Serials Solutions, a ProQuest business, has announced that the Summon discovery service now includes content from more than 100 abstract and indexing (A&I) databases – including nearly 90 ProQuest databases. Unlike other discovery services, it has been stated, A&I content in the Summon service is leveraged through a unique match and merge technology that combines different types of data and information from multiple sources creating a single record optimised for discovery.
For mutual subscribers, this approach exposes A&I resources to more users, directs researchers to full text when available, and maximises the value and usage of A&I content for libraries.
Match and merge technology combines, normalises and corrects from multiple sources full text and metadata, such as abstracts, subject terms, thesauri and controlled vocabularies, citation counts and enrichment data. Bringing together this information is seen to enhance relevancy and increase discoverability of content, whether a user searches with natural language queries or database-specific controlled vocabularies.
The Summon service supports discovery of A&I databases regardless of where the library purchased the database or which provider hosts it. This approach ensures that relevant results are not biased toward any particular provider or vendor. A&I content indexed in the Summon service spans diverse disciplines and includes databases such as the MLA International Bibliography, Thomson Reuters Web of Science(SM), HAPI (Hispanic American Periodicals Index), SveMed+ and L’Annee philologique.
Recently indexed in the Summon service, including more than 20 formal thesauri curated by expert editors, and more than 100 different controlled vocabularies, the A&I titles from ProQuest include Aqualine, Aquatic Sciences & Fisheries Abstracts (ASFA), ARTbibliographies Modern (ABM), British Humanities Index (BHI), British Nursing Index (BNI), Design and Applied Arts Index (DAAI), ESPM: Environmental Sciences & Pollution Management and International Bibliography of the Social Sciences (IBSS).
The other titles include International Index to Music Periodicals, International Index to Performing Arts, Linguistics and Language Behavior Abstracts (LLBA), Sociological Abstracts, Technology Research Database, Water Resources Abstracts and Worldwide Political Science Abstracts.
