A web extension is an application can be installed in a few clicks in your browser and is added to the list of its extensions, the shortcut to which can be added to your personal personal bar.
The Click & Read extension has been developed for the browsers Firefox, Chrome and Safari (from OS 14).
It can also be installed on Chromium-based browsers, such as Chrome or Edge (from version 2021).
It works transparently when you are browsing the Internet and does not have a search interface. Internet, and does not have a search interface.
The Click & Read extension replaces and unifies the 3 existing extensions extensions of the platforms managed by the Inist-CNRS Istex, Panist and BibCnrs, plus the free Unpaywall extension.
Since v2.0, the Click & Read extension has also integrated the documentary resources of Inserm and the universities Claude Bernard Lyon 1, Orléans, Rennes 1, Limoges, Montpellier, CEA, B2RM the B2RM, the Institut Pasteur
With the constant aim of facilitating access to full text, the Click & Read extension provides a complementary mode of access to the use of BibCnrs, Istex...
Indeed, it consults for you the documentary collections Unpaywall (which contains the data of HAL...), Istex, Panist, BibCnrs, Insermbiblio, Lyon 1, Orléans, Rennes 1, Limoges, CEA, B2RM, Institut Pasteur, Paul-Valéry Montpellier 3, Montpellier, Unîmes, Littoral Côte d'Opale, Sciences Po, Bordeaux, Sorbonne Université, Collège de France, Pau et Pays de l'Adour, BU Sainte Géneviève, Savoie Mont Blanc, Université des antilles, Université Paris-Saclay, Université Jean Monnet Saint-Etienne, Université de Brest, Université Toulouse Capitole, Université Toulouse Jean Jaurès, Université Toulouse III - Paul Sabatier, Institut Supérieur de l’Aéronautique et de l’Espace, Institut National Universitaire Champollion, Université de Lille, Université de Lorraine, Université Paris-Est Créteil - UPEC, Université Grenoble Alpes - UGA, Université Paris Cité and displays the C&R logo when access has been detected to the text.
Developed by Inist-CNRS for the research communities of the CNRS, Click & Read is aimed primarily at research staff in CNRS units of the CNRS.
But it can be used by all researchers in the MESRI, subject to access rights:
The Click & Read extension integrates the free Unpaywall which it requests by default, then, if this one does not answer, the virtuous platforms (because they are alternatives to accessing publishers) Istex and Panist and finally, if these do not respond the parameterised document collections.
Since v2.0, it is possible to add, delete and choose the order of the document sources queried (e.g. between a free or between a free and a publisher version of the document).
When browsing the Internet :
Just click on the button to access the document.
Click on the url https://clickandread.inist.fr/
The Click & Read extension does not store any personal data. The information collected when using Click & Read are: the chosen source, the URL and DOI of the visited document, the reference of the institution and the BibCnrs domain indicated by the user as well as the time stamp. This information is collected for usage metrics only.
The Click & Read extension already includes the functionality of the Istex and Panist extensions. You must uninstall them.
If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to contact the team ClickandRead