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360 Link citations - add Harvard style
We would like to add the Harvard style as an option when exporting citations in 360 Link.
2 votes -
open the "search within a journal" results in a new tab or window
Clicking on a journal title to use the "search within a journal" feature eliminates the original search. It would be helpful to have this open as a search in a new window or browser tab so that the original search is not lost.
12 votes -
DB recommender - html formatting
We would like to be able to apply HTML formatting in the "database's description" field.
For the moment, it doesn't recognise the tags unlike the public database note field.
Furthermore, we would like to see the "public database note" displayed in the Database recommender.7 votes -
LC Call Number Browse Relevance Searching
When searching by LC call number in Summon, it matches to the Cutter number as well as to the LC call number. The default "relevance" ordering doesn't put the call numbers that begin with the LC call number at the top of the list. There isn't a choice to force that ordering. In Alma, it is possible to search by shelf list, so it shouldn't be that difficult to do the same on the public side of a shelf list.
2 votes -
Have the "search within" work for magazine or newspaper titles in the same way as it does for journal titles
We just learned that only journal titles are linked in the results records to allow for easy "search within". I would like the same functionality for magazines and newspaper titles. This would support easier classroom instruction.
5 votes -
bX Recommender statistics
We would like to be able to see analytics for the bX recommender tool to evaluate usage and return on investment (given that the is an additional fee on top the the Summon subscription).
At minimum, we would want to know how many times the "Related articles" link was clicked on, but ideally also, how many times an article in the right-hand panel was subsequently clicked on.
45 votes -
Add free book cover images from OpenBD to Summon.
"OpenDB" is a book cover image database that mainly contains those of Japanese books.
Everyone can use them for free regardless of the user type(individual, company and so on).
EDS seems to have already integrated it. Please consider integrating it to summon.More details(in Japanese) are here.
https://openbd.jp/17 votes -
Create an Alexa skill and Google Home app to run (or at least launch) Summon searches.
"Hey Google, search [my library] for [topic]"
"Alexa, search [my library] for books by [author]"6 votes -
Indicate when content is freely available (but not tracked)
When searching with 'add results beyond your library's collection' ticked, all non-tracked content is labelled 'Citation Only'. However some of this content is in fact freely available, for example lots of content in institutional repositories.
Summon should have a way to indicate that content may be freely available even when not tracked, for content in non-tracked open access journals or open repositories. If it's too difficult for Summon to know when something is available, maybe we could have a third label (other than 'full text online' and 'citation only') for content from repositories where there is a high probability of…
23 votes -
Allow full replacement marc uploads without having to approve the load in the content ingestion interface.
Allowing for full marc record loads without additional approval in the admin interface would decrease the number of steps needed for libraries who wish to always do full marc record replacements. It would also make record upload automation possible through custom scripting or services such as Innovative Interface's Scheduler.
1 vote -
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.
11 votes -
Define content types non-exclusively
Define content types non-exclusively, i.e., allow multiple content type definitions to apply to a single resource -- for example, the same resource might be both a "catalog" and a "book." Defining it as a "catalog" should not mean it is excluded in a search limited to "books."
30 votes -
Make searches with ‘query expansion’ customisable
We would like to be able to add, remove or edit query expansion topic matches to improve the topic and subject matches and prevent incorrect query expansion.
Query expansion is supposed to link synonymous subjects and topics, so the user doesn’t have to enter all terms in their search (e.g. ‘heart attack’ and ‘myocardial infarction’). Sometimes the query expansion function gives incorrect or unhelpful topic matches. For example a search for ‘civil litigation’ automatically expands to include ‘jurisprudence’. These are not synonymous terms.
ExLibris tell us that currently it isn’t possible to change or remove specific instances of query expansion,…
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Would love to be able to change the order of the content types on the left sidebar of the results page
Instead of content type facet displaying the content types with the highest number of results, make it customizable so admin. can decide which ones show (and in which order) in the abbreviated list.
51 votes -
Add a custom JS/CSS field to simplify UI customization
If you want to apply custom CSS currently, you need to use the Summon 2.0 External Script URL field in the Admin Consol, then call the CSS from that script. The files then need to be hosted somewhere. A better solution for us would be to incorporate a custom JS/CSS field in the Summon Admin Console to allow you to directly enter your script or CSS; or a file upload facility like the Springshare products (see attached screenshot from the LibGuides admin area). This would speed up our ability to fix issues and make usability changes.
138 votes -
Prioritise published articles over repository content
Where there is a published version of an article in a journal and the same article in our open access repository, we would like Summon to put the published version first in the search results.
This request has come from our academics who are concerned that people are choosing the top result (the pre-publication version in our repository) and missing the published version. This is particularly a problem when the repository version is only available on request or has limited access.
6 votes -
Add the ability to reflect access frequency to relevancy ranking
A mechanism that automatically takes records from databases with high access frequency to the top of the search results preferentially.
2 votes -
Avoid redundancy and outdated data while displaying results
Availability of "Display latest editions only" and "Remove the duplicates" options.
8 votes -
Add Mendeley on 'Export to...' drop-down list of reference managers
...instead of using the web importer, just like RefWorks.
21 votes -
Add union catalog as limiter/filter
Summon does a great job searching our local catalog. I'd like to be able to add our statewide union catalog (OhioLINK) as a second, separate catalog and allow users to click a filter to "add in" results from that catalog if they don't find the book they're looking for in their initial search. Right now we have to have users link out to OhioLINK and do a separate search - I'd like to keep them in Summon for union catalog searching.
6 votes
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