BUSINESS RESEARCH AND THE SUMMON SERVICE ALA BRASS PUBLISHERS FORUM John Law, Vice President of Discovery Services.
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BUSINESS RESEARCH AND THE SUMMON SERVICE ALA BRASS PUBLISHERS FORUM
John Law, Vice President of Discovery Services
Understanding the Summon model… Architecture of the system matters!
Unified Results Set
Unified Index • 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
Exponential Content Growth
1 400 000 000 1 200 000 000 1 000 000 000 800 000 000 600 000 000 400 000 000 200 000 000 0 Jan 2009 Jan 2010 Oct 2010 Jan 2011 July 2011 Jan 2012 July 2012 Jan 2013 Jan 2013
Now more than 1.2 billion items 500 million merged records
Most complete metadata from all sources via Match and Merge Technology
Business Research Providers in Summon (partial list)
• 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 • 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
Rapid Adoption
700 600 500 400 300 200 100 0 Aug 2009 Jan 2010 Aug 2010 Jan 2011 Aug 2011 Jan 2012 Aug 2012 Jan 2012 June 2012
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
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How is business research changing?
ProQuest research: content needs of business researchers
Books (print) Conference proceedings Pre Prints Working papers Abstracts Raw Data Dissertations or theses Newspapers Reference Materials E-books Trade publications “Best practices” reports Book reviews Standards Blogs Videos Grey literature SWOT analyses Patents n=564 0% 20% Global Europe 50% 40% 60% 80% 100%
How is business research changing?
Variety of Content Types Discipline-Scoped Searching
RSS Feed Embedded in LibGuide - Returns Company Reports
Image and News Spotlighting
Related Search Suggestions Best Bets Database Recommender
Indexed Research Guides
Comprehensive Coverage of Business Content Multi-disciplinary research support & exposes users to native resources Opportunities for librarians to be embedded in the research process