New Library Search Tool Launched~ Summon (Beta)

Find Everything in the Libraries’ Collections with One Search

 The Libraries have introduced a new search tool that will enable users to do just one search to find the resources they need.

Functioning as a library catalog, a journal locator, a database locator, and a large full-text article database, the new search tool enables users to enter terms into a web-like search box to obtain licensed content from the Libraries’ entire collection.   The technology behind the new search tool is called “Summon™,” and is provided by Serials Solutions®, a business unit of ProQuest®.

To use the new all-encompassing search tool, labeled “Everything @ UConn,” just insert a topic of interest.   Users may then refine their search and specify parameters such as content type, subject, or date. For a more sophisticated search by, for example, author or journal title, users should use the “Advanced Search” option.

"Everything@UConn" - Try it!

Renewing Items Online from Homer

How to Renew Items Online for patrons with a NetID.

  • From the UConn Libraries Home Page http://www.lib.uconn.edu
  • Click on HOMER-Library Catalog.
  • Click on Renew books/View account.
  • From the NetID/Single-Sign-On page, click on the blue box.
  • Enter your NetID and Password.
  • Click on Login.
  • Under the Renew? column, click on the boxes of the titles you wish to renew.
  • At bottom of Items Checked Out window, click on the RENEW ITEMS box.

The NEW DUE DATE will appear in the right column of the page under RENEWAL STATUS.

http://www.lib.uconn.edu/about/services/circulation/renew.html