How do I obtain usage statistics for CINAHL?
CINAHL is a bibliographic database covering research in nursing and allied health. It is provided by EBSCO.
eJournal packages may be included in your subscription: CINAHL with Full Text; CINAHL Plus with Full Text; CINAHL Complete; and CINAHL Ultimate.
COUNTER 5 reports are designed to measure usage for content such as databases, ejournals and ebooks and so should be used for this database and any associated ejournal package.
Use the Database Master Report. For the CINAHL database itself, our preferred usage metric is the total of Searches Regular, Searches Automated and Searches Federated.
For any associated ejournal packages, our preferred usage metric is Unique Item Requests.
- Login to EBSCOadmin with the username and password for your Hub instance
- Select Reports and Statistics from the burgundy menu ribbon
- In the EBSCOhost / EDS box, select COUNTER R5 Reports
- Choose Database Master Report from the Report Type drop-down
- Choose your reporting period
- Select the delivery method. If you select Download, the report, once created, will appear in Downloaded Reports. If you want the report emailed to you, choose E-mail and complete the fields. If you want to schedule a regular emailed report, select an appropriate frequency.
- Choose either Create Report for Download or E-mail Report
- For downloads, go to the Downloaded Reports tab. Once it's ready, select either Excel or Tab Delimited for the report you've created. The report will download into your downloads folder.
- Open the report.
If you do not buy any of EBSCO's ejournal plus CINAHL packages, find CINAHL and check the Searches Regular, Searches Automated and Searches Federated* statistics. Add them together for the total number of searches (Searches are federated if they are performed away from the EBSCOhost platform. If this does not apply, you will not see this metric in the report).
If you do buy one of EBSCO's ejournal plus CINAHL packages check the Searches Regular, Searches Automated, Searches Federated* and Unique Item Requests for the package you have bought. Add the search statistics together for the total number of searches**.
* Searches are federated if they are performed away from the EBSCOhost platform. If this does not apply, you will not see this metric in the report).
** Note that CINAHL will be searched along with any additional EBSCO ejournal plus CINAHL package you have purchased. To avoid double-counting, just reference the higher figures, which will usually be for the additional package
See the eResources usage statistics guidance on the KLS website for more information.