ELM Usage Statistics
Britannica
A web-based usage statistics system is available
for all subscribers to Britannica Online.
The statistics reporting does adhere to the guidelines set forth by the International
Coalition of Library Consortia (ICOLC).
Statistics can be gathered on a daily, monthly, yearly, or since subscription commencement
for any single library, or all libraries that are subscribing. Statistics can be reported
as granular as the IPs that are provided, or for each username and password assigned.
Consortia can view all of the stats for each library or system, but individual libraries
or systems will only be able to view their own stats.
Britannica will issue usernames and passwords for subscribing institutions to access their
stats reports at any time over the web. Britannica also provides a button that allows
subscribers to easily download their stats report into an easy-to-use spreadsheet format.
The site displays daily and running totals of the numbers of Britannica URLs accessed as
Queries ("Why is the sky blue?"), Documents (articles opened), and Other (images, etc.).
Usage statistics are available for the IP addresses specified by the institution or by
the username/password assigned in the Britannica cookie-based authentication.
If you need your username and password, contact Mabel Mannion at
mmannion@eb.com.
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EBSCO
To access your EBSCO usage reports, go to
EBSCOadmin and enter your customer ID and password. If you need
your customer ID and password, contact EBSCO Technical Support at 800-758-5995 or
eptech@epnet.com.
EBSCOadmin automatically collects usage statistics on EBSCOhost usage
within your library system or consortium. They can be used to measure how often
titles and databases are searched.
Title, database, session, and link activity statistics can be collected for
specific time periods (monthly or annually), limited to a specific data field,
and sorted. These reports can be viewed or emailed in HTML, Tab Delimited, or
Comma Delimited format.
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Gale
1. Find
your library's location_id at the Gale website.
2. Next,
browse
to the InfoTrac config website.
3. Click on the "Reports" link in the left-hand frame.
4. Scroll down the page to the Usage Reports heading.
Scan the list of Minitex location_id's; scroll down to your location_id.
5. You have four retrieval options:
- View now
- Email now: Gale Report
- Email now: COUNTER Usage Reports
- Sign up for monthly (recommended!)
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NetLibrary
To access NetLibrary usage statistics, visit the NetLibrary Library Resource Center.
This site also provides direct links to the TitleSelect™ catalog, eBook Tool Kit,
and Administrative Section. Anyone from your library staff can be authorized to use the
Resource Center.
Accessing the Library Resource Center
You will need a personal, free account to access your usage data
(create a personal NetLibrary
account).
After you have created your account, click on the "Help" tab and select the "Contact Us
for Further Assistance" link from the "Help Topics" box. Using the web form, email
NetLibrary requesting that your personal account be allowed access to your institution's
usage data.
1. Go
to NetLibrary's Library Resource Center page.
2. Login:
- Username: (personal account username, you choose)
- Password: (personal account password, you choose)
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OCLC
Login to the OCLC usage statistics service
using your library's nine-digit FirstSearch
authorization number and administrative password. To access your authorization
number and password, please contact ELM support.
Monthly reports are included for individual accounts. Each month, OCLC adds another
month to the statistics service. After the service includes 25 months of reports,
OCLC will remove the earliest month when adding a new month. Thus, the service
always includes the latest 25 months of reports.
Overview reports combine data for all databases, including the number of sessions,
searches, and full-text documents used. They also provide data about the actual
number of simultaneous users of the account. Other reports provide data about each
database, including the number of searches and full-text documents used.
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ProQuest
Electronic usage reports are part of the ProQuest
Local Administrator Application.
To access this feature, you must have a Local Administrator ID and password. Please
contact ProQuest Customer Service at 800-889-3358 or
tsupport@il.proquest.com to have a
Local Administrator account set up.
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