# The Google Scholar fetcher should also fetch the abstract

**URL:** <https://discourse.jabref.org/t/the-google-scholar-fetcher-should-also-fetch-the-abstract/355>\
**Category:** Features\
**Created:** [November 29, 2016, 2:05pm UTC](https://discourse.jabref.org/t/the-google-scholar-fetcher-should-also-fetch-the-abstract/355 "2016-11-29T14:05:29Z")\
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**Author:** ![scotto](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b38774/32.png) [@scotto](https://discourse.jabref.org/u/scotto)\
**Post date:** [November 29, 2016, 2:05pm UTC](https://discourse.jabref.org/t/the-google-scholar-fetcher-should-also-fetch-the-abstract/355/1 "2016-11-29T14:05:29Z")

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## The Google Scholar already returns a part of the abstract. I’d like it to optionally store it in the bibtex entry, as is done for IEEE.

Please vote if you support this proposal:

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