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 Be smart about the keywords you use to search in Summon.  Think about your topic and what type of sources are appropriate for your assignment. 

 

You can also try these search tips to make your search more precise:

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Summon assumes AND in a string of keywords

Climate change = climate AND change

Quotations “ “

Use quotation marks around a phrase to search for the exact wording

“climate change”

“learning theory”

Field Searching

Some of the fields available in Summon

·        Author

·        Title

·        Publication title

 

author:Jean Piaget

 

publication title:New York Times

Wildcards

Summon lets you use * or ? at the end or middle of a word to include all forms of that word:

(?) will match any one character

(*) will match zero or more characters within a word or at the end of a word

 

Ols?n to find: Olsen or Olson

Child* to find: child, children, childhood, etc.