That's my recollection as well. On Jul 15, 2009, at 7:15 AM, 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 > > - 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: >> >> 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 >> Eric Hellman President, Gluejar, Inc. 41 Watchung Plaza, #132 Montclair, NJ 07042 USA [log in to unmask] http://go-to-hellman.blogspot.com/