Variable |
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Description |
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Subsessions
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Number of successful logons (connections) to ISI Current Contents
Connect.
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Queries |
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A query submits a request for results to a database. A query is
recorded when a user clicks one of the following buttons or links
in ISI Current Contents Connect:
- Search on any page where it submits a database search.
Clicking Search to go to another page in ISI Current
Contents Connect does not record a query.
- Run on the View History page. A query will be recorded
for every set created when the history is run.
- A link to a table of contents from a journal issue
- The Web Sites link on a Browse page
- Current Web Contents link on a full record
In addition, the set created by an alert counts as a query. (An alert
is a saved history that is automatically run every week.) |
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Citation
Events |
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A citation event is an action that uses the citation data in ISI
Web of Science. A citation event is recorded when a user clicks
one of the following buttons or links in ISI Current Contents
Connect:
- Find Related Records on the Full Record page
- Times Cited on the Full Record page
- Cited References on the Full Record page
The citation event in ISI Current Contents Connect also counts
as a query in ISI Web of Science. |
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Records Viewed |
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Number of full records viewed. The records
shown on a summary list of results are not counted. |
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Records Exported |
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Number of records exported to EndNote®,
ProCite®, or Reference Manager® when the user clicks
the Export to Reference Software button. |
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Records Saved |
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Number of records that are saved to a file
when a user clicks the Save to File button. |
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Records Printed |
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Number of records that are displayed when
a user clicks the Format for Print button. |
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Records Emailed |
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Number of records e-mailed when a user
clicks the E-mail button. |
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Records Ordered |
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Number of records for which full-text source
documents are requested when a user clicks the Order Full Text
button. |
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TOCs Viewed |
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Number of journal tables of contents displayed. |
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CWCs Viewed |
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Number of Current Web Contents records viewed. Current
Web Contents is a database of Web sites that have been selected
by editors at Thomson ISI. The CWCs viewed are the full records
of the Web sites. Records on a summary list are not counted.
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eSearches Viewed |
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Number of eSearch records viewed.
eSearch submits a search performed in Current Contents Connect
to the Web. An eSearch result is a page from a Web site. |
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Total Items Requested |
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This is the sum of the numbers in the same row for these variables:
- Records Viewed
- Records Exported
- Records Saved
- Records Printed
- Records Emailed
- Records Ordered
- TOCs Viewed
- CWCs Viewed
- eSearches Viewed
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If you selected the option to Include IP Addresses and Token IDs
on the Create
a Custom Summary Report page, then the table will have an additional
column with this heading: IP Address/Token ID. To the right of
the IP Address or Token ID in the same row are usage statistics for
that identifier. The date of usage is in the row above and to the left
of the identifier.
For example, this report shows that on January 1, 2003, the person(s)
using a computer whose IP address is 123.45.678 submitted 29 queries
and 7 citation events to ISI Current Contents Connect:
Usage is plotted on a two-dimensional graph at the bottom indicating
usage trends for these variables:
The points on the Y-axis (ordinate) show the usage numbers for the
dates on the X-axis (abscissa).
Note: If usage statistics are broken down by IP Address and
Token ID, no graph will appear. If you want to see usage data plotted
on a graph, return to the Usage Reports Home page and select ISI
Current Contents Connect again. On the page for selecting the type
of usage report, clear the check box Include IP Addresses and Token
IDs under the type of report you want.