| Relevant Report | Term | Definition | |
| COUNTER 5 Reports | 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 Reports | Data_Type | The field identifying type of content at the source title-level (for example, Journal, Book, Newspaper or Newsletter, Report, Multimedia, Other). An optional filter and attribute on Master Reports for invesigation and request activity | |
| COUNTER 5 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 | 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 (for example, Data_Type=Journal in the report header). | |
| 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. | |
| COUNTER 5 Reports | 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 Reports | Searches_Automated | A COUNTER Metric Type used to report searches conducted through a discovery service or by an automated search agent | |
| COUNTER 5 Reports | Searches_Federated | A COUNTER Metric Type used to report searches conducted through a federated search service | |
| COUNTER 5 Reports | 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 Reports | 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 Reports | Total_Item_Investigations | A COUNTER Metric_Type that represents the number of times users accessed the content (in other words, full text) of an item, or information describing that item (in other words, an abstract) | |
| COUNTER 5 Reports | Total_Item_Requests | A COUNTER Metric_Type that represents the number of times users requested the full content (in other words, 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 | 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 | 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 Master Report | Searches_Federated | A COUNTER Metric Type used to report searches conducted through a federated search service | |
| COUNTER 5 Master 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 Master Report | Section_Type | A COUNTER attribute that identifies the type of section that was accessed by the user (for example, Article, Other) | |
| COUNTER 5 Master Report | 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 Journal Requests by YOP | YOP | Year of Publication. Used in conjunction with 'Item_Requests' and 'Item_Investigations', this attribute records the year of publication of the item. | |
| Gale Standard 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 | Internal Usage/Remote Usage | Gale reports internal and remote access statistics separately on usage summary reports. | |
| Gale Standard Reports | Searches (Regular) | A specific intellectual query submitted through a search form to the database. | |
| Gale Standard Reports | 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 | Turn-aways | Gale reports internal and remote access statistics separately on usage summary reports. | |
| Usage Dashboard | EDS SmartLinks | For EDS users, re-directed retrievals from Gale records not otherwise reflected in Gale usage reporting. | |
| Gale Business: Plan Builder | Searches | When a user navigates from any page to any other page within the system. One click = one 'search'. | |
| Gale Business: Plan Builder | Retrieval | When anything is saved and when anything is deleted, The retrieval count ticks up whether it’s a save or a deletion. Example: Two saves and one deletion means 3 retrievals. | |
| Gale Presents: Peterson's Test Prep | Sessions | A session is anytime the product was successful logged into. | |
| Gale Presents: Peterson's Test Prep | Unique Usage | This metric is the actual number of times that a test was taken. | |
| Gale Presents: Peterson's Test and Career Prep | Number of Sessions | A session is anytime the product was successful logged into. | |
| Gale Presents: Peterson's Test and Career Prep | Hub Name | The name of the section chosen within the product. | |
| Gale Presents: Peterson's Test and Career Prep | Card Title | The name of the course/item under hub | |
| Gale Presents: Peterson's Test and Career Prep | Card Click Count | The number of times the card (as in card title above) has been clicked | |
| Gale Presents: Peterson's: Resources | Total Users | Total number of newly registered users in the reporting period. | |
| Gale Presents: Peterson's: Resources | Active visitors | The number of visitors that visited the website for 10 seconds or longer or 2 or more page or screen views, including non-registered and non-logged-in visitors. Replaces the earlier 'sessions' metric. | |
| Gale Presents: Peterson's Resources | Total logins | Total number of logins during this period. One user can stay logged in for a prolonged period of time or they can log in multiple times. | |
| Gale Presents: Peterson's Resources | New Signups | Total number of newly registered users within the time range of this report, by product. | |
| Gale Presents: Peterson's Resources | Average session duration (seconds) | Total number of newly registered users within the specified product within the reporting period. | |
| Gale Presents: Peterson's Resources | Spanish language clicks | The number of times the Spanish language option was selected. | |
| Gale Presents: Peterson's Resources | Total Sign Ups | Total number of newly registered users since November 13th, 2023. | |
| Gale Presents: Peterson's Resources | Device Usage | Total number of active visitors by the browser, category of device, and operating system they used. | |
| Gale Presents: Peterson's Resources | Goals | Total number of times a defined goal was clicked, multiple clicks are possible within the same session. | |
| Gale Presents: Peterson's Resources | Course Clicks | Total number of times a course was clicked, including information about the ID of the course, the name of the course and the hub. A user can access multiple courses during a visit. | |
| Gale LegalForms | Searches | The number of times the search terms was submitted to the database. | |
| Gale LegalForms | Searches Term | The word or phrase used to query the database. | |
| Gale LegalForms | Searches-Top Type | The method used for searching, either by the Search button or Search Bar. | |
| Gale LegalForms | Category | The name of the category button or link selected by the user. | |
| Gale LegalForms | Category-Top Type | The method used for searching, in this case Category View. | |
| Gale LegalForms | Category-Pageviews | The number of times a category button or link was selected. | |
| Gale LegalForms | Control Number | The unique identifier for each form in the database. | |
| Gale LegalForms | Form | The name of the Form | |
| Gale LegalForms | Forms-Top Type | The method used for viewing, in this Case Form View | |
| Gale LegalForms | Forms-Pageviews | The number of times the form was viewed (does not necessarily match the number of times the form was downloaded. | |
| Gale LegalForms | View Type | The section being viewed. | |
| Gale LegalForms | Pageviews-Sectional Reports | The number of times any content in that section was viewed. |