{"id":14479,"date":"2014-07-30T21:08:37","date_gmt":"2014-07-30T21:08:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sites.temple.edu\/librarynews\/?p=14479"},"modified":"2014-07-30T22:58:52","modified_gmt":"2014-07-30T22:58:52","slug":"whats-new-wednesdays-introducing-summon-2-0","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sites.temple.edu\/librarynews\/2014\/07\/30\/whats-new-wednesdays-introducing-summon-2-0\/","title":{"rendered":"What&#8217;s New Wednesdays: Introducing Summon 2.0"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>As of July 21<sup>st<\/sup>, our all-star database Summon has received an update resulting in a sparkling new interface and some helpful new features. (Don\u2019t remember which database is Summon? It\u2019s that big ol\u2019 search box in the middle of the library home page.) Check out some of the changes below:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Topic Explorer &#8211; <\/strong>Summon will automatically plug your search term into one of our reference databases and pull a relevant encyclopedia entry to provide a brief overview of the topic. This will be located in the top right hand corner of the page.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div id=\"attachment_14480\" style=\"width: 1670px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/sites.temple.edu\/librarynews\/files\/2014\/07\/Henson-1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-14480\" class=\"wp-image-14480 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/sites.temple.edu\/librarynews\/files\/2014\/07\/Henson-1.jpg\" alt=\"Henson 1\" width=\"1660\" height=\"436\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sites.temple.edu\/librarynews\/files\/2014\/07\/Henson-1.jpg 1660w, https:\/\/sites.temple.edu\/librarynews\/files\/2014\/07\/Henson-1-300x78.jpg 300w, https:\/\/sites.temple.edu\/librarynews\/files\/2014\/07\/Henson-1-1024x268.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/sites.temple.edu\/librarynews\/files\/2014\/07\/Henson-1-500x131.jpg 500w, https:\/\/sites.temple.edu\/librarynews\/files\/2014\/07\/Henson-1-900x236.jpg 900w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1660px) 100vw, 1660px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-14480\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">(click on photo to enlarge)<\/p><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Increased item information \u2013 <\/strong>Whenever you hover over one of the items in your results, you\u2019ll see expanded item information in the right hand column. This can include citation information, but can also include article abstracts and book summaries.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div id=\"attachment_14489\" style=\"width: 2913px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/sites.temple.edu\/librarynews\/files\/2014\/07\/Henson-2a.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-14489\" class=\"wp-image-14489 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/sites.temple.edu\/librarynews\/files\/2014\/07\/Henson-2a.png\" alt=\"Henson 2a\" width=\"2903\" height=\"742\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sites.temple.edu\/librarynews\/files\/2014\/07\/Henson-2a.png 2903w, https:\/\/sites.temple.edu\/librarynews\/files\/2014\/07\/Henson-2a-300x76.png 300w, https:\/\/sites.temple.edu\/librarynews\/files\/2014\/07\/Henson-2a-1024x261.png 1024w, https:\/\/sites.temple.edu\/librarynews\/files\/2014\/07\/Henson-2a-500x127.png 500w, https:\/\/sites.temple.edu\/librarynews\/files\/2014\/07\/Henson-2a-900x230.png 900w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2903px) 100vw, 2903px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-14489\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">(click on photo to enlarge)<\/p><\/div>\n<p><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Suggested search terms \u2013 <\/strong>Not finding what you want and having some trouble thinking outside the box? Summon now has prominently displayed \u201cRelated Topics\u201d that may help you formulate more effective search terms.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div id=\"attachment_14482\" style=\"width: 2110px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/sites.temple.edu\/librarynews\/files\/2014\/07\/Henson-3.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-14482\" class=\"wp-image-14482\" src=\"https:\/\/sites.temple.edu\/librarynews\/files\/2014\/07\/Henson-3.jpg\" alt=\"Henson 3\" width=\"2100\" height=\"637\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sites.temple.edu\/librarynews\/files\/2014\/07\/Henson-3.jpg 1657w, https:\/\/sites.temple.edu\/librarynews\/files\/2014\/07\/Henson-3-300x91.jpg 300w, https:\/\/sites.temple.edu\/librarynews\/files\/2014\/07\/Henson-3-1024x310.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/sites.temple.edu\/librarynews\/files\/2014\/07\/Henson-3-500x151.jpg 500w, https:\/\/sites.temple.edu\/librarynews\/files\/2014\/07\/Henson-3-900x273.jpg 900w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2100px) 100vw, 2100px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-14482\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">(click on photo to enlarge)<\/p><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>More easily navigable refinement tools \u2013 <\/strong>Now, you can simply select from the left hand side of the page whatever refinements you want to narrow down your search. No more \u201cinclude\u201d or \u201cexclude\u201d.