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No information on the necessity to use parentheses in complex queries on Summon Search Query Help
Currently, there is no information about the necessity to use parentheses in case of more complex search queries in the Summon Search Query help (at least in our library and I was told that the help page is the same around the world). Users who often use Google Scholar as a rule of thumb do not use parentheses because Google works well even without them but in case of Summon, the use of parentheses in more complex queries is essential.
Even on ExLibris Knowledge Center web (page Summon: Phrase, Field, Boolean, Wildcard and Proximity Searching - https://tinyurl.com/2fy5sx2h) it is…35 votes -
Add Content Type: Yearbook
Suggestion for DC:Type Yearbook to categorize digitized yearbooks.
1 voteFor next year we are planning additions and changes for resource types. We will take this under consideration and will include this as part of that project if possible.
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Add case studies as content type
It would be great if "case studies" to be added as a content type, the same way it's an option on CINAHL and some other Ebsco products. Our nursing and allied health students often have assignments that specifically require them to use case studies, and it's difficult to narrow those down using Summon.
1 voteFor next year we are planning additions and changes for resource types. We will take this under consideration and will include this as part of that project if possible.
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