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fulltextarticledownloader

This software allows the automated collection of large numbers of full text articles. You can use the GUI to perform a PubMed search and then download the PDFs from the search results, or you can work with the API and just give it a set of starting point URLs or PubMed IDs. Getting, Installing ... [More] and Running the software1. Please check the requirements for this software 2. Please download the appropriate zip file for your operating system (please note, PowerPC Macs are not currently supported). 3. Decompress the zip file using software appropriate for your operating system (i.e. Mac: Archive Utility, Linux: gunzip, Windows: WinZip or 7Zip) 4. Open a terminal window and navigate to the directory where you decompressed the zip file (i.e. cd c:\articledownloader ) 5. Then run the application using the run script, which is called run.sh for Linux and Mac and run.bat in Windows. In Windows you will probably be able to double click the run.bat file in Explorer 6. When you have got it working, you can have a look at this page for a walkthrough on how to actually download some articles. DocumentationIf you want further information on this software you can either download the Javadoc archive in the Downloads section, you can also look at the documentation in the Wiki section or the featured Wiki pages listed on the right-hand side of this page. An overview ProblemsIf you are having problems, please look at this page. Or file an Issue so others can benefit from our attempts to resolve the problem. [Less]