Brass tacks: facts & figures for Fall 2004

Each month our content database and global audience continues to grow. Here we present some statistics about Ingenta, in answer to the question, "Who's using IngentaConnect, and why?"

Who?
• IngentaConnect and Ingenta Select user sessions in the final quarter of 2004 exceeded 27.5 million

• During the same period, over 5 million articles were downloaded via subscription access, and a further 15000 articles were sold online

Why?
• IngentaConnect hosts content from over 230 publishers, totalling 8000 publications, and over 3 million articles for immediate electronic delivery

• A total of 17.5 million articles are available for individual article purchase, and delivery online or by fax/Ariel services

• The multidisciplinary nature of the service makes IngentaConnect a great place to start for any student or researcher:

• The range of partnerships Ingenta has with subscription agents and A&I databases, plus full text indexing by Google and most recently, Infotrieve, makes IngentaConnect the place that many students and researchers discover the article they most need.

• Most importantly, IngentaConnect provides results in quick-fire time. The final quarter of 2004 saw an average response time of 1.35 seconds for users of IngentaConnect.