When I've experimented with this, I haven't been able to figure out a 
way to set my institution in their preferences, without _removing_ any 
existing institutions they may have already chosen.  I don't want to 
over-write their existing preferences, if any, I just want to add my 
institution to them!

If anyone figures out a way to do this, I'm interested too.

I actually didn't know about the &inst=X feature allowing you to set the 
institution even just for the current session, that's awfully helpful 
and better than nothing, thanks!

Jonathan

Godmar Back wrote:
> It used to be you could just GET the corresponding form, e.g.:
>
> http://scholar.google.com/scholar_setprefs?num=10&instq=&inst=sfx-f7e167eec5dde9063b5a8770ec3aaba7&q=einstein&inststart=0&submit=Save+Preferences
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>  - Godmar
>
> On Wed, Jul 15, 2009 at 3:17 AM, Stuart Yeates<[log in to unmask]> wrote:
>   
>> It's possible to send users to google scholar using URLs such as:
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>> http://scholar.google.co.nz/schhp?hl=en&inst=8862113006238551395
>>
>> where the institution is obtained using the standard preference setting mechanism. Has anyone found a way of persisting this setting in the users browser, so when they start a new session this is the default?
>>
>> Yes, I know they can go "Scholar Preferences" -> "Save" to persist it, but I'm looking for a more automated way of doing it...
>>
>> cheers
>> stuart
>>
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