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were counted in Metalib, with full-text HTML views perhaps being counted when search results were sent to Metalib. No way to really prove it though than just seeing the large drop in HTML views without a corresponding large drop in PDF views.<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">From:</span></b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"> Eril-l [<a href="mailto:eril-l-bounces@lists.eril-l.org">mailto:eril-l-bounces@lists.eril-l.org</a>]
<b>On Behalf Of </b>Remy, Charlie<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Thursday, May 14, 2015 9:41 AM<br>
<b>To:</b> <a href="mailto:eril-l@lists.eril-l.org">eril-l@lists.eril-l.org</a><br>
<b>Subject:</b> Re: [Eril-l] use stats - COUNTER 3 to COUNTER 4 experience<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Just out of curiosity what was recently removed from EBSCO’s CINAHL? Was it full text content from a particular publisher? Or an embargo put on this content? I wasn’t aware that a great deal of content had been removed. We have CINAHL Complete
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<p class="MsoNormal">Have your EBSCO search statistics stayed consistent? We’ve seen those drop as well. At first I assumed that people were using our WorldCat discovery platform but in reality our searches in many EBSCO databases actually went up in 2013 (sometimes
only by a few hundred searches, other times by nearly a thousand) after we put the WorldCat search box on our website in the summer of 2012 (I compared 2012 and 2013 COUNTER search reports). <o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">I decided to look a little deeper now and here’s what I’m noticing:<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">I compared our 2013 DB1 reports in COUNTER versions 3 and 4. Version 4 stats were often down by a couple hundred searches for the same period. <o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">I compared 2013 and 2014 DB1 COUNTER version 4 reports and that’s where I noticed *significant* drops in the searches. Many of our EBSCO databases got half the searches in 2014 that they got in 2013. And this is comparing data from the
same version 4 of the COUNTER reports. This would seem to indicate that the problem isn’t related to the change in COUNTER versions…<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">I’m curious to see what others are noticing with EBSCO stats. <o:p></o:p></p>
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University of Tennessee at Chattanooga Library<br>
UTC-Dept 6456<br>
600 Douglas St.<br>
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Tel. 423-425-4470<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">On May 14, 2015, at 8:59 AM, Catherine C Tuohy <<a href="mailto:tuohyc@emmanuel.edu">tuohyc@emmanuel.edu</a>> wrote:<o:p></o:p></p>
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start searching in EBSCO, but are often being guided through our SFX link resolver to Sage, Taylor and Francis, Science Direct, Oxford, Wiley, Ovid (for nursing) platforms. <span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></span><o:p></o:p></p>
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in our various publisher collections. We also watch usage in terms of the curriculum for that year per semester and see how that affects things or what happens when we add new research and course guides. <span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></span><o:p></o:p></p>
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ebook platforms usage to measure. Sometimes you have to look at what might have increased use when you see something decrease. <span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif">From:</span></b><span class="apple-converted-space"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif"> </span></span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif">Eril-l
[<a href="mailto:eril-l-bounces@lists.eril-l.org"><span style="color:purple">mailto:eril-l-bounces@lists.eril-l.org</span></a>]<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><b>On Behalf Of<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></b>Remy, Charlie<br>
<b>Sent:</b><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>Thursday, May 14, 2015 8:45 AM<br>
<b>To:</b><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="mailto:eril-l@lists.eril-l.org"><span style="color:purple">eril-l@lists.eril-l.org</span></a><br>
<b>Subject:</b><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>Re: [Eril-l] use stats - COUNTER 3 to COUNTER 4 experience</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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end. So perhaps the change in COUNTER versions is affecting the stats…<o:p></o:p></p>
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Assistant Professor <br>
Electronic Resources and Serials Librarian<br>
University of Tennessee at Chattanooga Library<br>
UTC-Dept 6456<br>
600 Douglas St.<br>
Chattanooga, TN 37403<br>
<a href="mailto:charlie-remy@utc.edu"><span style="color:purple">charlie-remy@utc.edu</span></a><br>
Tel. 423-425-4470</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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