Search log analysis
The log files for a two month period, May/June 2004,
were examined.
All searches
| Search
category |
no
of searches |
%
of total |
% Basic vs
Advanced |
| Advanced |
746,939 |
40.0% |
42.5% |
| Basic |
1,007,250 |
54.0% |
57.5% |
| Redirected |
35,994 |
2.0% |
|
| Z39.50 |
75,046 |
4.0% |
|
| TOTAL SEARCHES |
1,865,229 |
|
|
Z39.50 searches are those performed via ‘Search
other Sites’ or by other systems such as COOLCAT and
other library catalogues
Advanced search
| Search
type |
no
of searches |
%
of Advanced |
%
of Total |
| Title
(first words) TALL |
203,860 |
27.3% |
10.9% |
| Journal
title JALL |
145,574 |
19.5% |
7.8% |
| Keyword
(boolean) CMD |
117,163 |
15.7% |
6.3% |
| Author
NALL |
101,810 |
13.6% |
5.5% |
| Keyword
(relevance) FT* |
77,569 |
10.4% |
4.2% |
| Title
(any phrase) TKEY |
67,630 |
9.1% |
3.6% |
| Browse
call numbers CALL |
17,745 |
2.4% |
1.0% |
| Browse
subject headings SUBJ |
12,649 |
1.7% |
0.7% |
| Browse
author headings NAME |
2,939 |
0.4% |
0.2% |
| ALL
ADVANCED |
746,939 |
100.0% |
40.0% |
Redirected searches
Redirected searches are those performed by clicking
a hyperlink in the record
Search type |
no
of searches |
%
of Redirected |
%
of Total |
Author
headings |
18,569 |
51.6% |
1.0% |
Subject
headings |
17,425 |
48.4% |
0.9% |
ALL
REDIRECTED |
35,994 |
100.0% |
1.9% |
Basic searches
Search type indicates the option chosen in the first
of the search.
Options chosen in rows 2 and 3 are not included in this
table.
Search type |
no
of searches |
%
of Basic |
%
of Total |
Keyword
Anywhere GKEY |
564,986 |
56.1% |
30.3% |
Title
TKEY |
135,769 |
13.5% |
7.3% |
Author
NKEY |
103,405 |
10.3% |
5.5% |
ISSN |
94,686 |
9.4% |
5.1% |
Reading
list RSRV |
53,593 |
5.3% |
2.9% |
Subject
SKEY |
28,373 |
2.8% |
1.5% |
ISBN |
9,615 |
1.0% |
0.5% |
Author-Title
AUTI |
8,665 |
0.9% |
0.5% |
Series
SERI |
2,406 |
0.2% |
0.1% |
Publisher
PUBL |
1,668 |
0.2% |
0.1% |
Material
Type MATL |
1,378 |
0.1% |
0.1% |
E-descriptors
ERDS |
890 |
0.1% |
0.0% |
Contents
Notes CONT |
634 |
0.1% |
0.0% |
unknown |
515 |
0.1% |
0.0% |
Children's
fiction CFIC |
343 |
0.0% |
0.0% |
Publication
Date YEAR |
324 |
0.0% |
0.0% |
ALL
BASIC |
1,007,250 |
99.9% |
54.0% |
Basic search - number of rows used
| |
|
%
of all
Basic
searches |
%
of those
who
used
more than 1 line |
| used
2 lines |
138,740 |
14% |
80% |
| used
3 lines |
33,472 |
3% |
20% |
TOTAL
who used
more than 1 line |
172,212 |
17% |
|
Limits
| TOTAL
searches that used limits |
%
of total searches |
| 155,881 |
8.3% |
Limits by type
Total limits are different from above because some searches
use several different limit types
| |
|
% of
total limits |
| DATE |
12,399 |
6.7% |
| LANG=ENG |
11,503 |
6.3% |
| LANG= NOT ENGLISH |
312 |
0.2% |
| am-Books |
10,023 |
5.5% |
| as-Serials |
5,848 |
3.2% |
| gm-Projected
media |
3,907 |
2.1% |
| mm-Electronic
Resources |
739 |
0.4% |
| cm-Music |
471 |
0.3% |
| jm-Sound recordings |
429 |
0.2% |
| om-Kits |
161 |
0.1% |
| km-Graphics |
104 |
0.1% |
| rm-Models |
77 |
0.0% |
| em-Maps |
45 |
0.0% |
| LOCA=Electronic
Resources |
39,320 |
21.4% |
| LOCA=Caulfield
Library |
31,408 |
17.1% |
| LOCA=Matheson
Library |
19,101 |
10.4% |
| LOCA=Gippsland
Library |
17,236 |
9.4% |
| LOCA=Hargrave-Andrew
Library |
10,144 |
5.5% |
| LOCA=Peninsula
Library |
8,073 |
4.4% |
| LOCA=Law Library |
5,088 |
2.8% |
| LOCA=Berwick
Library |
3,458 |
1.9% |
| LOCA=Pharmacy |
1,790 |
1.0% |
| LOCA=Matheson
Rare Books |
1,096 |
0.6% |
| LOCA=Curriculum/Teaching
Collections |
1,056 |
0.6% |
| TOTAL |
183,788 |
|
| Electronic resources
TOTAL |
40,059 |
21.8%
of all limits |
Limits by search type
| Basic Search |
48,560 |
| Keyword (relevance) |
30,022 |
| Title (first
words) |
29,082 |
| Title (any phrase) |
16,426 |
| Author |
13,805 |
| Journal title |
13,228 |
| Keyword (boolean) |
4,058 |
| unknown |
165 |
| Browse call
numbers |
24 |
| TOTAL |
155,881 |
On campus versus off campus
| |
% total
searches |
| on campus |
63.7% |
| off campus |
36.3% |
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