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Collection Development & Acquisitions: E-Resource Usage Stats

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Tableau Reports Guide

COUNTER E-Resource Usage Reports in Tableau
Includes overview of usage reports and guidelines for using the Tableau site.

Usage Statistics Sites

Couner E-Resource Usage in Tableau
The Tableau site for COUNTER usage contains multiple report views, arranged by resource format (e-journals, databases) and report type.
Legacy E-Resource Usage Page
Contains raw data usage reports for non-COUNTER compliant resources not represented in Tableau as well as pre-2015 usage data.

If you are unable to locate usage stats for a particular resource, please contact Zhongren Lin zhongren.lin@yale.edu.

COUNTER Documentation

Friendly Guide to Release 5 for Librarians
Provides an extensive overview of the current release of COUNTER with explanations of changes from the previous release.
Journal Usage Manual
Provides in depth explanation of COUNTER metrics for e-journals and an introduction to the journal report views. Please note, the statistics for the Tableau site come from the 'TR_J1' report and utilize the 'Unique_Item_Requests' metric.

Contact Information

Issue	Contact
Questions about how to interpret data	Michael Fernandez
Questions about how to use Tableau	Sarah Tudesco and Michael Fernandez
Questions about missing and/or unexpected data	Michael Fernandez
Questions about missing titles or platforms	Michael Fernandez
Suggestions for adding or modifying reports	Sarah Tudesco