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Nomad Article Finder Plugin for Google Chrome and Microsoft Edge

Explains what Nomad is and how to install and use the plugin

Installing Nomad

As of November 2021, all Mayo Clinic PCs automatically have the Nomad plugin installed in both Chome and Edge browsers. 

Follow these steps to install the Nomad plugin on your personal devices.

  1. Use these Chrome Web Store  or Microsoft Edge Add-ons store links to go to the Nomad app page for your browser. 
  2. Follow the instructions on that page to install the plugin.
  3. After the plugin installs, it will prompt you to select your institution.  Choose "Mayo Clinic Libraries" from the dropdown.

Nomad choose institution screenshot

  1. The plugin is now ready to use. You can close the window and proceed to browse normally. 

 

 

 
 

What about Kopernio/EndNote Click?

EndNote Click, formerly known as Kopernio, is a plugin that does the same thing as Nomad: it links you to articles quickly by scanning webpages for Digital Object Identifiers. Once these plugins find a DOI, they link you to the publisher’s copy of record, or another source if the publisher isn’t available.

The library has decided to standardize on Nomad over EndNote Click for several reasons:

  1. Nomad knows our library holdings and can route you to full-text more quickly.  It can also send requests to our Document Delivery system if we don’t have the item you want.
  2. Nomad offers some additional features in PubMed that EndNote Click doesn’t have: it adds journal cover images and links to issue table-of-contents and the Browzine e-journal reader.
  3. Nomad is easier to set up and doesn’t require you to create an account.

If you prefer EndNote Click over Nomad, you can continue to use it without any issues.  Try both, and see which one you like better!