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div id=\"attachment_14483\" style=\"width: 1280px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/sites.temple.edu\/librarynews\/files\/2014\/07\/Henson-4.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-14483\" class=\"wp-image-14483 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/sites.temple.edu\/librarynews\/files\/2014\/07\/Henson-4.jpg\" alt=\"Henson 4\" width=\"1270\" height=\"904\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sites.temple.edu\/librarynews\/files\/2014\/07\/Henson-4.jpg 1270w, https:\/\/sites.temple.edu\/librarynews\/files\/2014\/07\/Henson-4-300x213.jpg 300w, https:\/\/sites.temple.edu\/librarynews\/files\/2014\/07\/Henson-4-1024x728.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/sites.temple.edu\/librarynews\/files\/2014\/07\/Henson-4-421x300.jpg 421w, https:\/\/sites.temple.edu\/librarynews\/files\/2014\/07\/Henson-4-900x640.jpg 900w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1270px) 100vw, 1270px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-14483\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">(click on photo to enlarge)<\/p><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>To infinity and beyond &#8211; <\/strong>Summon 2.0 uses an infinite scroll, so no more clicking through page by page.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Folder Storage &#8211;<\/strong> The Saved Items folder is now more prominently displayed (it\u2019s in the left hand corner.) Didn\u2019t know you could save items to look at later? We hope the new larger icon will serve as a visual reminder.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\">Ready to take <a href=\"http:\/\/library.temple.edu\/summon\">Summon<\/a> for a test drive?<\/p>\n<p>And don\u2019t forget:<\/p>\n<p>Summon searches ALL the holdings TU Libraries has access to\u2014this means books, eBooks, journal articles, newspaper articles, magazine articles, videos, films, government documents, etc. If you have a specific research need and Summon isn\u2019t helping, one of our <a href=\"http:\/\/library.temple.edu\/services\/library-instruction\/specialists\">subject specialist librarians<\/a> will be happy to help you find what you\u2019re looking for.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/sites.temple.edu\/librarynews\/files\/2014\/07\/Henson-5.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-14484 size-full aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/sites.temple.edu\/librarynews\/files\/2014\/07\/Henson-5.jpg\" alt=\"Henson 5\" width=\"550\" height=\"238\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sites.temple.edu\/librarynews\/files\/2014\/07\/Henson-5.jpg 550w, https:\/\/sites.temple.edu\/librarynews\/files\/2014\/07\/Henson-5-300x129.jpg 300w, https:\/\/sites.temple.edu\/librarynews\/files\/2014\/07\/Henson-5-500x216.jpg 500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 550px) 100vw, 550px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As of July 21st, our all-star database Summon has received an update resulting in a sparkling new interface and some helpful new features. (Don\u2019t remember which database is Summon? It\u2019s that big ol\u2019 search box in the middle of the &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/sites.temple.edu\/librarynews\/2014\/07\/30\/whats-new-wednesdays-introducing-summon-2-0\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1900,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"What's New Wednesdays: Introducing Summon 2.0","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[3],"tags":[6],"class_list":["post-14479","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-library-news","tag-top-news"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.temple.edu\/librarynews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14479","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.temple.edu\/librarynews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.temple.edu\/librarynews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.temple.edu\/librarynews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1900"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.temple.edu\/librarynews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=14479"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sites.temple.edu\/librarynews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14479\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.temple.edu\/librarynews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=14479"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.temple.edu\/librarynews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=14479"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.temple.edu\/librarynews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=14479"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}