Relevance and Phrase Searching in Summon: looking under the hood
This article briefly examines the mechanisms behind seemingly counter-intuitive phrase search results in Serials Solutions’ discovery platform Summon. The authors use the platform’s search API to explain why users sometimes encounter greater numbers of results when typically they would expect fewer....
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| description | This article briefly examines the mechanisms behind seemingly counter-intuitive phrase search results in Serials Solutions’ discovery platform Summon. The authors use the platform’s search API to explain why users sometimes encounter greater numbers of results when typically they would expect fewer. The article explores the reasons behind the search results and the implications for library instruction. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-1028ed45c50f4e9dbde5e6f563ff611b2022-12-22T00:46:03ZengCode4LibCode4Lib Journal1940-57582013-07-0121Relevance and Phrase Searching in Summon: looking under the hoodThomas HodgeJames RW MacDonaldThis article briefly examines the mechanisms behind seemingly counter-intuitive phrase search results in Serials Solutions’ discovery platform Summon. The authors use the platform’s search API to explain why users sometimes encounter greater numbers of results when typically they would expect fewer. The article explores the reasons behind the search results and the implications for library instruction.http://journal.code4lib.org/articles/8352 |
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