BUSINESS RESEARCH AND THE SUMMON SERVICEALA BRASS PUBLISHERS FORUM

John Law, Vice President of Discovery Services

Understanding the Summon model…

• Having the critical core of the library’s collection represented in a single, unified index is the key to making it all work• Speed, Ease of Use, Relevancy, Customizability, Research

Integrity, Stability/Reliability, and more

Unified Results Set Unified Index

Architecture of the system matters!

Exponential Content Growth

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Most complete metadata from all sources via Match and Merge Technology

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Record

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Abstracts, subject terms, etc.

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Citation counts, subject terms,

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Scopus

• American Economic Association Journals/Books and EconLit

• ECONIS (German National Library of Economics  online catalog of indexed economics literature)

• Emerald• FRASER, the Federal Reserve Archive of

Economic History• Hoovers• IBIS World• International Monetary Fund eLibrary• ISI Emerging Markets• LexisNexis• Mergent Online• Mintel• OECD - Organisation for Economic Co-

operation and Development• Oxford Analytica• Oxford Economics

Business Research Providers in Summon (partial list)

• Palgrave MacMillan• Plunkett Research Ltd.• PubMed• Sage Journals and Books• Skillsoft/Books 24x7• Springer Science & Business• SSRN Working Papers• Statistical Insight• The Economist magazine• The Economist Intelligence Unit

Reports/Profiles• The Freedonia Group• USPTO• Web of Science• Wiley Blackwell Journals and Books• World Bank

Breadth of coverage: key publishers and titles

Strengths in:Management, Decision Making, Leadership, Strategy, Marketing / Branding, International Business, Ethics, Economics, Operations, IT / Information Systems

Strengths in:Current / topical issues, international perspective, company / industry / political focus

How are we responding to these changes?

Comprehensive, up-to-date market, industry, and company information

These unembargoed reports include:- Data and analysis on industry and companies from all regions of the

world. - Macro-economic data and trends and geo-political risk

How are we responding to these changes?How are we responding to these changes?

Rapid Adoption

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More than 600 Clients in 40 countries

ProQuest research: content needs of business researchers

• Surveyed business faculty in North America, Europe, ANZ, Latin America, India and Asia

• Responses from 564 business researchers

Results:– Researchers want to publish their research in peer-

reviewed journals– Researchers require many sources in addition to

journals

Ask at the stand for a copy of our Business Researcher White Paper.

How is business research changing?

n=564Patents

SWOT analysesGrey literature

VideosBlogs

StandardsBook reviews

“Best practices” reportsTrade publications

E-booksReference Materials

NewspapersDissertations or theses

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ProQuest research: content needs of business researchers

How is business research changing?

Variety of Content Types

Discipline-Scoped Searching

RSS Feed Embedded in

LibGuide--

Returns Company Reports

RECORD SHOWS SOURCE (ECONLIT™)

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NewsSpotlighting

Related Search Suggestions

DatabaseRecommender

Best Bets

CONTEXTUAL RESEARCH GUIDANCE

Indexed Research Guides

Comprehensive Coverage

ofBusiness Content

Summon – a great starting place for business research

Multi-disciplinary research support &

exposes users to native resources

Opportunities for librarians to be

embedded in the research process