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Analysing Primo journal

coverage as a tool for

optimising our

information resources collection

Motivation

2013: survey on Primo / CataloguePlus usage Questions:

What is indexed by Primo / CataloguePlus? Are there alternatives to our existing mix of

information resources? Possible to match new databases with what is

already covered? Reduce the number of databases?

Goal: Improve coverage either by Primo /

CataloguePlus or any combination of alternative bibliographical databases

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Database usage

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Communication &Mass Media Complete

Academic SearchPremier

EconLit

Science Library

I work as information specialist not at the library systems department.

Looking out on primo?

Equinix Plant AMS 3 is right in sight of our Library.

Primo a large Black Box

Collection

UvA is a large general research university 30.000 students and 5.000 employees

Collection budget 2014 € several millions

Journals (incl. publ. portals) 75 %

Bibliographical databases (excl. Primo) € 500.000

Primary goal of a LIS: bring our customers to the journals in our collection in an easy way

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A good advice?

Of course there is Google Scholar, but…

For real research you should use a number of scholarly databases…

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TURF Analysis

ASPx Journal

Annalsx Review

Libraryx Transactionsx Journal Review

etc

PubMedx Journalx Annalsx Review

Libraryx Transactionsx Journal Review

etc

Web of Sciencex Journal

Annalsx Review

Libraryx Transactions

Journal Review

etc

BSPx Journal

AnnalsReviewLibrary

x TransactionsJournal

Reviewetc

MLA-IBJournalx Annalsx Review

Libraryx Transactionsx Journalx Review

etc

Inspecx Journalx Annals

ReviewLibrary

x Transactionsx Journal Review

etc

TURF = Total Unduplicated Reach and Frequency

SPSS Version 22

Extension build into Python Essentials

Best reach and frequency

10627

4761

19091402

970354

10205

10275

2901

3136

2701

Unique

Total titles added

ASP BSPWeb of Science

PubMed MLA-IB Inspec

10267

15388

172971869919699

No. of titles

10627

Reach

Frequency

37153

34017

31107

20832

10627

39855

Scholarly databases

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64 %

Primo

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92 %

Primo Central Index

ACM1092-43880090-00360036-87331368-28220021-99240094-730X0002-953X0144-929X0749-596X0022-39800023-83090363-0277

Brepols0892-19970090-502X0262-40790077-89230029-65620738-39910270-13670138-91300037-80460889-7077

CINAHL0305-00090022-21940022-30180169-09650161-14610031-51250033-29410965-21400002-726X1058-03600007-1269

MEDLINE0305-00090022-21940022-30180169-09650161-14610031-51250033-29410965-21400002-726X1058-03600007-1269

ERIC0305-00090022-21940022-30180169-09650161-14610031-51250033-29410965-21400002-726X1058-03600007-1269

PubMed0305-00090022-21940022-30180169-09650161-14610031-51250033-29410965-21400002-726X1058-03600007-1269

OneFile0305-00090022-21940022-30180169-09650161-14610031-51250033-29410965-21400002-726X1058-03600007-1269

LegalTrac0305-00090022-21940022-30180169-09650161-14610031-51250033-29410965-21400002-726X1058-03600007-1269

SpringerLink

1092-43880090-00360036-87331368-28220021-99240094-730X0002-953X0144-929X0749-596X0022-39800023-83090363-0277

ScienceDirect

1092-43880090-00360036-87331368-28220021-99240094-730X0002-953X0144-929X0749-596X0022-39800023-83090363-0277

BioOne1092-43880090-00360036-87331368-28220021-99240094-730X0002-953X0144-929X0749-596X0022-39800023-83090363-0277

Brill0892-19970090-502X0262-40790077-89230029-65620738-39910270-13670138-91300037-80460889-7077

Royal Society

0892-19970090-502X0262-40790077-89230029-65620738-39910270-13670138-91300037-80460889-7077

AOAC International

0892-19970090-502X0262-40790077-89230029-65620738-3991

Idunn.no0892-19970090-502X0262-40790077-89230029-65620738-39910270-13670138-9130

Wiley Online Library

1092-43880090-00360036-87331368-28220021-99240094-730X0002-953X0144-929X0749-596X0022-39800023-83090363-0277

Collectionplatforms

Publishers

Bibliographical databases

Scholarly Statsjournal usage data (95 %) UvA licensed

SFX exporttarget name & publisher

Publisher title lists

CataloguePlus / Primo

ISSN

Ulrich’s XML Data Servicejournal data worldwide

Ulrich’s XML Data Service

June 2014: 386.365 journals 952 indexing and abstracting

services Former title ISSNs

Bib Instr Bio April 2014

UvAbibliographic databases

48.700 journals

Ulrich

Ind

exed titles

Number of UvA licensed journals:

Scholarly Stats: 24.000 journals (300 OA)

SFX: 25.000 journals (12.000 OA)

ARC: 23.000 titles with ISSN

10.175 Open

Access journals

Overlap 75 %

UvA subscriptions

22.750 journals

Publisher collections in PCI 29.000

journals

Bibliographic databases in PCI 27.800

journals

Primo indexing overlap

ACM, IEEE, ScienceDirect, SpringerLink, Wiley Online Library, etc.

