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<p style="margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">The College of Wooster Libraries</span></p>
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<b>From: </b>Eril-l <eril-l-bounces@lists.eril-l.org> on behalf of Electronic Resources in Libraries discussion list via Eril-l <eril-l@lists.eril-l.org><br>
<b>Date: </b>Friday, May 22, 2026 at 11:11 AM<br>
<b>To: </b>Electronic Resources in Libraries discussion list <eril-l@lists.eril-l.org><br>
<b>Subject: </b>[EXT]Re: [Eril-l] Counter Searches vs. Unique Item Investigations<br>
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<span style="color: rgb(31, 73, 125);">Does the platform offer the option to cross search several databases on their platform?</span></p>
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<span style="color: rgb(31, 73, 125);">e.g. My library provides links to all database search options for EBSCO as well as Proquest. When a patron uses an all database search, every single database included in the all database search will register the search(es)
conducted in the all database cross-search.</span></p>
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<span style="color: rgb(31, 73, 125);">This will inflate individual database search counts. You might want to check the DR or DR_D1 search reports to see how many of your databases on the same platform have very similar search counts due to all database searches
performed on the vendor’s platform.</span></p>
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<span style="color: rgb(31, 73, 125);">This is why I don’t rely on database search counts but use either item investigation or item request counts for db evaluations.</span></p>
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<span style="color: rgb(31, 73, 125);">Hope this helps.</span></p>
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<b>From:</b> Eril-l <eril-l-bounces@lists.eril-l.org> <b>On Behalf Of </b>Electronic Resources in Libraries discussion list via Eril-l<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Friday, May 22, 2026 8:28 AM<br>
<b>To:</b> Electronic Resources in Libraries discussion list via Eril-l <eril-l@lists.eril-l.org><br>
<b>Subject:</b> [Eril-l] Counter Searches vs. Unique Item Investigations</p>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: black;">I understand the distinctions between searches, total item requests, and unique item investigations. What I’m wondering about is why a database would have a large number of searches
(over 1,000) yet only have small, double digit unique item investigations and/or total item requests. Is there some explanation for this significant variance?</span></p>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: black;">Thanks</span></p>
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<p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><span style="color: black;">Mark Gooch</span></p>
<p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><span style="color: black;">Collection Management Librarian</span></p>
<p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><span style="color: black;">The College of Wooster Libraries</span></p>
<p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><span style="color: black;">1140 Beall Ave.</span></p>
<p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><span style="color: black;">Wooster, Ohio 44691</span></p>
<p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><span style="color: black;">Phone: 330-263-2522</span></p>
<p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><span style="color: black;">FAX: 330-263-2253</span></p>
<p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><span style="color: rgb(5, 99, 193);"><a href="mailto:mgooch@wooster.edu" data-outlook-id="1eca81ab-3ede-4f85-a5cc-f739541724e8" style="color: rgb(5, 99, 193); margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;"><u>mgooch@wooster.edu</u></a></span></p>
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