Accessing usage stats
Guides to monitoring the use of your EPIC subscriptions and tips for improving their use.
To get the full value from your subscription, monitor the usage of your products and adjust the set-up accordingly.
All the EPIC vendors provide access to administration modules that run statistical reports for each product. In some cases these can be customised.
URLs for Administration Modules & Usage Statistics
EBSCO
Log in to EBSCOadmin http://eadmin.ebscohost.com and enter your user ID and password. If you do not know what these are contact John Chamberlain
Gale Cengage
Log in to InfoTrac http://infotrac.galegroup.com/itconfig/per_[id] (replace per_[id] with your own location ID, if you don't know what this is contact Sean Volke
For RDS Databases: Contemporary Women's Issues, Business and Industry, Business and Management and TableBase.
Open one of the RDS databases. Click on Admin and type in your password. If you don't know what this is contact Sean Volke.
The Knowledge Basket
Go to The Knowledge Basket Portal http://portal.knowledge-basket.co.nz. If you have IP authentication you will get in straight away. If you authenticate by referring URL or membership number pattern you will be asked to enter your username and password. If you don't know what this is contact Dave Keet.
Oxford Online
Log in to Oxford University Press Subsciber Services https://subscriberservices.sams.oup.com and enter your user name and password. If you don't know what these are contact onlinesubscriptions@oup.com
Encyclopædia Britannica Online
Go to http://new.statistics.eb.com and enter your user name and password. If you don't know what these are contact Magda Kulbat.
ProQuest
Science Journals: Log in to ProQuest Local Administrator lad.proquest.com/ladweb and enter your user name and password. If you don't know what these are contact support@anz.proquest.com
Ancestry Library Edition: Using an IP authenticated PC, go to http://ancestrylibrary.proquest.com/alereports
Library PressDisplay: Log in to Library PressDisplay Account Management http://librarypressdisplay.com/admin and enter your user name and password. If you don't know whate these are contact support@anz.proquest.com.
Configuring the Products
While some EPIC products cannot be changed, others allow tweaking of default settings for interfaces, displays and other features through the administration modules. In these cases, you can make changes so the presentation of the products better matches your customers’ needs.
More detailed technical assistance can be found in the vendor guides:
- EBSCO Admin User Guide
- Gale Cengage Usage Reporting Guide
- Proquest Local Administrator Training Guide (PDF)
Page last updated: 26 July 2010.