Summon
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Make Summon support Baidu for search history function
Summon added search history function on May release 2018, which is great. The data is stored in Google. Unfortunately, Google is not working in China. so could you add the capability of supporting Baidu (the largest search engine vendor in China)?
Baidu supports oauth 2.0. Here is the online doc:
21 votes -
Retrieve similar documents using the native 'MoreLikeThis' Lucene feature
Lucene's 'MoreLikeThis' feature retrieves similar documents based on a seed, which can be either a piece of text, or an already retrieved document (syntax-free search).
19 votes -
Add "Search within journals"
I'd like to cross-search between multiple journals I designate.
There is "Search within a journal," but it's only for one journal. Please add the facet for multiple journals or the function something like that.18 votes -
Ability to add custom filters/facets on the advanced search screen and result set screen
Hi --
Can someone include a way to search within databases in both the advanced search screen and a facet to narrow by database? This way if a result is returned, we can then narrow results down by db?
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Create a facet for Abstracts (or Conference Abstracts)
Abstracts are currently classified as Journal Articles, which causes confusion as readers are expecting to be able to read the full text of a published article that does not exist. Creating a facet for Abstracts would allow them to be correctly classified and would improve the user experience
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Include MARC 505 and 511 fields in the Details Page
For music recordings and films, it is particularly important to include the 505 and 511 fields to identify the unique aspects of an item. These fields are currently indexed in Summon, but not displayed, and Syndetics is not complete enough to replace them. Additionally, it can be confusing to users to have items in the search results for key terms found in the 505 and 511, but not displayed in the record.
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Allow users to browse the "Virtual Shelf"
The Virtual Shelf tab would appear for each record on the search results page. It would allow users to browse items based on the location of an item in the search results. Then the user could navigate through items "on the shelf".
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Make combination of "Fulltext Online" and facet "Library Location" results possible
Many of our patrons are interested in setting the filters to results available in the specific library location they are actually working in. They miss a functionality to combine fulltext results with the specific library holdings.
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Add autocomplete to search widget
The widget should make suggestions for words and phrases as the user types into the search box. This should be the same functionality as is present on the default Summon search box.
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Discover the DOIs not registered with CrossRef: problems with searching the italian titles by DOI numbe
It would be really helpful to search for an article or chapter book, edited by italian publisher, through DOI number inside the relative eJournal Portal box or Citation Linker box
Now, if I insert an "italian DOI number" a syntax error is showed or nothing happens (the page remain the same)In details
with Casalini - Torrossa, is it possible reach directly the landing page through DOI URL -> ex. http://dx.doi.org/10.1400/209193with DarwinBooks and RivisteWeb both by il Mulino, the landing page is showed after clicking on a link inside a pop-up page generated by the "mEDRA engine"
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http://dx.doi.org/10.978.8815/145901…11 votes -
Expand Best Bets Characters to include :
This would enable best bet recommendations for book and article titles that have a subtitle.
At the moment tags for best bets have limitations on the types of characters that can he used i.e. letters, numbers or any of the following symbols (-_ .&/'@#). Colons (:) cannot be used. It would be very helpful to be able to use colons because of how common they are in titles. Our zero result usage stats show that our users are searching article titles that include a colon.
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Update Summon Citation Generator to Current Editions
The citation generator in Summon is not using the most current style guides. In particular, we are most concerned about APA, AMA, and MLA. We request that those are updated to the most current versions and the Knowledge Center article updated accordingly. Thanks!
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Avoid redundancy and outdated data while displaying results
Availability of "Display latest editions only" and "Remove the duplicates" options.
8 votes -
Make the Saved items folder permanent when authenticated
At the moment, the saved items folder is temporary, even when you are logged in via your Microsoft or Google account.
We'd like it if users could retain their saved items (as well as their searches) when authenticated.
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multi-site support
We are based on 2 physical sites but due to subscription costs and specialisms of some resources, a number of our e-journals are restricted to one site. (the majority are now 2-site licences) - we have included all of them in summmon. Currently these resources show in the Summon search results but users on the other site just get dead links. We would like to be able to record these when we select them for the knowledgebase so users from the non-subscribing site just get a message saying to contact the library whilst users from the subscribing site get full…
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Automatic holdings update message
Change the link behind the 'New!xx/xx/2019' message that displays when Ebook Central Perpetual and DDA automatic holdings have been updated so that the link displays the updated titles themselves, not the summary screen of total titles held in the package.
It's not possible currently to easily identify which titles have been added on that date to match against Libcentral & ensure all the titles we have access to display in Summon
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Filter search results by original research and review article
To be able to filter search results by original research and review article category from Summon search facet.
6 votes -
Create widgets that include limits by publication
Currently you can create widgets with filters by discipline, content type, etc., but it would be very handy to create widgets that could search within a set of publications--for example, if you could add a query for a string of ISSNs and limit the search to certain highly specialized journals. This would be great for niche fields or some disciplines that are not represented in the list of disciplines (like rhetoric and composition).
6 votes -
Index the Journal of Clinical Ethics at the article level
I've been receiving reports from users that note linking to specific articles in the Journal of Clinical Ethics via Summon is currently problematic. The article links in Summon will bring users to the latest issue of appropriate journal, but not to the article specified.
Here’s four examples that have been noted:
De Vries, RG, Paruchuri, Y, Lorenz, K & Vedam, S (2013) Moral Science: Ethical Argument and the Production of Knowledge about Place of Birth, Journal of Clinical Ethics, 24:3, 225-38.Howe, EG (2013) When a Mother Wants to Deliver with a Midwife at Home, Journal of Clinical Ethics, 24:3,…
6 votes
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