Download - Refining Results in Summon
TOO MANYRESULTS INSUMMON?
HAVE YOU EVER SEARCHED INSUMMON AND GOTTEN
WAY TOO MANY RESULTS?
2,717,009 RESULTS?!?!
DON’T FRET!
THERE ARE WAYS TO NARROWDOWN YOUR RESULTS LIST TO
A MORE MANAGEABLE NUMBER
THERE ARE SEVERAL
ON THE LEFT-HAND SIDE OFTHE RESULTS LIST.
FACETS
YOU CAN USE THESE FACETS JUSTLIKE YOU WOULD ON AMAZON.COM
1. REFINE YOUR SEARCH
GET ONLY STUFF AVAILABLE ONLINE
GET ONLY SCHOLARLY JOURNAL ARTICLES
GET RID OF NEWSPAPER ARTICLES
2. CONTENT TYPE
NARROW YOUR RESULTS TOA SPECIFIC FORMAT
JOURNAL ARTICLEBOOKeBOOK
VHS/DVDAND OTHERS
3. SUBJECT TERMS
GET MATERIALS ONLYON SPECIFIC SUBJECTS
4. PUBLICATION DATE
LIMIT YOUR RESULTS BYWHEN THE ITEM WAS
PUBLISHED
5. LIBRARY LOCATION
NARROW YOUR RESULTS TOA SPECIFIC LOCATION
eBOOKSZUMBERGESTEELCASE
FREY
6. LANGUAGE
YOU MOST LIKELY ONLYWANT ITEMS WRITTEN
IN ENGLISH
USING ONE ORE MORE OFTHESE FACETS, YOU SHOULDHAVE A MORE MANAGEABLE
NUMBER OF RESULTS
QUESTIONS?ASK YOURLIBRARIAN
www.gvsu.edu/library
CREDITS
http://www.flickr.com/photos/zachklein/54389823/sizes/o/SLIDE ONE