Collections & Usage

The Georgetown University Libraries serve programs of learning and research in all disciplines for our faculty and students. We are designed to provide a multitude of resources in print, electronic and other formats. Here are detailed statistics of library collections and usage in the fiscal year 2012. We will keep collecting the data, in an effort to improve our collections and to better serve the university community.

Library Collections & Usage (07/2011-06/2012)

Types of Materials Library has Checked out / Requsted / Searched
Monographs 2,400,000 + n/a
Print Journals 27,953 n/a
E-Books 965,394 348,994 + (sections requested)
E-Journals 116,897
1,289,035 + (full-text articles requested)
Databases 500 +
2,095,418 + (searches)
Audio/Video Items
n/a n/a
Archives & Manuscripts n/a n/a

 

Library Online Catalog Usage (07/2011-06/2012)

George Catalogs Searches Run
Keyword Search 1,524,871
Title Search
248,306
Author Search 133,647
Subject Search 56,064
MeSH Search 3,116
Other Searches
25,782
All Searches Run
1,991,786

 

 

For detailed COUNTER-compliant usage statistics, please click here. (staff only)