Brepols, iDunn, etc.

Web of Science, Gale OneFile, MLA-IB, Medline, etc.

• Not al databases activated• Databases indexing selectively: PubMed

and MLA-IB.

Biographical databases

Collection platformsPublishers

PublishersPublishers

Primo coverage

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Coverage is the proportion of journals in our collection indexed in Primo by the resources in the PCI list.

UvA journals Subscr. % Incl. OA % All 20.022 88% 29.881 91%Current (excl. n. act. dbs): 17.516 77% 27.364 83%Basic (excl. n. act. & licens. dbs): 17.114 75% 26.926 82%

Overlap

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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16

ASP ,155 ,435 ,025 ,259 -,008 ,048 ,014 ,005 ,054 -,011 ,037 ,209 ,011 ,142 ,096 ,137

ATLA Religion -,015 ,006 ,009 ,010 ,169 ,016 -,021 ,001 ,019 -,034 -,091 ,133 -,033 ,604 ,016 -,002

Art & Architecture Complete -,026 ,001 -,010 -,018 ,038 ,015 -,006 ,000 ,796 -,033 ,007 ,027 ,116 ,013 ,013 ,025

Am Biblio Slavic East European Studies ,029 -,007 ,003 -,006 ,100 ,021 ,022 ,000 ,012 ,084 -,024 ,605 ,085 ,101 -,032 ,101

Avery Index Architectural Periodicals -,015 -,060 -,023 -,031 -,034 -,006 -,009 ,000 ,754 -,019 ,004 -,098 -,088 -,043 -,048 -,073

Arts Humanities Citation Index -,025 ,210 -,021 -,024 ,512 ,141 ,016 -,002 ,259 ,057 ,094 ,150 ,034 ,280 ,029 -,132

Bio Index Past and Present -,025 ,122 ,141 ,192 ,095 ,037 -,041 -,001 ,455 ,132 -,036 ,356 ,069 ,078 ,046 ,227

BSP -,123 ,050 ,027 -,022 -,152 -,026 -,056 ,001 ,015 ,661 ,065 ,030 ,007 -,036 ,065 ,105

Biosis Previews ,317 ,467 -,047 -,118 -,076 -,025 -,166 ,022 -,037 -,200 -,010 ,003 -,005 -,149 -,117 ,121

Linguistic Bibliography -,091 ,319 -,008 ,152 ,039 -,019 ,058 -,005 -,036 ,053 -,091 -,157 ,014 -,008 -,073 -,138

Catalysts Catalysed Reactions ,005 ,003 ,000 ,001 ,000 ,000 ,001 ,924 ,000 ,001 ,000 ,000 ,000 ,002 ,001 -,001

CINAHL Plus with FT ,589 -,122 ,040 ,185 -,074 -,002 ,037 -,008 -,007 ,034 ,025 -,081 ,009 ,043 ,253 -,067

Communication Mass Media Complete ,009 -,001 ,031 ,146 ,048 -,004 ,001 ,000 ,026 ,086 ,718 ,067 ,095 ,047 -,005 ,048

EconLit -,015 ,006 -,028 -,047 -,013 -,012 ,006 ,001 -,030 ,716 -,032 -,026 -,011 -,059 -,127 -,022

EMBASE ,814 ,229 -,026 -,025 -,089 -,019 -,072 ,009 -,029 -,096 ,019 -,049 ,000 -,065 -,017 ,025

ERIC -,081 ,046 ,027 ,738 -,006 ,000 -,042 ,002 ,020 -,127 ,035 ,008 -,003 -,054 -,063 ,028

FIAF Databases -,017 -,022 ,001 ,003 ,001 -,076 -,010 ,000 ,019 -,012 ,030 -,011 ,797 ,006 -,032 -,024

Index to Foreign Legal Periodicals -,100 -,025 -,023 -,022 -,195 -,018 -,052 -,001 -,057 -,154 ,156 ,629 -,068 -,167 ,043 -,186

Historical Abstracts ,056 -,052 ,005 -,002 ,357 -,002 ,023 -,001 -,002 ,105 -,222 ,371 -,052 ,225 -,183 -,022

International Index Music Periodicals -,023 -,006 -,002 -,012 -,038 ,893 -,008 ,000 -,023 -,004 ,027 -,008 ,075 -,024 -,007 ,006

International Index Performing Arts -,010 ,003 -,003 -,013 ,076 ,179 -,001 ,000 ,029 -,001 -,012 ,054 ,728 -,019 ,027 -,005

Index to Jewish Periodicals Database -,011 -,008 -,011 -,022 -,128 -,012 -,025 ,001 -,032 -,055 ,107 -,088 ,022 ,750 -,022 ,027

Inspec -,265 ,542 ,147 -,014 -,131 -,039 ,134 -,009 -,056 ,045 -,024 -,079 -,012 -,004 ,082 -,012

