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 ).

 

October, 2004

 

Visitors

 

Total Visits                                                                                                       226,197

 


Pages and Files (Top 10 Pages)

Top Page: Library Home Page                                                                           87,064

Databases (Alphabetically, Subject Guides & Indexes)*
Public Opinion Polls on the Internet
Student Services Pages

Research Methods in the Social Sciences
Libraries and Collections
Ovid Databases  
Richter Library Reserves
Proquest Databases           
SFX Button

21,583
  8,162
  5,795
  4,627
  3,479
  2,974
  2,950
  2,574
  2,125
 

                                                       

 

Notable High Hit Counts                                                               Ovid Databases
Most Requested Form or Database                                              Ovid Database
Cuban Heritage Collection (881))


Navigation

Most Popular Entrance to Site                                                           Library Home Page (35%)
Other Unique Entrances                                                                     Research Methods in the Social Sciences
Notable Unique Entrances                                                                 Public Opinion Polls on the Internet

 


Activity

66% visitors                                                                                         view 1-2 pages of the site
71 % site visits                                                                                    0-1 minutes (quick consult)
Highest Web Activity Days                                                              Monday - Wednesday
Peak Web Activity Hours                                                                  12 P.M. – 4. P.M.

 

 

Referrals and Search Engines

 

6% Visitors                                                                                          From umiami.edu
8% Various Search Engine                           (66% Google, 16% MSN, 15% Yahoo, 2% other)
Most Common Searches: "public opinion polls", "polls", "research methods", "world war II"
Unexpected Larger Referrals:                             Black Voices 
  


* 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)