The University of Queensland

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• Browsers supported
• Searching
• Phrase searching
• Searching specific fields
• Boolean operators
• Wildcards
• Proximity to other words
• Search a range of dates
• Similar term searches
• Search results page
  • Search options
  • Search results
  • Refine your search

Summon™ supports the following browsers and phones:

• Internet Explorer 6.0+
• Firefox 3.0+
• Safari 3.0+
• iPhone 2.0+
• BlackBerry 8500+
• Android 1.0+

Phrase Searching

Summon™ allows for phrase searching with the use of " ". The query "teacher education" will find results with that phrase.

Searching Specific Fields

The single search box in Summon™ (basic search box or keyword search box in advanced search) will search across many fields automatically. For example, entering an ISBN, ISSN, or Call Number will bring back associated records.

You can explicitly search a field using the syntax: “field:(query).” For example, the search ISSN:(1234-5678), finds records that contain that value in the ISSN field.

Searchable fields:

• Title
• SubjectTerms
• Author
• Publisher
• PublicationTitle
• Volume
• Issue
• Language
• Notes
• ISBN
• ISSN
• DOI
• LC call number

Boolean Operators

Summon™ offers the following Boolean operations: OR, NOT, -

By default, all terms in a search are combined with the AND operator.

The use of these ALL CAPS characters can be used to make queries more specific. To expand the results set, use the OR operator “microcircuits OR nanocircuits” will return items that contain either term.

This can be combined with quoted terms such as "teacher education" OR "educator training".

To exclude items in Summon™, use the NOT operator or “-” character before a term. When used in the following query “animal NOT dog” the results will not include the term “dog”.

Wildcard Use in Summon

Searches within Summon™ can be performed using the wildcards “?” and “*”.

The question mark (?) will match any one character and can be used to find “Olsen” or “Olson” by searching for “Ols?n”.

The asterisk (*) will match zero or more characters within a word or at the end of a word. A search for “Ch*ter” would match “Charter”, “Character”, and “Chapter”. When used at the end of a word, such as “Temp*”, it will match all suffixes “Temptation”, “Temple” and “Temporary”.

Wildcards cannot be used as the first character of a search.

Proximity to Other Words

Use the tilde (~) character at the end of a multiple words. When used on the term “yeast bread”~10 results include instances where the terms are 10 words apart or less.

Search a Range of Dates

Use the { } characters to indicate a search range in Summon™. When used on the years {2006 TO 2008} any instance of 2006, 2007, or 2008 will be returned.

Similar Term Searches

Use the tilde (~) character at the end of a word to match similar terms. When used on the term “Lead~” it will match “Wead”, “Veade”, and “Tead”.

1. Zone 1 - Search options

    
   

   1.1	Search box to amend your current search or initiate a new search.
   1.2	Click on the radio button to keep you current search refinements (see Zone 3).
   1.3	A link to Advanced Search.
   1.4	Your search terms and the number of results.
   1.5	Click on the Summon logo to go to UQ Library's home page.

2. Zone 2 - Search results

    
   

   2.1	Change the results sort order from relevance to date.
   2.2	Print the results list.
   2.3	Save search to your RSS feed reader to receive regular updates on new items matching your search terms. Right click on the icon, copy link location and add to your RSS reader.
   2.4	Hover the mouse over the title of an item for more details.
   2.5	Click on the author's name to view more items by that author.
   2.6	Click on the fulltext icon to take you to the fulltext.
   2.7	For other formats, check the item's Availability (from the UQ Library catalogue). Click on the book jacket image or icon to place a hold, etc.
   2.8	To save a citation, hover the mouse over the citation. Click on the icon in the top righthand corner. Once you have saved all the relevant citations, click on the "Saved items" link in the bottom righthand corner of the results list. From the panel, select your preferred citation style, referencing software and export mode - email or print.
   2.9	Page through the results list.

3. Zone 3 - Refine your search results

    

   3.1 As a default, your search result will include any items in UQ Library's Summon collection that match your search terms (excluding newspaper articles, book reviews and trade publications). They can be included in your results by clicking the X box. 3.2 Narrow your results by: Fulltext online Content type Subject terms Branch library Language Each time you click in a box, Summon refines the original results list to match the specific categories selected. 3.3 Note that “Limit to articles form scholarly publications ...” usually equals journal articles. 3.4 You can also refine your search by entering a range of dates.