On Tue, Jul 17, 2012 at 9:43 AM, Tiffany LeMaistre <tiff.lemaistre@gmail.com> wrote:

In my experience, the resources that have a lot more sessions than searches are generally accessed via the link resolver. Students are doing their search elsewhere and accessing full text directly in the resource (hence creating a session with no search).

-Tiffany

Tiffany LeMaistre
Electronic Resources and Collection Management Librarian
The University of Texas at Tyler, Robert R. Muntz Library

On Mon, Jul 16, 2012 at 1:31 PM, Reid,Diana L. <diana.reid@louisville.edu> wrote:

Hi All,

Does anyone have any wisdom for me about sessions vs searches on DB1 reports? I am wondering why I see so many reports with vastly more sessions than searches.

If a session is recorded when a user requests a service, say to connect to a particular database, it doesn't make sense to me that in many instances the majority of users are basically choosing a resource

and then not searching at all. What am I missing?

Thanks in advance,

Diana Reid

Serials Acquisitions Librarian

University of Louisville

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