This document contains a glossary of terms that appear in usage reports available to Gale customers. For more information about usage reports, please visit the Gale Usage Reporting Overview document.
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Term |
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 has
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 |
|
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. |
Gale Standard Reports |
|
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 |
