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CORE Discovery

CORE Discovery

One-click access to free copies of research papers whenever you hit the paywall

CORE Discovery is available to install from Chrome Web Store and for download from this page. It has 7,000+ active users The latest version is 1.0.4, and it was published 2 years ago.

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Install CORE Discovery from Chrome Web Store
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 2 version available for download.
How to install CORE Discovery from a CRX file
Option 1: The easy way (for Windows users only)
  1. Download and run chrome-stats.exe file on your PC. This method will allow you to install Chrome extensions directly from chrome-stats.com in one click. You only need to do this once!
  2. Type in chrome://restart in the URL bar to restart the browser for the changes to take effect.
  3. Download and install the CORE Discovery CRX file
Option 2: Advanced method
  1. Download CORE Discovery CRX file
  2. NOTE: Sometimes the browser may block downloading / installing CRX file from outside the Chrome Web Store. If so, you may need to use option 1, or download the ZIP file instead.
  3. In the URL bar, go to chrome://extensions
  4. Enable Developer mode
  5. Drag and drop the downloaded CORE Discovery CRX file into the Extensions page
  6. When prompted, click Add extension to install CORE Discovery.
How to install CORE Discovery from a ZIP file
  1. Download and unpack the CORE Discovery ZIP file to a directory of your choice.
  2. In Chrome browser, go to chrome://extensions
  3. Enable Developer mode.
  4. Click on the Load Unpacked button.
  5. Select the directory of with the unpacked CORE Discovery ZIP file from step 1. CORE Discovery is now installed on your browser.
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