Using the Summon Discovery Tool : Basics for Faculty Research : January 2018

1. USING THE SUMMON
DISCOVERY TOOL :
Basics For Faculty Research

2. Susan Johns-Smith
Library Services

3. AGENDA
•Definitions and Navigation
•Elements Within Summon
•Secondary Services Within Summon

4. DEFINITIONS
•Summon – Discovery
•(ProQuest, ExLibris)
•“it’s not Primo!”

5. DEFINITIONS
•Encore (Sierra)
•Web Catalog and Library Software

6. DEFINITIONS
•A to Z List – one for Databases
•Databases Reside on LibGuides

7. DEFINITIONS
•A to Z List – one for Journals
•Journals are a part of ProQuest / ExLibris
•Sometimes still referred to as “Serials
Solutions (SSOL)”

8. ADDRESSES
•http://axe.pittstate.edu
•http://library.pittstate.edu/m

12. MOBILE INTERFACE

13. DATABASE A-Z LIST

14. JOURNAL TITLE A-Z LIST

17. HAMBURGER MENU
SAVE
CHAT
FEEDBACK
HELP
LANGUAGE NAVIGATION
REFWORKS LOGIN

18. FACETS
REFINE YOUR SEARCH

19. FACETS
CONTENT TYPE

20. FACETS
CONTENT TYPE

21. FACETS
SUBJECT TERMS

22. FACETS
PUBLICATION DATE

23. FACETS
CLEAR FILTERS

24. FACETS
LANGUAGE

25. FACETS
SITE LOCATION

26. FACETS
LINK
CITE
EMAIL
SAVE
EXPORT

27. “ quotes for names
and phrases “

28. wom$n*
$ for wildcard
* for multiples

29. add results beyond
your library’s collection

30. Altmetrics
Source : https://www.altmetric.com/about-our-data/the-donut-and-score/

33. SUGGESTED SEARCHES

34. SUGGESTED REFERENCE

35. SUGGESTED LIBRARIAN

36. SUGGESTED LIBGUIDE

37. SEARCH WITHIN JOURNAL

38. IMAGE CAROUSEL

39. DATABASE RECOMMENDATIONS

40. IDENTITY MANAGEMENT

41. OPTIONS SIDEBAR

42. CITATION – TO REQUEST

43. ITEM NOT FOUND

44. A NOTE ABOUT ILLIAD

45. THANK YOU!
sjohnssmith@pittstate.edu