LISTA with FT -,004 ,011 ,957 ,011 ,003 ,007 -,006 ,000 ,009 -,002 ,004 ,009 ,001 -,002 -,007 ,003

LISA -,022 ,029 ,786 ,019 -,008 -,004 -,010 ,000 -,007 ,008 ,011 -,004 -,003 ,004 ,000 -,008

LISTA -,005 ,007 ,957 ,009 ,002 ,007 -,007 ,000 ,009 -,003 ,003 ,008 ,000 -,003 -,007 ,003

LLBA -,010 -,013 -,014 ,015 ,206 -,010 ,002 ,000 -,022 -,017 ,733 -,030 -,080 -,031 -,028 -,047

Music Index -,029 -,009 ,001 -,009 -,039 ,898 -,010 ,000 -,024 -,011 ,023 -,009 ,027 -,022 -,005 ,008

MEDLINE ,821 ,260 -,018 -,018 -,055 -,011 -,059 ,007 -,021 -,084 ,015 -,036 ,003 -,078 -,014 ,035

MLA International Bibliography -,108 -,111 ,003 ,033 ,771 -,002 -,061 ,000 -,030 -,104 ,084 -,006 ,043 -,007 -,012 ,068

MLA core -,066 -,013 -,003 -,009 ,742 -,020 -,032 ,000 -,041 -,067 ,210 -,054 ,045 -,079 ,036 ,044

MathSciNet -,041 ,098 -,014 -,027 -,033 -,014 ,914 ,000 -,011 -,027 ,000 -,001 -,006 -,021 -,017 ,011

Natural Product Updates ,004 ,007 ,000 -,001 -,001 ,000 -,001 ,924 ,000 ,000 ,000 -,001 ,000 ,000 ,000 -,001

PubMed ,656 ,190 -,020 ,084 ,011 -,040 -,022 -,002 -,017 ,036 -,079 ,141 -,045 ,075 -,139 ,027

Population Index ,109 -,085 ,001 ,081 ,031 -,002 ,042 ,000 -,001 ,180 -,109 ,119 -,003 -,068 -,482 -,127

PsycInfo ,274 ,054 ,002 ,619 -,011 ,015 ,006 -,003 -,021 ,132 ,092 -,044 -,005 ,032 ,121 -,075

RILM Abstracts Music Literature -,013 -,042 ,016 ,057 ,337 ,468 -,021 ,000 ,123 -,035 -,103 ,059 -,001 ,099 -,002 -,013

Studies Women Gender Abstracts ,012 ,036 ,000 ,779 ,007 -,001 -,019 ,001 -,007 -,030 ,020 -,005 ,003 -,006 -,046 ,102

Science Citation Index Expanded ,346 ,784 -,025 -,099 -,085 -,028 ,082 ,008 -,042 -,090 -,017 -,036 -,012 -,101 ,024 ,035

SPORTDiscus ,098 -,049 -,016 ,051 ,039 -,016 ,005 ,001 -,022 ,075 -,129 ,081 -,012 -,069 ,774 -,081

Social Sciences Citation Index ,180 ,172 ,026 ,493 ,126 ,006 ,010 -,003 ,020 ,496 ,148 ,112 -,035 ,066 ,020 -,109

Web of science ,332 ,805 -,020 ,121 ,152 ,029 ,067 ,005 ,069 ,157 ,053 ,075 -,007 ,041 ,027 -,050

Women Studies Abstracts   ,015 -,034 -,011 ,055 ,043 ,001 ,023 -,002 -,004 ,044 ,002 ,015 -,034 ,011 ,016 ,871

Zentralblatt MATH -,062 ,098 -,012 -,030 -,051 -,017 ,913 ,000 -,020 -,019 ,001 -,012 -,007 -,029 -,017 ,009

SCOPUS ,364 ,585 ,004 ,115 -,011 -,027 ,048 -,001 ,037 ,132 ,048 ,023 -,024 ,088 -,034 -,065

Rotated Component Matrixa

Component

Extraction Method: Principal Component Analysis. Rotation Method: Varimax with Kaiser Normalization.a. Rotation converged in 11 iterations.

Collection platforms

SCOPUS

SCOPUS

69 %

Incl. OA

Primo & SCOPUS

92 %

Incl. OA

Costs per unique title

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Cheap databases

23

50 %

Incl. OA

Primo

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90 %

Incl. OA

Metadata indexing

Taylor and Francis Journal

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Indexed in Web of Science

Expected: Results:SH FT SH FT SH FT

Metadata

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N =272

Conclusions

This way of looking at our collection will play a role in future decisions about new databases

It might be more useful to acquire journal content, instead of additional bibliographical databases.

Primo should get more attention in our library skills courses as a one stop tool to get to our journal subscriptions.

Ulrich’s Journal Data is a great framework to map all kind of journal information onto.

If possible, efforts must be made to supplement Primo with databases and publishers not yet indexed.

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Subjects

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