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summon, a new discovery tool at the library,allows us to meet user expectations while maximizing library collections. in this session, i will explain what web-scalediscovery is, talk about our new tool, summon and go into more detail as to how it works. let’s start with web-scale discovery. you’veseen it all over the web. amazon and google

are two great examples. it’s a single searchbox that searches everything at once. so rather than searching through separate categoriesor sellers on amazon, you’re able to search for what you’re looking for on the openingpage. how does this work for the library?summon, the library’s new search tool, looks

at more than 200 million items that billingtonlibrary has access to. it searches the library catalog, databases such as proquest researchlibrary and academic onefile and the library’s own digital repositories such as scholarspace. you can use summon to search and find books,articles from newpapers, magazines and scholarly journals, images and more. summon is a google-like library tool. it’ssimple, powerful and credible. this is the opening search screen for this new tool. there are a number of benefits to using summon.its comprehensiveness and speed gets researchers to the right information fast. the unbiasedrelevance ranking allows for true and accurate

results. and unique options and limits allowusers to navigate results their own way, drilling down to exactly what they need. summon is a compelling and effective startingplace for novice and experienced researchers alike. it’s also a wonderful tool for interdisciplinaryresearch. summon can be used throughout all stages ofthe research process. from getting background information on a topic, to finding articles,to creating citations, summon can be used every step of the way. summon is also greatfor looking up known items. just have the title of an article but not the author orjournal? summon can find it! give summon a try today!