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3.1 Trends and Intensity
The trends indicate that Literature Review and Regular Searches have been growing steadily since May 2020, peaked in December 2020, rose rapidly again in February, and peaked in April 2021 (Figure 3.1a).
The Sessions and Infometric Use trends have shown both remained relatively steady and fluctuated around the averages throughout the 18 months (Figure 3.1a).
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