From Clarivate’s Summon to Primo Research Assistant, content‑moderation layers meant mostly for chatbots are “quietly” blocking controversial topics from being searched (29 Jul 2025) This article by Aaron Tay discusses how AI-powered academic search tools, especially Clarivate’s Summon Research Assistant and Primo Research Assistant, are being affected by content-moderation filters that block or impede…
(6 Mar 2025) Ex Libris, part of Clarivate, is excited to announce that Summon Research Assistant is now available for Summon institutions worldwide to activate for their users! Primo Research Assistant was launched in September 2024. Building on its success, we’re excited to introduce it in Summon, bringing the same powerful benefits to even more…
New integration of the Summon® discovery service and SIPX® course materials solution encourages use of library holdings to help students and schools save money (19 January 2016, Mountain View, CA) ProQuest has introduced an integration of the Summon® discovery service with the SIPX® course materials solution that delivers libraries an innovative, cost-saving approach for the…
(13 February 2015) The National Science Library of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (NSLC) has selected the Summon service to better support the patrons of Chinese Academy of Sciences with an integrated resource discovery platform. This integrated resource platform has been built in NSLC, which used the Summon service API model, and integrated with local…
(15 July 2014, Seattle, WA) Reinforcing the value of libraries as the hub for university research, ProQuest is transforming end-to-end researcher workflows by integrating Flow™, a research management and collaboration solution, with the Summon® discovery service. Serving as the digital front door to the library, the Summon service provides discovery of academic materials across collections.…
(Ann Arbor, Mich., 20 January 2014 /PRNewswire) Products and services from ProQuest‘s Seattle-based technologies business unit will now carry the ProQuest® brand as the name “Serials Solutions” is retired. The change takes place immediately and customers will see the ProQuest name on business cards, email addresses, product information and in connection with products such as…
(Ann Arbor, MI, 16 January 2014) – ProQuest today announced four of its content and technology solutions are finalists for the 2014 SIIA CODiE Award. Representing the information industry’s best products and technologies, the following are among 91 finalists across 26 categories. Best Search Technology Solution: ProQuest® Dialog® Best Scholarly Publishing Information Solution: ProQuest® ETD…
(22 November 2013) Serials Solutions, a ProQuest business, is working with IHS Inc. to expand IHS content indexed in the Summon® discovery service to include IHS Jane’s modules and databases. With the inclusion of metadata and full text from the following IHS Jane’s content sets in the Summon index, researchers will now be able to…
(Seattle, WA, 24 October 2013) – Serials Solutions® and Maruzen Company Ltd., are increasing access to Japanese eBooks through the Summon discovery service. Metadata from the Maruzen eBook Library will be indexed in the Summon service and mutual subscribers of each company’s service will be able to discover this authoritative eBook content, encompassing topics ranging…
(Seattle, WA, 23 October 2013) The University of Tokyo Library in Japan recently selected the Summon® discovery service from Serials Solutions®, a ProQuest® business. The powerful navigation and contextual guidance features in the Summon service significantly advance the research experience for both novice and experienced researchers. Librarians at the University of Tokyo will now have…