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2009 Usage Statistics for Online Reference Databases

Below are tables of usage statistics for the following online reference databases:

Ancestry Library Edition
EBSCOHost
HeritageQuest
Learning Express
Literature Resource Center
netLibrary
Novelist
OverDrive Digital Audiobooks
What Do I Read Next?
WorldCat

Following each table are links to graphs of key data and definitions for each of the categories provided for that resource.

Ancestry Library Edition

	Sessions	Searches
Jan 2009	553	9471
Feb 2009	688	10720
Mar 2009	758	11574
April 2009	639	10933
May 2009	501	7940
June 2009	557	7769
July 2009	584	10458
Aug 2008	614	11501
Sept 2009	608	9539
October 2009	480	9035
November 2009	537	9772
December 2009	419	7978
Total 2009	6938	116690

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EBSCOHost

	Searches	Sessions	Abstracts	Full-text articles (HTML)	PDFs
Jan 2009	27124	2881	4596	2959	1514
Feb 2009	33778	3167	5837	4253	1458
Mar 2009	34402	3765	6484	4691	1727
April 2009	34034	7229	5724	7973	3351
May 2009	22335	6348	3690	17787	9771
June 2009	24350	5814	4619	13018	8499
Jul 2009	45813	8943	4925	13283	10562
Aug 2009	33876	8970	3818	14649	13018
Sept 2009	36504	10779	4711	2162	1454
Oct 2009	45384	15493	6696	3039	1562
Nov 2009	43159	15854	6235	3281	1878
Dec 2009	35552	15061	4629	2431	1480
Total 2009	416311	104304	61964	89526	56274

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HeritageQuest

	Searches	Views
Jan 2009	9256	19060
Feb 2009	7803	17006
Mar 2009	10902	19970
April 2009	8312	13265
May 2009	6018	11170
June 2009	5762	13758
July 2009	6900	12464
Aug 2009	6920	13586
Sept 2009	4927	10708
Oct 2009	6217	11894
Nov 2009	5697	12486
Dec 2009	5489	10613
Total 2009	84203	165980

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Learning Express

	Site Visits	Total Tests	Total Courses
Jan 2009	203	132	60
Feb 2009	183	156	62
Mar 2009	216	191	111
April 2009	169	202	69
May 2009	173	158	22
June 2009	204	126	54
July 2009	169	153	87
Aug 2009	201	203	120
Sept 2009	177	146	122
Oct 2009	164	137	69
Nov 2009	160	162	112
Dec 2009	154	137	120
Total 2009	2173	1903	1008

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Literature Resource Center

	Searches	Sessions	Total retrievals	Total Fulltext
Jan 2009	598	263	449	449
Feb 2009	2023	536	1768	1768
Mar 2009	2853	900	3066	3066
April 2009	888	328	869	869
May 2009	1625	626	1898	1898
June 2009	375	208	343	343
July 2009	244	163	220	220
Aug 2009	374	172	464	464
Sept 2009	324	211	371	371
Oct 2009	1	3	0	0
Nov 2009	957	420	2471	2471
Dec 2009	793	369	2230	2230
Total 2009	11055	4199	14149	14149

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netLibrary

	Usage	Accounts created	Books turned away	Total Turnaways
Jan 2009	854	39	9	25
Feb 2009	725	32	17	69
Mar 2009	800	45	24	78
April 2009	672	28	16	54
May 2009	651	31	10	38
June 2009	715	23	10	29
July 2009	731	33	46	13
Aug 2009	544	32	12	50
Sept 2009	703	28	14	79
Oct 2009	838	47	11	35
Nov 2009	759	31	12	55
Dec 2009	638	26	12	41
Total 2009	8630	395	193	566

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Novelist

	Sessions	Searches	Abstracts	FT
Jan 2009	585	2146	570	718
Feb 2009	603	2314	896	1293
Mar 2009	650	2207	1090	1303
April 2009	657	1981	774	1209
May 2009	595	2357	804	1188
June 2009	744	3001	1595	884
July 2009	340	533	123	1
Aug 2009	359	360	2	0
Sept 2009	369	385	10	0
Oct 2009	368	368	3	0
Nov 2009	360	407	9	0
Dec 2009	290	305	3	0
Total 2009	5920	16364	5879	6596

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OverDrive

	New Patrons	Circulation (Checkouts)	% of Circ from Max Access
Jan 2009	270	2968	.008
Feb 2009	231	2510	.01
Mar 2009	248	3326	.008
April 2009	216	3055	0
May 2009	166	3040	0
June 2009	282	3436	0
July 2009	284	3798	0
Aug 2009	273	3418	0
Sept 2009	256	3593	0
Oct 2009	243	3590	0
Nov 2009	268	3572	0
Dec 2009	331	3893	0
Total 2009	3068	40199	.028

Overdrive Statistics by library (excel format):

2009: Jan | Feb| March | April | May| June | July | August |Sept.
October | November | December

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What Do I Read Next?

	Sessions	Searches	Full Text	Total Retrievals
Jan 2009	189	697	12	730
Feb 2009	162	602	13	600
Mar 2009	221	662	13	553
April 2009	188	338	3	296
May 2009	162	595	16	527
June 2009	213	817	9	617
July 2009	172	624	8	671
Aug 2009	170	539	4	742
Sept 2009	147	495	7	390
Oct 2009	177	396	3	525
Nov 2009	126	460	7	383
Dec 2009	129	536	25	734
Total 2009	2056	6561	120	6768

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WorldCat/BadgerCat
(Public Accounts Only)

	Searches	Sessions
Jan 2009	5528	1903
Feb 2009	5532	1937
Mar 2009	5575	1917
April 2009	5075	1878
May 2009	4392	1599
June 2009	5210	1652
July 2009	5847	1797
Aug 2009	5019	1705
Sept 2009	4824	1752
Oct 2009	4777	1797
Nov 2009	4935	1691
Dec 2009	4286	1405
Total 2009	61000	21033

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For more information about database statistics, contact Heidi Moe.