{"id":4412,"date":"2023-02-15T12:49:41","date_gmt":"2023-02-15T18:49:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/specialcollections\/?p=4412"},"modified":"2023-02-15T12:49:41","modified_gmt":"2023-02-15T18:49:41","slug":"primary-sources-and-scholarship-are-just-clicks-away","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/specialcollections\/2023\/02\/15\/primary-sources-and-scholarship-are-just-clicks-away\/","title":{"rendered":"Primary sources and scholarship are just clicks away"},"content":{"rendered":"

Each month I receive a brief email summary of the prior month’s download statistics on our online digital repository<\/a>.\u00a0 The global reach of the web facilitates access to primary sources and generative scholarship on a scale of volume and accessibility that was almost beyond our comprehension just a few ago.<\/p>\n

Each month, without fail, I am amazed to see what the most popular items and publication are.\u00a0 Month after month, with few exceptions, our Electronic Theses and Dissertations (ETD’s) and Stone-Campbell Books take the top spots by a fair margin.\u00a0 Primary sources and generative scholarship, downloaded by the tens of thousands by readers in 179 countries.<\/p>\n

Seeing the stats never gets old.\u00a0 Neither does pondering what those usage statistics might mean.\u00a0 What items from our past will someone find next that will mark a turning point in their research project? What article or piece of scholarship will someone download that result in new or better understanding?<\/p>\n

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This screen shot is not clickable, so here are the direct links:<\/p>\n

The most popular papers were:<\/strong>
\nChurch Directory and List of Preachers of Churches of Christ (4940 downloads)
\nhttps:\/\/digitalcommons.acu.edu\/crs_books\/416<\/a>
\nThe Effect of Anxiety and Depression on College Students\u2019 Academic Performance: Exploring Social Support as a Moderator (2980 downloads)
\nhttps:\/\/digitalcommons.acu.edu\/etd\/51<\/a>
\nThe Ethical Considerations of Physician-assisted Suicide (590 downloads)
\nhttps:\/\/digitalcommons.acu.edu\/dialogue\/vol4\/iss1\/12<\/a><\/p>\n

The most popular publications were:<\/strong>
\nElectronic Theses and Dissertations (11441 downloads)
\nhttps:\/\/digitalcommons.acu.edu\/etd<\/a>
\nStone-Campbell Books (7657 downloads)
\nhttps:\/\/digitalcommons.acu.edu\/crs_books<\/a>
\nDialogue & Nexus (1363 downloads)
\nhttps:\/\/digitalcommons.acu.edu\/dialogue<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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