Introduction to Summon Search at UBC Library

Introducing Summon at UBC Library: a single, central index of our scholarly content http:// www.library.ubc.ca /summon Giustini, Barsky | UBC Library | March 2011

What is Summon? One search finds ‘all’
“… .Summon is a search tool that will provide a single-starting point to find and access the majority of UBC Library’s collections -- including books, ebooks, scholarly journals and articles, newspaper articles, dissertations and theses, videos, maps, manuscripts, music scores, digitized items, and more. It is a hosted service from Serials Solutions, with the Summon knowledge base and UBC Library content combined into one unified index….”
Eugene Barsky
UBC Reference Librarian
(with thanks to UVic & Queens U. Libraries)
http:// www.library.ubc.ca /summon Giustini, Barsky | UBC Library | March 2011

A unified web discovery tool – “one search finds all”
Google-like in speed, convenience & results
Single search to browse our full collections at UBC Library
We maintain a central index of pre-harvested content
Provides support for faceted browsing / scholarly filtering (peer-reviewed items)
Relevance ranking of books and articles
A unified search index to our scholarly content at UBC Library
Pre-indexed content is key
Metadata is also key
local data resides in our Summon index
methods: FTP, OAI, USB, etc.
formats: XML (EAD), HTML, PDF, delimited ASCII, MARC, etc.
Data normalization done also
What is Summon? http:// www.serialssolutions.com /summon-features/ Giustini, Barsky | UBC Library | March 2011

“ A mega-index of scholarly content”
7,000+ publishers / 70,000 + journal titles
http://www.serialssolutions.com/assets/publications/Summon-represented-titles.pdf
scores of scholarly publishers and university presses
Gale, ProQuest, SAGE, Springer, Taylor & Francis
ABC-CLIO, IEEE, Emerald, LexisNexis, Publishing Technology (IngentaConnect), The Royal Society, ThomsonReuters (Web of Science), Scitation
Allen & Unwin, ArtSTOR, Ingram Digital (MyiLibrary), MLA International Bibliography, PsycArticles and PsycCritiques, M.E. Sharpe, Knovel, IBIS, RMIT, Hart
What is Summon? How many # records are in Summon ? http:// www.library.ubc.ca /summon Giustini, Barsky | UBC Library | March 2011

How big is Summon? ~ 700 million (.7 billion) records ! http:// www.library.ubc.ca /summon In Feb 2011, our Summon index at UBC Library = ~ 274 million records Giustini, Barsky | UBC Library | March 2011

What are its main features?
Single, unified search
Provides a Google-like search experience but permits advanced searches also
Relevant results
Delivers search results in relevancy-ranked lists with most relevant results first
Results refinement
Navigate and narrow search results using filtering, faceted browsing and sorting
Full-text filter
Results set can be limited to items immediately available in full text online
View and Export Citations
Search results can be formatted and exported to RefWorks or cut-and-paste into Word documents, printed or emailed.
Browser support & mobile devices
Internet Explorer, Firefox, Safari, Chrome
iPhone, BlackBerry, Android

http:// ubc.summon.serialssolutions.com /advanced [Summon] Advanced Search screen http:// www.library.ubc.ca /summon Giustini, Barsky | UBC Library | March 2011

Why is Summon needed?
To improve access to UBC Library’s print / online resources
See collections ‘at a glance’
More straightforward searching
Integration of print & digital content
Easy to use, and authenticate for offsite locations
Access to article-level digital content
Remove barriers between UBC Library & user communities
Summon is a scholarship filter
Start with Summon, then use Google Scholar
Summon promotes use of authoritative information
Brings researchers back to UBC Library
Helps UBC Library remain part of discovery of digital content

UBC Library’s index = ~ 274 million records
However, in Summon, there 545+ million records (beyond our collection)
UBC Archives
UBC Library Catalogue
cIRcle (institutional repository)
Journal subscriptions
Indexes and databases
Other?
What is IN Summon? http:// www.library.ubc.ca /summon Giustini, Barsky | UBC Library | March 2011

