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17.1 Trends and Intensity
The Literature Discovery trend shows a rapid peaking in November 2020 before gradually declined afterwards. Meanwhile, the Regular Searchers trend shows that it peaked twice in February 2020 and steadily increased and peaked again in April 2021 (Figure 17.1.a).
The Session and Infometric Uses trend show a similar movement with gradual fluctuation around the averages throughout the 18 months (Figure 17.1.a).
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