Google Scholar Local Query Compiler

Turn natural-language research questions into structured, database-ready search queries—directly in your browser. This extension is designed for researchers, graduate students, medical literature searchers, and academics conducting systematic reviews, scoping reviews, and meta-analyses. Local and Privacy-Focused Processes search prompts locally within your browser extension. Designed to compile queries without sending your requests to third-party web servers. Does not require external API dependencies. Key Features PICO and SPIDER Structuring Organize research prompts using common evidence-synthesis frameworks, including Population, Intervention, Outcome, Methodology, and exclusion criteria. Search Strategy Templates Generate search strategies tailored to different research goals: Balanced: Combines precision and recall, with suggested synonyms. Title-Focused: Creates targeted phrase searches using intitle: operators. Expanded Vocabulary: Suggests alternative, unquoted terms to broaden early searches. Empirical and Methods: Includes terms for empirical studies, trials, and longitudinal research. Review and Synthesis: Includes keywords suited to systematic reviews and meta-analyses. Controlled Vocabulary Suggestions MeSH descriptors: Suggests relevant Medical Subject Headings, such as mapping “insomnia” to standard MeSH terminology. ACM CCS taxonomy: Helps map computer science concepts to relevant ACM Computing Classification System categories. Multi-Database Syntax Mapping Adapt a search strategy for multiple academic platforms: Google Scholar PubMed, including conversion of intitle: to [tiab] and - to NOT arXiv, including conversion of intitle: to ti: and - to ANDNOT IEEE Xplore, including conversion of intitle: to "Document Title": Semantic Scholar JSTOR PRISMA Literature Tracking Track record counts in the side panel and export structured search documentation in Markdown, LaTeX (.tex), or JSON. Quick Search Syntax Apply common search filters, including: File types, such as filetype:pdf Domain restrictions, such as site:.edu and site:.gov Journal or source tags, such as source: On-Page Search Assistant Use an optional overlay on Google Scholar to adjust search parameters and refine queries without leaving the results page. Ways to Access the Extension Toolbar popup for quick query building Chrome Side Panel Workbench, available with Ctrl+Shift+S on Windows/Linux or Cmd+Shift+S on macOS Context-menu shortcut for compiling a search query from text highlighted on a web page