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Label peer-review results as such
On the results page, add a label to each entry that is peer-reviewed (like you do for "open access" content).
29 votesCompleted as part of the 2020 roadmap.
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Merge Reference & Newsletter Types
Often we will see duplicate records because one is labeled Reference and the other is labeled e-book, or one is labeled an Article and the other is labeled a Newsletter. Allow multiple categories on a record and merge them.
1 voteWe now include Newsletters as part of the match and merge process; if enough of the records match, they should now merge.
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Make Link Out(Summon Direct Linking) statistics of each database available in OBI
We would like to be able to see the click-through (or call it Link Out) usage of each database via Summon IEDL in Summon OBI and the total click-throughs so that we can understand how Summon contributes to the usage of the e-resources we subscribe to.
50 votesIncluded in the August 2019 quarterly release
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Clearing search will not let the user enter a new search directly
When the user clicks the x that clears the search-field in order to make a new search, the cursor is not placed in the search field. The user has to click in the search field in order to write something. The way this works it is quicker to just select the text in the search field and erase it by hitting the Back space.
14 votesThis feature is included on the 2020 Summon Roadmap courtesy of the ELUNA / IGELU New Enhancement Request System (NERS).
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DB recommender - tags export feature
We would like to be able to export the list of databases and the tags used for the recommender.
Furthermore, it would be nice if we can import the completed list.15 votesThis has been completed as part of the Summon 2021 Roadmap.
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Keep search refinements when moving to Advanced search
Reported by our Business librarians ...
I lose my search refinements if I jump from search results into advanced. For example, run a default search for something like, apple company profile, then refine it to reports. Click the link to advanced search, change the drop down to Title and press search. The report refinement is gone and has to be selected again.
If there is a way to keep your existing refinements, I would like that.
3 votesCompleted as part of the 2020 roadmap.
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filter results by vendor and/or database name
The ability for Summon to filter results by vendor and/or database name (IEEE, ProQuest, Taylor...).
38 votesAs part of the upgrade to the Central Discovery Index (CDI) we added a collections facet that filters by database.
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Display edition and publication year in brief results, for books and ebooks
I have been told by Ex Libris support that Summon only exposes the edition in the short summary for records that have a content type of 'Book'. This makes it difficult for patrons to determine which edition is the most recent, where both books and ebooks are available. See attached image for an example of how both can be displayed, to reduce confusion.
24 votesEdition, volume and publication year are now displayed in the brief result.
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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 votesDelivered in 2024 Q4 release.
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Offer the option of having the library location facet expanded by default
We would like to be able to have the libraries under LIBRARY LOCATION visible by default on the Summon results page
8 votesIncluded in the August 2019 quarterly release
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Make "Best Bets" show up when tag keywords are present in search, not just when there's an exact match
Right now, Best Bets show up when there's an exact match on tags, e.g., our job search assistance information shows up when someone searches "jobs" or "job search," etc., but not when someone searches "how can i look for jobs," etc. (unless we anticipate every situation where that tag word might be used). Could the Best Bets be brought up whenever keywords are present in the search, not just when there's an exact match?
168 votesThis has been completed as part of the Summon 2021 Roadmap.
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Improvements to manage larger sets of volatile Best Bets
To manage Best Bets more rigourously I would offer this additional functionality:
a) Export all current best bets to Excel (Much simpler to manage and check for currency outside of admin interface)b) Provide a way to mark all existing Best Bets for deletion with one click so that the updated spreadsheet (from point a) can be imported to Summon without requiring every existing Best Bet to marked for deletion to prevent duplications.
40 votesCan be achieved using the bulk import process.
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Add the option to force Summon to load over https
In October, Google Chrome release 62 will begin labeling any website loaded over http and containing a form (i.e. every library webpage ever) as "Not Secure." You can read more about that here: https://security.googleblog.com/2017/04/next-steps-toward-more-connection.html
We currently have all our links to and search forms use HTTPS to access Summon, but we can't force all our users onto HTTPS. Since the *.summon.serialssolutions.com wildcard certificate covers every instance of Summon, why not add an option to force all Summon connections to use HTTPS? (Or just make it the default.)
While you're at it, why not add your exlibrisgroup wildcard certificate to your…
95 votesYour institution can now set your site to force redirect to HTTPS. You can turn this on or off for your institution via the Admin Console under Settings under the default General tile; simply turn on the 3rd setting from the top: Force HTTPS via redirect.
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Provide the ability to separate books and ebooks when searching.
Currently, we cannot search print books only. We can separate ebooks/books if we want ebooks only be either selecting the full text limiter or the electronic books subject limiter. However, we can't do the same for print (hard copy books).
408 votesIncluded in the May 2021 Release.
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Usability of Advanced Search
Certain elements of the advanced search screen are very difficult to use on mobile devices, particularly the 'Content type' and 'Discipline' multiple check-box options, where scrolling through a long list is problematic.
Is there a way to improve this, perhaps by using a larger pop-out box that can be scanned at a glance?1 voteCompleted as part of the November 2022 release.
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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 votesOpen Access indicator maybe be enabled for search results.
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Add option to force 360 Link to load over HTTPS
In October, Google Chrome release 62 will begin labeling any website loaded over http and containing a form (i.e. every library webpage ever) as "Not Secure." You can read more about that here: https://security.googleblog.com/2017/04/next-steps-toward-more-connection.html
We currently route traffic from Summon and other services we control to 360Link over HTTPS, but we can't force all our users onto HTTPS (especially those coming from Google Analytics). Since the *.search.serialssolutions.com wildcard certificate covers every instance of 360 Link, why not add an option to force all connections to use HTTPS? (Or just make it the default.)
80 votesCompleted in 2018
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Include PMID in Advanced search
Add PMID explicitly as an option under Advanced Search along with DOI and others. PMID is heavily used by health sciences fields.
17 votesCompleted as part of the 2022 Advanced Search form update.
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Include Oxford Reference content in the Topic Explorer
Oxford is an important reference source that would add scope and value to the topic explorer.
5 votesThis is live as of March 6, 2019. To select this as a source for Topic Explorer, if you are a subscriber, simply go to the Topics section of the main Settings page in the Summon Admin Console, and drag and drop Oxford University Press from the Disabled column to the Enabled column.
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Make Open Access facet statistics available in OBI
It would be great to be able to look at usage stats for Open Access facet(s) in Summon searches. Since the "Is Open Access" facet is already available in the OBI interface, it makes sense for this functionality to be added to the enhancement list. Considering that Open Access materials are becoming more important globally, and in our library we are looking into raising the profile of our Open Access resources in general, being able to report on statistics would be great for us.
46 votesThis functionality was included as part of the August Summon release.
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