What is Summon?
Summon is a search engine that provides credible, relevance ranked results from the library’s online and print collections in a single search. It searches through a massive collection of books, scholarly journals, newspaper articles, e-books, theses and dissertations, conference proceedings, and numerous academic databases. It contains everything found in the traditional QCAT Library Catalogue, plus much online full-text content available from the Library. Consider doing a Summon search when you might otherwise search Google Scholar, the QCAT Library Catalogue, or a research database like JSTOR. Summon is not intended to entirely replace these other search tools, but we hope that it will be a much-valued addition to your research toolkit. Diagram: Information that can be found in Queen’s University Library’s Summon Search. Summon is a software service licensed by Queen’s University Library. Summon product description from Serials Solutions.
