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Usage Glossary


Service

A branded group of online information products from one or more
vendors that can be subscribed to/licensed and searched as a complete
collection, or at a lower level.

Sessions (Sessns)

Cycle of user activities that starts when a user
connects to a database and ends by connecting to another database or
leaving the service through a logout or timeout due to user inactivity.

Fulltext (FT)

Sum of only full text records examined, downloaded, or
otherwise supplied to user, to the extent these are recordable and
controlled by the Gale server rather than the browser. Separate reporting
of full text usage by database began in June 2003.

Retrievals (Rtrvls)

Sum of all full text, abstract, and extended citation
records examined, downloaded, or otherwise supplied to user, to the extent
these are recordable and controlled by the Gale server rather than the
browser.

Searches (Srches)

A specific intellectual query submitted through a
search form to the database.

Turnaways (Trnwy)

A turnaway (rejected session) is defined as an
unsuccessful log-in to an electronic service by exceeding the simultaneous
user limit.

Internal Usage/Remote Usage

Gale reports internal and remote access
statistics separately on usage summary reports.