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MARVEL! Usage Statistics for 2005-2006

2005-2006

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Usage Statistics for Statewide Databases for logins and searches (not including EBSCO or UMS Database Totals)
Statewide Databases Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun 7/04-6/05 7/05-6/06 FY05-FY06
Access Science Logins 76 34 102 114 130 94 21 171 127 114 51 49 1,147 1,083 -6%
Access Science Searches 113 10 120 220 251 338 48 616 297 209 173 183 1,970 2,578 31%
Annals of American History Logins N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A
Annals of American History Searches 134 98 772 531 428 905 631 818 1,209 914 1,070 183 8,010 7,693 -4%
Aquatic Sciences and Fisheries Logins N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A
Aquatic Sciences and Fisheries Searches 207 206 923 1,078 670 198 681 895 529 504 365 310 13,950 6,566 -53%
Business and Company Resource Center Logins 289 256 317 324 397 313 284 1,157 430 473 322 212 3,537 4,774 35%
Business and Company Resource Center Searches 1,757 1,562 1,865 1,992 2,887 2,083 1,779 5,355 3,190 3,511 2,295 1,350 23,157 29,626 28%
Child Abuse, Child Welfare & Adoption Database Logins 7 21 44 106 117 66 52 111 130 73 62 30 N/A 819 N/A
Child Abuse, Child Welfare & Adoption Database Searches 14 54 73 201 244 114 123 178 227 159 90 55 N/A 1,532 N/A
Encyclopedia Britannica Logins N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A
Encyclopedia Britannica Searches 615 1,198 6,402 7,070 1,812 5,413 7,185 7,056 6,853 5,123 5,512 894 58,352 55,133 -6%
Encyclopedia Britannica School Edition Logins N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A
Encyclopedia Britannica School Edition Searches 190 316 5,092 5,748 2,101 9,021 13,063 5,989 6,181 4,282 6,587 1,073 29,967 59,643 99%
FSTA: Food Science & Technology Abstracts Logins 18 30 79 74 68 49 82 60 70 50 48 18 678 646 -5%
FSTA: Food Science & Technology Abstracts Searches 46 24 100 116 179 69 173 114 111 72 93 34 1,161 1,131 -3%
Gale Literary Databases Logins 190 175 791 1,246 1,428 1,336 1,607 1,449 2,370 2,217 2,167 477 15,629 15,453 -1%
Gale Literary Databases Searches 265 280 1,105 1,939 2,187 2,013 2,372 2,142 3,757 3,605 3,205 737 25,871 23,607 -9%
**GeoRef Logins N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A
GeoRef Searches 164 206 639 742 342 127 383 434 407 481 368 300 N/A 4,593 N/A
Nature Logins N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A
Nature Searches 2,743 974 1,194 1,318 1,333 1,086 1,081 1,172 1,528 1,190 1,235 1,083 3,888 15,937 310%
ProQuest Newspapers Logins 1,930 2,255 4,066 5,412 5,013 4,574 4,809 5,052 6,024 4,516 5,051 3,412 36,162 52,114 44%
ProQuest Newspapers Searches 4,547 5,578 8,715 13,348 12,268 10,719 12,242 10,854 12,906 11,134 13,030 7,871 93,484 123,212 32%
Scribners Logins 18 27 107 137 235 278 252 224 348 277 276 57 3,288 2,236 -32%
Scribners Searches 12 32 100 69 200 215 211 187 249 257 249 41 2,769 1,822 -34%
Twayne Logins 29 43 210 259 305 256 346 309 372 670 491 103 3,880 3,393 -13%
Twayne Searches 27 53 424 333 413 395 502 539 493 1,425 889 133 5,943 5,626 -5%
ValueLine Logins 513 541 647 747 759 721 940 903 1,197 1,260 1,159 1,139 3,916 10,526 169%
ValueLine Searches N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A
Wildlife and Ecology Studies Worldwide Logins 61 78 509 708 584 288 372 597 605 436 240 102 N/A 4,580 N/A
Wildlife and Ecology Studies Worldwide Searches 124 135 906 1,216 1,057 435 697 1,145 1,257 925 477 190 N/A 8,564 N/A

**Changed Vendor Jul 2004

EBSCO - Maine cumulative totals

Logins and searches are based on six EBSCO profile groups:

