |  |
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en | In principle it works really well, but it clashes with Mendeley. When I login to Scopus using my University account, Lean Library is conflicting with that account as well. This prevents me from importing references to Mendeley from Scopus and consequently I have to pause the Lean Library extension. |
| 2023-09-30 |  |
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It tells me I have access to an article, and when I click, it takes me back to the paywall article. When I try to log in through lean open access to read the article, I have the option, but what is my login? I cannot for the life of me find anywhere where I created or can view or even create an account or log in. I've sent notifications to both my possible email addresses and received nothing. | |
| 2023-09-20 |  |
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It keeps refreshing every 1 second even when I know I have access to the article. I have re-installed it and will update if the problem persists. | |
| 2023-07-30 |  |
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Hi there, This was useful for a bit (although it often redirects me back to the same article?? And redirects me to an article when I'm already able to access the one that I'm currently viewing???) However A few days ago, it started interfering with the Google Translate website. Just now I went through all my extensions, disabling them one by one. I can confirm that this extension is the problem. In Translate, when I am typing, some of the letters don't pass through to the input box. From a bit of testing, it appears that something is causing the input box to lose input focus, approximately at 1Hz. Please check this out! I have no idea why an extension such as this would be doing such a thing with the input focus. Very strange. And, naturally, I cannot use it because Translate is a core part of my daily life. Thanks for this extension all the same, it is a useful concept. Judging by the other reviews, it seems that the code is not written well, cleanly, and/or it is badly designed because the kind of bugs people are mentioning just don't really align with a piece of software that is simply meant to provide access to academic papers! So, please go back and refactor the code, ensure that it isn't doing unnecessary functions, whatever whatever. I notice that the last update was on 25th July, so being 5 days ago, that would coincide with the beginning of this bug. |
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