What is the DeepDyve Plug-in? What does it do?
While DeepDyve's Digital Library service has a searchable database of 150 million references, some researchers may prefer to use the tools they are familiar with for searching. For this, DeepDyve offers the DeepDyve Plug-in, a free browser extension that works with Chrome, Firefox, and Edge that automatically shows what's available for reading in DeepDyve directly from dozens of scholarly websites and search engines where it finds a DOI (digital object identifier).
Installing the DeepDyve Plug-in
| Chrome | Visit the Chrome extension page and click "Add to Chrome". Click on the "Extensions" icon in the top corner and then on the DeepDyve plug-in. Log into your account. |
| Firefox | Visit the Firefox extension page and click "Add to Firefox". Click on the "Extensions" icon in the top corner and then on the DeepDyve plug-in. Log into your account. |
| Edge | The latest version of the plug-in isn't available in the Edge store, but you can install it via the Chrome store. Visit the Chrome extension page and click "Get". Click on the "Extensions" icon in the top corner and then on the DeepDyve plug-in. Log into your account. |
If you have already installed the plug-in, you may need to upgrade it to use the features shown in this article. Information on how to do that is here.
Giving the plug-in permission to work across all sites
The latest version of the plug-in works across dozens of scholarly sites where it finds a DOI (digital object identifier). After you've logged into DeepDyve you may need to give the plug-in permission to work this way. Go to where you manage extensions and click on the DeepDyve plug-in (if the icon doesn't show up in your bar). Toggle the switch to grant permission:
Using the plug-in
Once you have the extension installed and permissions granted, any webpage where an article with a DOI (digital object identifier) should bring up a pane on the left of the browser with information about the status of those articles in DeepDyve.
These are the statuses you might see:
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This article is paywalled at the publisher site, but with your DeepDyve subscription it is available for instant full-text reading. |
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This article is open access. The full text of the article is available for reading and markup in DeepDyve. |
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This article is open access and available for download from the publisher site, but because of unclear permissions we haven't placed the full text in DeepDyve. |
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This article is not part of our LitStream or Open Access collections, and it must be purchased to be read. If you have an enterprise account, you may purchase this through DeepDyve. |
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This article is part of your company's Research Archive and you can go to DeepDyve to read the full text or download the article. (Available for enterprise accounts only.) |
Click any of the banners to go to the article in DeepDyve.
Using the plug-in with PubMed or Google Scholar
Search results on PubMed and Google Scholar will show up with a DeepDyve badge under each result, as happened with the previous version of the plug-in:
Adding articles to a folder from the plug-in
You can add articles to one of your DeepDyve folders directly from the plug-in. Simply click "Add to folder" and either scroll or search to find the folder you want to put it in.
Dismissing the DeepDyve pane
If you would like to remove or hide the DeepDyve pane, click the "X" on the top right of the pane:
With the pane dismissed, you'll see a small banner in the lower left of the screen telling you that articles have been found:
Clicking on the banner will open the pane. Clicking on the "X" next to it will dismiss the banner.