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Increase Discoverability of CQ Library

To help your patrons make the most of the rich content in CQ Library, be sure to add it to your library catalog and website. Download the MARC record for the CQ Researcher and list CQ Library in your A-to-Z database list as well as in your database subject listings under the political science discipline.

Discoverability Checklists

Check out our discoverability checklists (CQ Researcher, CQ Library). They outline suggested steps and additional information for improving discovery of the content in order to ensure users can easily locate content in the CQ Library.

MARC Record

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Index

Download the complete CQ Researcher Index, a list of all issues published since 1991.

User Guides and Tutorial Videos

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CQ Library LibGuide

Check out the CQ Library LibGuide, and please feel free to incorporate it into your own LibGuide Collections!

COUNTER Reporting

CQ Library offers the following COUNTER Reports

Platform Usage - CQ Press Library - usage by month and platform
Database Usage - Congress Collection, Supreme Court Collection, Voting and Elections Collection, Public Affairs Collection, and Encyclopedia of American Government - usage by month and database/collection
Database Access Denied - Congress Collection, Supreme Court Collection, Voting and Elections Collection, Public Affairs Collection, and Encyclopedia of American Government - access denied by Month and Database/Collection
Book Requests (excluding OA_Gold) - CQ Almanac, Politics in America, Political Handbook of the World, Supreme Court Yearbook - usage by month and book
Book Access Denied - CQ Almanac, Politics in America, Political Handbook of the World, Supreme Court Yearbook - access denied by month and book
Book Usage by Access Type - CQ Almanac, Politics in America, Political Handbook of the World, Supreme Court Yearbook - usage by month and book
Journal Access Denied - CQ Weekly - access denied by month and journal
Journal Usage by Access Type - CQ Weekly - usage by month and journal
Journal Requests by YOP (excluding OA_Gold) - CQ Weekly
Title Master Report - CQ Researcher - usage by month and report
Title Master Report - CQ Researcher - access denied by month and report

CQ Researcher is classified as a Report under COUNTER 5. Investigations and Requests are now reported via the Title Master Report, filtering on Data Type = “Report”

CQ Weekly activity can be isolated via Journal Reports, all other products reported as a Book unless noted otherwise

If you are a customer, go to Secure Center to add and amend your details. If you experience any difficulty, please contact us and we'll be happy to help.

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Institutional Display

You can display the name of your institution in the header of CQ Researcher and the CQL Collections. To do this, visit Secure Center, and enter your institution name into the "Company/Institution Display" field.

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Time to Leave the Circus (customizable)
The Facts Don't Lie

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