Mine or Theirs, Where Do Users Go? A Comparison of E-journal Usage at the OhioLINK Electronic Journal Center Platform versus the Elsevier ScienceDirect Platform
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2015
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Taylor & Francis
Abstract
This research provides librarians with a model for assessing and predicting which platforms patrons will use to access the same content, specifically comparing usage at the OhioLINK Electronic Journal Center (EJC) and at Elsevier’s ScienceDirect from 2007 to 2013. Findings show that in the earlier years, the EJC was frequented more than ScienceDirect, but over time, users have gravitated to ScienceDirect over the EJC at a significantly higher rate. In addition, the data shows that the higher use of ScienceDirect began prior to and only grew after a devastating platform failure of the EJC in 2009.
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Swanson, J. (2015). Mine or Theirs, Where do Users Go? A comparison of E-journal Usage at the OhioLINK Electronic Journal Center platform versus Elsevier ScienceDirect platform. Journal of Electronic Resources Librarianship, 27(1), 1-9. http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/1941126X.2015.999514#.VSvgffnF98E
The Journal of Electronic Resources Librarianship is available at http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/1941126X.2015.999514#.VSvgffnF98E
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OhioLINK, Elsevier, ScienceDirect, ejournal usage
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Swanson, J. (2015). Mine or Theirs, Where do Users Go? A comparison of E-journal Usage at the OhioLINK Electronic Journal Center platform versus Elsevier ScienceDirect platform. Journal of Electronic Resources Librarianship, 27(1), 1-9. http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/1941126X.2015.999514#.VSvgffnF98E