Glossary of Usage Terms
Last Updated: March 14, 2019Term | Definition | Relevant Report |
Access Denied | An unsuccessful log-in to an electronic service due to exceeding the simultaneous/concurrent user limit allowed by the license. | COUNTER 4 Database Report 2 |
Access_Method | A COUNTER attribute indicating whether the usage related to investigations and requests was generated by a human user browsing and searching a website (“Regular”) or by Text and Data Mining processes (“TDM”). Gale single value is Regular. | COUNTER 5 Reports |
Access_Type | A COUNTER attribute used to report on the nature of access control restrictions, if any, placed on the content item at the time when the content item was accessed. Gale reports support one value (Controlled). | COUNTER 5 Title Master Report |
Data_Type | The field identifying type of content at the source title-level (e.g. Journal, Book, Newspaper or Newsletter, Report, Multimedia, Other). An optional filter and attribute on Master Reports for invesigation and request activity | COUNTER 5 Reports |
Database | The component of Database Reports. Also a default COUNTER Data_Type used when applying a Data_Type filter tor search metrics on COUNTER 5 tabular Master Reports. | Gale Standard Reports |
| EDS SmartLinks | For EDS users, re-directed retrievals from Gale records not otherwise reflected in Gale usage reporting. | Usage Dashboard |
Full-text Retrieval | 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. | Gale Standard Reports |
Gale (Platform) | The main Gale platform. The underlying infrastructure and common host that Includes InfoTrac, In Context, Literature resources, Gale Virtual Reference Library (GVRL), Gale Directory Library (GDL) databases | COUNTER 5 Reports |
Internal Usage/Remote Usage | Gale reports internal and remote access statistics separately on usage summary reports. | Gale Standard Reports |
Record View | A successful request for a database record that has originated from a set of search results, from browsing the database or from a click on another database record. For Gale, this is a view an article on screen and does not include download activity. | COUNTER 4 Database Report 1 |
Report Attributes | In COUNTER reports the report attributes modify how a report is presented. Typically a report attribute will not limit or filter the usage being presented. In tabular reports, report attributes can be expressed as a column to break down usage. This is usually displayed as | COUNTER 5 Master Reports |
Report Filter | A filter places a limit or restrictions on the usage to be included in a COUNTER report. This is usually displayed as a name-value pair e.g. Data_Type=Journal in the report header. | COUNTER 5 Reports |
Result Clicks | A click originating from a set of search results. | COUNTER 4 Database Report 1 |
Retrievals | 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. | COUNTER 4 Database Report 1 |
Searches (Regular) | A specific intellectual query submitted through a search form to the database. | Gale Standard Reports |
Searches_Automated | A COUNTER Metric Type used to report searches conducted through a discovery service or by an automated search agent | COUNTER 5 Database Usage Report |
Searches_Federated | A COUNTER Metric Type used to report searches conducted through a federated search service | COUNTER 5 Database Usage Report |
Searches_Platform | A COUNTER Metric Type used to report searches conducted on a platform. Each user-initiated search can only be counted once regardless of the number of databases involved in the search. | COUNTER 5 Platform Usage Report |
Searches_Regular | A COUNTER Metric Type used to report on searches conducted by a user on a host where the user is in control over which databases can be searched. | COUNTER 5 Database Usage Report |
Section_Type | A COUNTER attribute that identifies the type of section that was accessed by the user (e.g. Article, Other) | COUNTER 5 Title Master Report |
Sessions | A successful request of an online service. A single user connects to the service or database and ends by terminating activity that is either explicit (by leaving the service through exit or logout) or implicit (timeout due to user inactivity). | Gale Standard Reports |
Total_Item_Investigations | A COUNTER Metric_Type that represents the number of times users accessed the content (i.e. full text) of an item, or information describing that item (i.e. an abstract) | COUNTER 5 Reports |
Total_Item_Requests | A COUNTER Metric_Type that represents the number of times users requested the full content (i.e. full text) of an item.Requests may take the form of viewing, downloading, emailing, or printing content provided such actions can be tracked by the content provider’s server. | COUNTER 5 Reports |
Turn-aways | Gale reports internal and remote access statistics separately on usage summary reports. | Gale Standard Reports |
Unique_Item_ Requests | A COUNTER Metric Type that represents the number of unique content items requested in a user-session. | COUNTER 5 Reports |
Unique_Item_Investigations | A COUNTER “Metric Type” that represents the number of unique “Content Items” investigated in a user-session. Examples of “Items” are “Articles”, | COUNTER 5 Reports |
Unique_Title_ Investigations | A COUNTER “Metric Type” that represents the number of unique titles investigated in a user-session. Only applies to Books. | COUNTER 5 Reports |
Unique_Title_Requests | A COUNTER “Metric Type” that represents the number of unique titles requested in a user-session. Only applies to Books. | COUNTER 5 Reports |
YOP | Year of Publication. Used in conjunction with “Item_Requests” and "Item_Investigations", this attribute records the year of publication of the item. | COUNTER 5 Title Master Report |