  1. Public Libraries
  2. K-12 Libraries
  3. Academic/Other Libraries
  4. University of Maine System (UMS); All of the following belonged to UMS: Augusta, Farmington, Fort Kent, Machias, Orono, Presque Isle, USM
  5. Community Colleges (CC); past listed as Vocational Technical or Votech); All of the following are Community Colleges: Kennebec Valley CC, Central Maine CC, Southern Maine CC, York County CC, Northern Maine CC, Eastern Maine CC, Washington County CC
  6. Remote Users.
Usage Statistics, 2005-2006: Statewide Databases for EBSCO (Excludes UMS Database Totals)
EBSCO & Profile Groups (6) Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun 7/04-6/05 7/05-6/06 FY05-FY06 % Change from FY 04-FY05
EBSCO Maine Logins 15,100 14,501 50,486 70,920 65,537 41,731 43,785 60,289 67,903 59,046 44,141 21,987 586,329 555,426 -5%
EBSCO Maine Searches 70,073 56,694 206,138 307,841 301,916 180,328 192,328 285,807 340,086 314,259 215,729 120,437 1,776,722 2,591,636 46%
Public Libraries Logins 1,434 1,995 2,577 2,879 2,954 2,464 3,261 2,839 3,411 2,701 2,561 1,994 26,578 31,070 17%
Public Libraries Searches 6,736 6,970 8,933 11,717 12,106 10,383 12,265 12,082 18,426 13,807 11,519 8,543 85,656 133,487 56%
K-12 Libraries Logins 1,196 1,637 10,564 14,351 12,486 10,296 15,558 13,955 19,099 11,947 18,380 3,322 125,185 132,791 6%
K-12 Libraries Searches 4,000 5,237 35,338 61,923 67,021 49,947 80,420 65,495 89,293 57,544 87,488 14,539 405,707 618,245 52%
Academic/Other Libraries Logins 2,417 2,820 5,362 8,599 8,387 6,369 7,634 8,082 7,835 6,734 4,919 3,682 67,184 72,840 8%
Academic/Other Libraries Searches 11,472 12,743 27,169 29,988 33,891 20,187 27,102 28,584 33,403 32,199 26,858 20,211 197,952 303,807 53%
UMS Total Logins 9,032 7,169 27,966 40,256 36,934 20,772 15,895 32,098 33,439 34,261 17,059 12,121 331,241 287,002 -13%
UMS Total Searches 41,536 26,539 107,884 167,451 154,692 85,560 61,245 147,625 155,963 169,189 80,031 69,843 918,462 1,267,558 38%
Augusta Logins 813 588 3,250 4,522 2,979 1,337 1,576 2,786 2,533 2,585 1,088 1,390 27,765 25,447 -8%
Augusta Searches 3,163 1,854 13,316 19,048 10,970 5,000 5,635 11,981 10,237 11,249 5,408 8,101 83,619 105,962 27%
Farmington Logins 905 517 3,345 3,956 5,771 2,113 1,209 2,791 4,054 2,961 1,628 1,134 35,173 30,384 -14%
Farmington Searches 2,973 1,385 10,989 12,122 18,545 7,343 4,363 10,034 13,347 10,615 6,483 6,227 92,288 104,426 13%
Fort Kent Logins 144 92 838 1,889 1,102 1,171 440 965 978 975 732 432 17,439 9,758 -44%
Fort Kent Searches 1,147 451 4,230 7,067 5,213 5,749 1,895 5,283 5,580 6,565 5,375 2,323 36,054 50,878 41%
Machias Logins 88 41 635 319 327 164 190 484 623 648 202 74 5,496 3,795 -31%
Machias Searches 228 71 1,839 1,605 1,141 457 728 3,074 3,271 3,740 919 361 17,900 17,434 -3%
Orono Logins 2,848 2,640 9,312 14,070 12,652 7,177 4,964 12,561 10,988 11,664 5,001 3,260 115,978 97,137 -16%
Orono Searches 10,707 8,377 34,749 57,840 51,044 27,438 20,290 54,414 46,411 51,119 20,557 19,217 290,450 402,163 38%
Presque Isle Logins 231 418 1,566 2,304 1,940 919 2,060 2,118 2,359 1,976 2,236 399 19,897 18,526 -7%
