@bbob: I thought about using DTP to search for journal articles at Web sites. I switched to Papers instead. It is dedicated to the task. AFAIK, other citation apps should be able to do the same.
My only suggestion when you really want to do this in DTP is to ask for a follow up to the thread on the use of EZProxy in DTP.
You would then be able to go through your university directly to access anything they provide. The issues that remain are likely things like “How do I get this link to download the PDF to DTP directly” or “How do I get this PDF to import with all the fields compiled for me (author, abstract …)”. The better option that I have again found is just to use a dedicated citation database app.
To search the citations, point DTP to index the folder where you store your PDFs. This will allow you to carry out the searches you may need.
ps – I am not familiar with DEVONagent. Perhaps it does/could support EZProxy as one of its search protocols?
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JJW