Richter Library Web Statistics – Summary

 

(This summary compiles from six different server reports making up the University of Miami online web system. Servers: Main Library Server: http://www.library.miami.edu, Digital: http://digital.library.miami.edu, Findit: http://findit.library.miami.edu, Scholar: http://scholar.library.miami.edu. Three and five page narrative summaries are also available as are the various 140 pp. reports (6 reports ).

 

January, 2005

 

Visitors

 

Total Visits                                                                                                     393, 543  

 


Pages and Files (Top 10 Pages)

Top Page: Library Home Page                                                                          71,425

Databases (Alphabetically, Subject Guides & Indexes)*
Student Services Pages

Research Methods in the Social Sciences
Libraries and Collectionsz
Richter Library Reserves
Pan Am Airways Collection
Public Opinion Polls On the Internet
Cuba and Cuban Americans on the Internet
Interlibrary Loan

27,841
5,146
4,803
3,016
2,713
2,251
1,843
1,266
1,110


 
   

                                                       

 

Notable High Hit Counts                                                          Pan American World Airways     
Most Requested Form or Database                                             Proquest Databases
Cuban Heritage Collection (879))


Navigation

Most Popular Entrance to Site                                                           Library Home Page (41%)
Other Unique Entrances                                                                   Databases and Indexes and Subject Guides
Notable Unique Entrances                                                                 Panam Collection

 


Activity

75% visitors                                                                                         view 1-2 pages of the site
81% site visits                                                                                    1-2 minutes (quick consult)
Highest Web Activity Days                                                              Monday & Thursday
Peak Web Activity Hours                                                                  1 P.M. – 4. P.M.

 

 

Referrals and Search Engines

 

7 % Visitors                                                                                          From umiami.edu
9 % Various Search Engine                           (69% Google, 13% MSN, 16 % Yahoo, 2 % other)
Most Common Searches: "background tiles", "research methods", "anthurium","juan trippe", "public opinion polls"
Unexpected Larger Referrals:     www.blogger.net, www.neopets.com              


* Databases Listed Alphabetically By Title (5,430). http://findit.library.miami.edu/research/research.php + Databases & Indexes (3,057) (Infosheets) +  Database & Indexes (Subject Guides) (2,012)