Presque Isle Searches 691 1,062 5,212 9,053 9,490 3,147 7,002 9,610 12,881 9,539 9,571 2,315 57,406 79,573 39%
USM Logins 4,003 2,873 9,020 13,196 12,163 7,891 5,456 10,393 11,904 13,452 6,172 5,432 109,493 101,955 -7%
USM Searches 22,627 13,339 37,549 60,716 58,289 36,426 21,332 53,229 64,236 76,362 31,718 31,299 340,745 507,122 49%
Community Colleges Total Logins 1,021 880 4,017 4,835 4,776 1,830 1,437 3,315 4,119 3,403 1,222 868 33,681 31,723 -6%
Community Colleges Total Searches 6,329 5,205 26,814 36,762 34,206 14,251 11,296 32,021 43,001 41,520 9,833 7,301 159,406 268,539 68%
Kennebec Valley CC Logins 318 144 1,007 900 835 311 229 507 631 478 139 292 8,206 5,791 -29%
Kennebec Valley CC Searches 1,514 380 3,728 5,791 5,168 1,717 1,629 2,954 5,933 6,101 1,846 2,323 26,254 39,084 49%
Central Maine CC Logins 75 273 573 770 621 543 243 723 746 1,014 248 68 5,960 5,897 -1%
Central Maine C Searches 237 1,541 3,611 6,168 4,504 3,708 1,699 7,333 6,199 11,758 1,849 227 30,732 48,834 59%
Southern Maine CC Logins 180 248 1,167 1,420 1,265 380 365 866 1,268 962 349 208 7,445 8,678 17%
Southern Maine CC Searches 1,601 1,824 13,910 16,756 13,700 4,652 4,933 14,631 21,000 16,526 4,418 2,986 45,964 116,937 154%
York County CC Logins 365 99 595 989 1,089 448 140 540 937 662 216 213 7,403 6,293 -15%
York County CC Searches 2,279 1,046 3,252 4,967 6,335 3,317 867 3,849 6,469 4,974 1,594 1,135 36,892 40,084 9%
Northern Maine CC Logins 22 81 215 465 424 61 186 176 240 166 267 28 1,840 2,331 27%
Northern Maine CC Searches 194 310 743 1,686 1,675 243 864 504 1,133 877 126 219 6,177 8,574 39%
Eastern Maine CC Logins 59 35 460 291 542 87 274 503 297 121 3 59 2,771 2,731 -1%
Eastern Maine CC Searches 500 104 1,570 1,394 2,824 614 1,304 2,750 2,267 1,284 0 411 13,292 15,022 13%
Washington County CC Logins 2 0 121 92 73 20 83 80 135 136 40 8 783 790 1%
Washington County CC Searches 4 0 497 471 252 58 640 317 525 821 192 45 2,501 3,822 53%
Statewide Grand Total: Logins 18,163 17,862 56,805 79,233 73,872 49,352 51,186 68,711 77,644 67,363 52,547 26,315 654,566 651,050 -1%
Statewide Grand Total: Searches 80,893 67,231 233,589 342,345 326,987 212,910 232,679 321,978 377,796 346,966 250,800 134,629 2,045,244 2,915,557 43%

2005-2006 Statewide usage from highest to lowest for indexes and databases

* Stats (starred) reflect number of searches, not number of logins. In all other instances stats reflect number of logins.

Search or Login Totals for Indexes and Databases by Usage from Highest to Lowest
Indexes and Databases Usage by *Searches or Logins
EBSCO Maine Total Logins 555,426
EBSCO Maine Total *Searches 2,591,636
*Encyclopedia Britannica School Edition 59,643
*Encyclopedia Britannica 55,133
ProQuest Newspapers 52,114
*Nature 15,937
Gale Literary Databases 15,453
ValueLine 10,526
*Annals of American History 7,693
*Aquatic Sciences & Fisheries Abstracts 6,566
Business and Company Resource Center 4,774
*GeoRef 4,593
Child Abuse, Child Welfare & Adoption 4,580
Twayne 3,393
Scribners 2,236
Access Science 1,083
Wildlife and Ecology Studies Worldwide 819
FSTA: Food Science & Technology Abstracts 646