Most Popular Downloads -- March 2009

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Date of this Version

4-10-2009

Abstract

The month saw a record number of downloads — 125,221 — exceeding by 1,883 the old record set in June 2008. 76% of available files were downloaded at least once; and the average number of downloads (for 21,213 open-access files) was 5.90.

With 32,103 total files as of March 31, 2009 (including 10,890 restricted access dissertations), the UNL Digital Commons ranked as the 3rd largest university repository in the United States (trailing only the University of Michigan’s Deep Blue and Ohio State University’s Knowledge Bank).

Distribution of usage was spread quite broadly across the available files, with more than 50% of all downloads registered on articles with 14 or fewer for the month. The most popular 2,100 files accounted for half the downloads.

The Top 40 for March 2009 were:

The Constitutions of the Free-Masons (1734). An Online Electronic Edition. http://digitalcommons.unl.edu/libraryscience/25 592
Electronic Rodent Repellent Devices: A Review of Efficacy Test Protocols and Regulatory Actions http://digitalcommons.unl.edu/nwrcrepellants/34 544
Arthur Paul Afghanistan Collection Bibliography - Volume II: English and European Languages (2000) http://digitalcommons.unl.edu/afghanenglish/13 541
Christian Binek: List of Publications http://digitalcommons.unl.edu/physicsbinek/1 395
Long-Term Consequences of Childhood Physical Abuse http://digitalcommons.unl.edu/psychfacpub/99 381
EFFECTS OF OFFSHORE OIL AND GAS DEVELOPMENT: A CURRENT AWARENESS BIBLIOGRAPHY http://digitalcommons.unl.edu/libraryscience/114 357
POÉTICA DE LO SOEZ: Luis Rafael Sánchez: IDENTIDAD Y CULTURA EN AMÉRICA LATINA Y EN EL CARIBE http://digitalcommons.unl.edu/modlangdiss/1 259
Online Dictionary of Invertebrate Zoology: Complete Work http://digitalcommons.unl.edu/onlinedictinvertzoology/2 251
IMMIGRATION, THE AMERICAN WEST, AND THE TWENTIETH CENTURY: GERMAN FROM RUSSIA, OMAHA INDIAN, AND VIETNAMESE-URBAN VILLAGERS IN LINCOLN, NEBRASKA http://digitalcommons.unl.edu/historydiss/1 237
A Description of New England (1616): An Online Electronic Text Edition http://digitalcommons.unl.edu/etas/4 230
Forensic interviewing in child sexual abuse cases: Current techniques and future directions http://digitalcommons.unl.edu/psychfacpub/6 208
The Place of Archery in Greek Warfare http://digitalcommons.unl.edu/classicsfacpub/9 178
La presencia del dolor en la obra poética de Garcilaso de la Vega, Diego Hurtado de Mendoza, Gutierre de Cetina, Lope de Vega y la Madre Josefa del Castillo http://digitalcommons.unl.edu/modlangdiss/2 178
Moral Development in Adolescence http://digitalcommons.unl.edu/psychfacpub/8 174
Miniature Cattle: For Real, for Pets, for Production http://digitalcommons.unl.edu/libraryscience/146 172
Justice According to Law http://digitalcommons.unl.edu/midwestqtrly/6 172
Parent-Teen Communication About Sexual Topics http://digitalcommons.unl.edu/psychfacpub/98 147
PIGEON ASSOCIATED PEOPLE DISEASES http://digitalcommons.unl.edu/icwdmbirdcontrol/21 147
Food and fuel for all: realistic or foolish? http://digitalcommons.unl.edu/agronomyfacpub/114 145
A Brief and True Report of the New Found Land of Virginia (1588) http://digitalcommons.unl.edu/etas/20 144
Advertising Brochure: Farmall A, B & C http://digitalcommons.unl.edu/tractormuseumlit/450 143
Nebraska Place-Names http://digitalcommons.unl.edu/englishunsllc/1 141
Separation, Mourning, and Consolation in La Route d'Altamont http://digitalcommons.unl.edu/modlangfrench/19 135
Comparison of Commercial Deer Repellents http://digitalcommons.unl.edu/icwdm_usdanwrc/572 135
African American Racial Identity Development in Predominantly White Institutions: Challenges for Student Development Professionals http://digitalcommons.unl.edu/pocpwi2/19 135
Arousal and Physiological Toughness: Implications for Mental and Physical Health http://digitalcommons.unl.edu/psychfacpub/216 130
Milk for Babes. Drawn Out of the Breasts of Both Testaments. Chiefly, for the Spirituall Nourishment of Boston Babes in Either England: But May Be of Like Use for Any Children (1646) http://digitalcommons.unl.edu/etas/18 129
RODENTS AS A FOOD SOURCE http://digitalcommons.unl.edu/vpc14/30 124
Bach-Busoni Chaconne: A Piano Transcription Analysis http://digitalcommons.unl.edu/musicstudent/3 123
PRODUCTION OF ETHERS OF GLYCEROL FROM CRUDE GLYCEROL - THE BY-PRODUCT OF BIODIESEL PRODUCTION http://digitalcommons.unl.edu/chemeng_biomaterials/18 122
Female Sexual Arousal and the Menstrual Cycle http://digitalcommons.unl.edu/psychfacpub/201 120
A Continuous Process for the Conversion of Vegetable Oils into Methyl Esters of Fatty Acids http://digitalcommons.unl.edu/chemeng_biomaterials/12 117
Homework: A Natural Means of Home-School Collaboration http://digitalcommons.unl.edu/edpsychpapers/70 114
SOURCES OF AMYLASE-PRODUCING BACTERIA http://digitalcommons.unl.edu/bioscimicro/6 112
SCARAB BEETLES IN HUMAN CULTURE http://digitalcommons.unl.edu/entomologypapers/94 110
President Eisenhower, Economic Policy, and the 1960 Presidential Election http://digitalcommons.unl.edu/cbafacpub/24 109
Bibliography of literature published on scarab beetles since 1 January 2001 (worldwide coverage) http://digitalcommons.unl.edu/entomologypapers/1 109
The Wonders of the Invisible World. Observations as Well Historical as Theological, upon the Nature, the Number, and the Operations of the Devils (1693) http://digitalcommons.unl.edu/etas/19 108

For anyone interested in doing statistical analysis or in looking up activity on any article, the complete download report is attached as a supplementary file, in MS Excel format, listing title, URL, and downloads for the month.