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

http://www.library.ubc.ca/summon/



Summon is a starting point

“….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 BarskyUBC Reference Librarian(with thanks to UVic & Queens U.

Libraries)






• 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

Summon is….

http://www.serialssolutions.com/summon-features/





• “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

Summon is…

How many # records are in Summon?



http://www.serialssolutions.com/assets/publications/Summon-represented-titles.pdf




How big is Summon?~ 700 million (.7 billion) records !


In Feb 2011, our Summon index at UBC Library = ~ 274 million records





What are its main features?o Single, unified search

Provides a Google-like search experience but permits advanced searches also

o Relevant results Delivers search results in relevancy-ranked lists with most relevant results first

o Results refinement Navigate and narrow search results using filtering, faceted browsing and sorting

o Full-text filter Results set can be limited to items immediately available in full text online

o View and Export Citations Search results can be formatted and exported to RefWorks or cut-and-paste into Word

documents, printed or emailed.

o Browser support & mobile devices• Internet Explorer, Firefox, Safari, Chrome• iPhone, BlackBerry, Android






http://ubc.summon.serialssolutions.com/advanced

[Summon] AdvancedSearch screen











Why do we need Summon?• 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



http://hlwiki.slais.ubc.ca/index.php/Google_scholar




• 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?






• 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)?



Scholarly filters by ‘content type’ / subject






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






How does it work?1. Enter search terms | use wildcards “?” and “*”2. Terms are matched to metadata in Summon Database3. 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…)

4. Filtered results (results to which we have access) are displayed 5. 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






Export citations in Summon – Using “Save” (bottom right)






• 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.serialssolutions.com/360-link/




• Informal and formal feedback needed • University community, academics, students, staff• Library staff

• UBC Library will assess performance• Speed & simplicity • Consistency of results• Full-text linkage• Scholarly filters • On different browsers i.e., Internet Explorer, Firefox, Safari, Chrome• Via mobiles i.e., iPhone, BlackBerry, Android

Conclusions






• 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)



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 protected] / 604.875.4505


http://www.serialssolutions.com/resources/detail/whats-new-and-upcoming-with-the-summon-service-webinar

http://blogs.ubc.ca/summon/

http://www.library.ubc.ca/home/forms/ejournalhelp.html

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