AgeLine, AGRICOLA, BIOSIS Previews, EMBASE, ERIC, Health and Psychosocial Instruments (HaPI), FSTA: Food Science and Technology Abstracts, International Pharmaceutical Abstracts (IPA), Linguistics and Language Behavior Abstracts (LLBA), PsycINFO, SciFinder Scholar, Social Sciences Index, Social Work Abstracts, SPORTDiscus, Web of Knowledge & LOTS more!
e-Therapeutics, Journal Citation Reports, MEDLINEplus, Mental Measurements Yearbook with Tests in Print, National Library of Medicine (U.S.), Native Health Database, Natural Medicines Comprehensive Database, OMMBID, OTseeker, STAT!Ref, TOXNET, and again lots more.
What is IN Summon (UBC Library)? http:// www.library.ubc.ca /summon Giustini, Barsky | UBC Library | March 2011

Scholarly filters by ‘content type’ / subject http:// www.library.ubc.ca /summon Giustini, Barsky | UBC Library | March 2011

No records from our “specialized catalogues”
Includes UBC Archives, Bibliographies & Reading Rooms
Unindexed content from our indexes & databases
Pre-prints & grey literature on the web
Very recent content
Serials Solutions get its metadata from:
Directly from publishers, and scrapes their websites
Metadata is not scraped from aggregators or indexes
Updates from our catalogue are loaded daily
What is NOT in Summon http:// www.library.ubc.ca /summon Giustini, Barsky | UBC Library | March 2011

How does it work?
Enter search terms | use wildcards “?” and “*”
Terms are matched to metadata in Summon Database
Results are filtered against Serials Solution Knowledgebase (a collection holding every online resource available and where we “turn on” resources the UBC Library subscribes to…)
Filtered results (results to which we have access) are displayed
Links from results lead to OpenURL resolver (soon 360 Link), UBC Library Catalogue or directly to item on the web
Tip: Have you devised a good search?
Subscribe to its RSS feed to know when the UBC Library adds new results
Search architecture http:// www.library.ubc.ca /summon Giustini, Barsky | UBC Library | March 2011

Export citations in Summon – Using “Save” (bottom right) http:// www.library.ubc.ca /summon Giustini, Barsky | UBC Library | March 2011

Summon / link resolving for articles / book chapters (coming soon!)
UBC Library uses 360 Link http://www.serialssolutions.com/360-link/
PubMed’s 20 million records are included
Is it true that 400 million records are newspaper articles?
Does Summon solve “Grey literature” searching?
Access to native interfaces
Subject access is still needed for scholarly searches
Links to native interfaces
Outstanding questions / issues http:// www.library.ubc.ca /summon Giustini, Barsky | UBC Library | March 2011

Informal and formal feedback needed
University community, academics, students, staff
Library staff
UBC Library will assess performance
Speed & simplicity
Consistency of results
Scholarly filters
On different browsers i.e., Internet Explorer, Firefox, Safari, Chrome
Via mobiles i.e., iPhone, BlackBerry, Android
Conclusions http:// www.library.ubc.ca /summon Giustini, Barsky | UBC Library | March 2011

Understand when to use alternatives to Summon
Reflect on strengths and weaknesses of Summon
More academic librarian research is needed
Identify new content for inclusion in Summon
About how to teach Summon ie., online tutorial / workshops
Who can benefit from Summon most
When to use our native interfaces
Grey literature searching
Conclusions (cont’d) http:// www.library.ubc.ca /summon Giustini, Barsky | UBC Library | March 2011

For current information about Summon: What's New and Upcoming with the Summon Service [video] UBC Library Summon Blog Feedback: Contact UBC Library Electronic Resources Or, BMB Librarian : [email_address] / 604.875.4505 Giustini, Barsky | UBC Library | March 2011

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