1. TOO MANY
RESULTS IN
SUMMON?

2. HAVE YOU EVER SEARCHED IN
SUMMON AND GOTTEN
WAY TOO MANY RESULTS?

4. 2,717,009 RESULTS?!?!

5. DON ’T F RET!

6. THERE ARE WAYS TO NARROW
DOWN YOUR RESULTS LIST TO
A MORE MANAGEABLE NUMBER

7. THERE ARE SEVERAL
FACETS
ON THE LEFT-HAND SIDE OF
THE RESULTS LIST.

8. YOU CAN USE THESE FACETS JUST
LIKE YOU WOULD ON AMAZON.COM

9. 1. REFINE YOUR SEARCH

10. GET ONLY STUFF AVAILABLE ONLINE
GET ONLY SCHOLARLY JOURNAL ARTICLES
GET RID OF NEWSPAPER ARTICLES

11. 2. CONTENT TYPE

12. NARROW YOUR RESULTS TO
A SPECIFIC FORMAT
JOURNAL ARTICLE
BOOK
eBOOK
VHS/DVD
AND OTHERS

13. 3. SUBJECT TERMS

14. GET MATERIALS ONLY
ON SPECIFIC SUBJECTS

15. 4. PUBLICATION DATE

16. LIMIT YOUR RESULTS BY
WHEN THE ITEM WAS
PUBLISHED

17. 5. LIBRARY LOCATION

18. NARROW YOUR RESULTS TO
A SPECIFIC LOCATION
eBOOKS
ZUMBERGE
STEELCASE
FREY

19. 6. LANGUAGE

20. YOU MOST LIKELY ONLY
WANT ITEMS WRITTEN
IN ENGLISH

21. USING ONE ORE MORE OF
THESE FACETS,YOU SHOULD
HAVE A MORE MANAGEABLE
NUMBER OF RESULTS

22. QUESTIONS
?
ASK YOUR
LIBRARIAN
www.gvsu.edu/library

23. CR ED ITS
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