Using Summon Effectively

Did you know that you can easily increase the relevancy of your Summon searches?

Using limiters such as Quotation Marks ("") and Terms (title:), you can drastically reduce the number of results you recieve while increasing the quality of content you recieve.

Watch this video to learn more about Summon and how it works.

Here are some further examples to guide you in your researching:

Using "Quotation Marks" as a Limiter

See how drastically different the number of results are when you simply add quotation marks around your search query. Quotation marks cause Summon to only search for items that contain the combined term.

In the case of "Adult Learning," your results would be ~95% more relevant with quotes added as opposed to without them.

Using "title:" as a Term Limiter

Using the term limiter "title:" in addition to quotation marks can drastically differ the number of results you recieve. This combination will cause Summon to only search for items that contain the combined term in their title.

In the case of "Adult Learning," your results would be ~99% more relevant with quotes and terms added as opposed to without them.

Try it for yourself from the Summon search box on the Library home page.