[INLINE] LIAS Statistics ... Database Usage

Total Number of Sessions per Year: 1993 - 1997
(Does not include data for databases accessible via the Web, e.g., JSTOR, CompendexWeb, Encyclopedia Britannica, etc. unless they were accessed via LYNX WWW browser software in LIAS. Number of sessions established through other browsers such as Netscape, Internet Explorer, etc. is not available)

Database Available
Since ...
1993 1994 1995 1996 1997
ABI/Inform Aug 1993 11,875 18,558 39,488 59,173 53,921
AGRICOLA Mar 1995 -- -- 12,935 22,517 19,086
Anthropological Literature Sep 1994 -- 1,847 4,345 4,758 5,445
ARTFL* Nov 1995 -- -- 123 1,266 871
Avery Jun 1993 2,568 2,313 5,459 6,544 6,884
Biography & Genealogy
Master Index
Jul 1997 -- -- -- -- 1,368
Books in Print Aug 1996 -- -- -- 11,822 30,046
The CAT**** Aug 1983 -- -- -- -- 1,740,534
CINAHL Jul 1996 -- -- -- 2,861 7,910
Compendex Web* Jan 1997 -- -- -- -- 1,479
Contemporary Authors Feb 1996 -- -- -- 2,747 1,728
Current Journals (Innovacq) Jun 1997 -- -- -- -- 11,147
EIP Feb 1993 9,905 9,746 26,721 28,692 18,247
Encyclopedia of Associations* Feb 1996 -- -- -- 6,553 3,088
Encyclopedia Britannica* Sep 1995 -- -- 6,367 12,414 7,184
English Short Title Catalog (Z39.50) Oct 1995 -- -- 680 1,850 2,072
English Short Title Catalog (Telnet) Oct 1996 -- -- -- 146 775
ERIC Apr 1993 34,861 50,270 51,256 48,812 35,443
GPO Jan 1995 -- -- 10,181 12,303 8,572
Mass Media Mar 1995 -- -- 13,714 14,663 10,502
MathSci** Jan 1996 -- -- -- 2,045 1,117
MediaNet Dec 1993 28 10,116 11,164 15,415 12,716
MEDLINE Apr 1993 24,010 49,336 56,638 57,605 58,436
MLA Bibliography Oct 1996 -- -- -- 1,955 11,746
Newspaper Abstracts Aug 1993 11,995 21,862 47,414 39,126 28,445
New Titles Feb 1997 -- -- -- -- 5,545
NTIS Jul 1995 -- -- 4,156 14,501 10,832
PAIS Dec 1993 229 6,133 11,857 8,141 5,254
Periodical Abstracts Aug 1993 31,017 65,535 147,059 209,727 180,895
PsycINFO Nov 1993 3,971 35,477 46,498 48,117 52,358
RLIN Sep 1993 5,086 7,759 21,056 23,421 27,558
Rogets Thesaurus Jan 1996 -- -- -- 1,322 585
TOC Jun 1994 -- 33,238 62,145 61,626 50,684
UnCover*** Feb 1992 64,518 64,455 38,216 27,661 16,375
Total Sessions: 200,063 376,645 617,472 747,783 2,428,848*****


*Data for these databases reflect sessions established using LYNX web browser software in LIAS only. Usage does not include number of sessions established through other WWW browsers such as Netscape, Internet Explorer, etc.

**MathSci available via Z39.50 Jan.-March 1996 and via WWW from April 1996 to date. Data for April through December 1996 reflect sessions established using LYNX WWW browser software in LIAS only and does not include sessions established through other browsers such as Netscape, Internet Explorer, etc.

***1997 Data for UnCover reflect only sessions established via the Select command in LIAS. Usage does not include number of sessions established via the Web.

****Session data for The CAT was not available prior to 1997

*****Includes session data for the CAT which was not available prior to 1997. When that is subtracted out, total number of sessions comes to 688,314.


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