2024.30.0

www.technologyfromsage.com

A library-approved tool to unlock access to academic papers.

Latest Version

Version

2024.30.0

Update

December 10, 2024

Size

11.64MiB

Developer

www.technologyfromsage.com

Lean Library Extension

Put your library on your shoulder as you research

The Lean Library extension is a free tool which assists your library in delivering their services directly into your research workflow!

With the Lean Library extension, you can unlock access instantly and legally to millions of academic papers, streamline access to your library content whenever and wherever you might need it and get direct support within systems and web pages you use the most like Google Scholar, PubMed and thousand more!

Ready to start using Lean Library?

Install the extension, select your institution and begin researching! Even if you aren’t affiliated to an institution, you can still get quick and seamless redirection to open access materials absolutely free by downloading the extension and selecting Lean Library Open as your library.

Lean Library is a fantastic complement to other research tools you may already use including LibKey Nomad, EndNote Click and many more.

Source Manifest.json

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User reviews

Sarah Marvin (ID: 0000009625486a01) Voted 3 ★ - Updated 09/30/2023 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.

Swati Jain (ID: 0000004114490053) Voted 3 ★ - Updated 09/20/2023 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.

Farran (ID: 00000009383610b3) Voted 2 ★ - Updated 07/30/2023 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.

James H (ID: 00000090e66b0e94) Voted 2 ★ - Updated 06/28/2023 I am not sure what happened, but there must have been an update or something, as now there are just too many click and options to choose from. And when searching online odd search results keep popping up on my screen. All very confusing.

Mike K (ID: 00000039c07a60ca) Voted 5 ★ - Updated 06/15/2023 It used to be really annoying and refresh every page every second. But since a week or so (when I reinstalled it) it has been performing great.

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