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 ).

 

September, 2004

 

Visitors

 

Total Visits                                                                                                       262,714

 


Pages and Files (Top 10 Pages)

Top Page: Library Home Page                                                                           39,759

Databases (Alphabetically, Subject Guides & Indexes)*

Student Services Pages
Public Opinion Polls on the Internet

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

10,803
3,058
2,425
1,934
1,796
1,680
1,599
1,043
871

                                                       

 

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


Navigation

Most Popular Entrance to Site                                                           Library Home Page (29%)
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
70 % site visits                                                                                    0-1 minutes (quick consult)
Highest Web Activity Days                                                              Monday - Tuesday
Peak Web Activity Hours                                                                  12 P.M. – 4. P.M.

 

 

Referrals and Search Engines

 

6% Visitors                                                                                          From umiami.edu
6% Various Search Engine                           (73% Google, 10% MSN, 14% Yahoo, 2% other)
Most Common Searches: "Research Methods,Public Opinion Polls, Anthurium, Background Tiles, Polls"
Unexpected Larger Referrals:                             Black Voices   Amyshogwarts   Calder Medical
  


* 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)