Use LibKey Nomad for Chrome and Firefox to get PDFs of articles
To get PDFs of articles at publishers' sites and in databases such as Pubmed and Web of Science, get the LibKey Nomad extension for Chrome, and also Firefox, Vivaldi, Edge, or Brave. Select University of Tennessee Libraries as the organization when setting up LibKey Nomad.
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Microsoft Edge
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Microsoft Edge Installation Guide from U. ChicagoBe sure Edge is updated to version 83.0.478.50 or later.
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VivaldiInstallation procedure is the same as Edge. Download the extension from the Chrome Web Store in Vivaldi.
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BraveInstallation procedure is the same as Edge. Download the extension from the Chrome Web Store in Brave.
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Firefox expected 3 quarter of 2020 according to Third Iron
5/18/2020 Nomad now works with these databases
- Web of Science and the other databases on Web of Science platform
- CAB ABSTRACTS (international research database for veterinary medicine)
- Scopus (Elsevier database of articles, Elsevier and Wiley own almost all of veterinary medicine)
Web of Science, Endnote, other Clarivate services
feature the Kopernio plugin, 
prompting users to install Kopernio to get the PDF.
Example:
Before installing Kopernio consider:
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the Kopernio terms of use and privacy policies are contradictory
- Kopernio may pull the PDF from sources that do not comply with copyright
- Kopernio requests users’ UTK NetID and Password
Don't use SCI-HUB
SCI-HUB "Hosts material without regard to copyright"
SCI-HUB "May pose a security threat"
SCI-HUB is not the solution to access to full-text.
SCI-HUB is a symptom that the scholarly communication system does not serve scholars or readers: it is not affordable, not equitable, and not innovative.
There are notable exceptions. examples of affordable, equitable and innovative: PeerJ and the ECS Free the Science
Solutions include:
- stop signing away copyright and
- archiving openly upon acceptance in the UTK Digital Archive TRACE (https://trace.tennessee.edu/) if publishing in a paywall journal, and
- academic-led policies that support scholars and the engagement mission of their institutions.
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