Jinfo: Product Review of ProQuest Summon (Technology - Search & User Interface; Outputs & Alerts; Administration)

Product Review of ProQuest Summon (Technology - Search & User Interface; Outputs & Alerts; Administration)
Jinfo Article

15th April 2016

Abstract

In the third part of our review of ProQuest's Summon service, reviewer Scott Vine puts the technology through its paces, including search options, user interface and whether results are vendor-neutral or whether ProQuest content is artificially boosted in the results. He also delves into how ProQuest ensures relevance scoring remains consistent across the result set and how information centres can use features such as Best Bets to guide users to preferred sources.

Note: Full review (PDF) at /go/sub/report/2656

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