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- DIALOG is one of the largest online databases. DIALOG
- currently provides access to over 250 databases containing a
- total of over 100 Million records. The range of information
- available is enormous.
-
-
- BEGIN:
- The BEGIN command starts a search and tells Dialog which
- database you want it to check out. The BEGIN command is followed
- (without a space) by the file number of the database you want.
- Either of the following ways could get you into the file 229
- (Drug information):
-
- Begin229
- or
- B229
-
- Dialog will then put the date, the time, your user number,
- and what it costs for the database you just left. For example,
- if you move from ERIC (file 1) to Management Contents (file 75)
- it would look like this:
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-
- ? b75
- 28sep86 13:59:25 User08331
- $0.10 0.00 Hrs File1
- $0.02 Uninet
- $0.12 Estimated Total Cost
- File75:Management Contents - 74-86/Sep
- (Corp. Management Contents Inc.)
- Set Items Description
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- EXPAND:
- The EXPAND command is used to pick keywords for a search.
- You can search for any word; but knowing how common a word is
- gives you a good idea where to start your search.
-
- All databases have a index of searchable words. You can see
- if there are any words of the same spelling to a keyword you want
- to search for. For example:
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-
- ? Expand Drink
- Ref Items Index-term
- E1 1 Drina 31 *Drink
- E4 2 Drinkers
- . . .
- . . .
- . . .
- E12 3 Dripping
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-
- The word -more- at the bottom of the screen means that
- typing Page or P will display another screen of information.
-
- SELECT:
- When you find the word you want to search for, you use the
- SELECT command to tell the database what to search for. The
- SELECT command can be followed with one or more search terms.
-
- SELECT STEP:
- The SELECT STEP command works just like the SELECT command,
- except the files it finds are listed separately.
-
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-
- ? SS television? OR tv
- 1 21347 TELEVISION
- 2 6376 TV
- 3 22690 1 or 2
- ? SS s3 AND violen? AND child?
- 4 1680 VIOLEN?
- 5 20577 CHILD?
- 6 38 3 AND 4 AND 5
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- TYPE and DISPLAY:
- There are two commands, TYPE and DISPLAY, that you can use
- to look over the information you have found. The difference is
- the TYPE command causes a non-stop list of the information. The
- DISPLAY lets the information to list a page at a time, you have
- to type PAGE or P to see the next page.
-
- DIALOG offers nine formats to display retrieved files.
-
- Format Parts of Record Listed
- ~~~~~~ ~~~~~ ~~ ~~~~~~ ~~~~~~
- 1 Accession Number
- 2 Complete record except abstract
- 3 Bibliographic citation
- 4 File dependent
- 5 Complete record
- 6 Accession number and title
- 7 Bibliographic citation and abstract
- 8 Accession number, title, and indexing
- 9 File dependent
-
-
-
- LOGOFF:
- The LOGOFF command has no abbreviation. It's self
- explanatory.
-
-
- DIALOG is has help commands, typing ?HELP, or ?EXPLAIN will
- give you help.
-
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-
- ? ?EXPLAIN
-
- Valid EXPLAIN commands are:
-
- Basic Commands:
-
- ?BEGIN ?ENDSDI ?MAPRN ?SCREEN
-
- ?COMBINE ?EXPAND ?ORDER ?SELECT
-
- ?COST ?KEEP ?PAGE ?SFILES
-
- ?DISPLAY ?LIMIT ?PRINT ?SORT
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- ?DS ?LIST ?REVIEW ?TYPE
-
- ?ENDSAVE ?LOGOFF
-
- ***
-
- News/Status:
-
- ?DIALINDX ?FILESUM ?ONTAP ?SUBSCRIP
-
- ?DISCOUNT ?HELP ?RATES ?SUPPLRS
-
- ?EXPLAIN ?INSTRUCT ?SCEDULE ?TOLLFREE
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- ?FILES ?MESSAGE ?SDI ?TRUNCATE
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- ?FILESAZ ?NEWS ?SEMIARS ?UPDATE
-
- ***
-
- Telecommunication Access:
-
- ?ACCESS ?DIALNET ?SABD ?TRANSPAC
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- ?DARDO ?FINNPAK ?TELENET ?TWX
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- ?DATAPAC ?IDAS ?TELEPAKD ?TYMNET
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- ?DATEX ?NORPAC ?TELEPAKS ?UNINET
-
- ?PSS ?TELEX ?WATS
-
- ***
-
- File Information:
-
- ?FIELDn* ?FILEn* ?LIMITn* ?RATESn*
-
- *Enter desired file# in place of the n
-
- ***
-
- Training (DIALOG Service):
-
- ?TRAIN (For information on DIALOG
-
- training sessions, including
-
- descriptions of particular
-
- training sessions.)
-
- ***
-
- Training (DatabaB*UI=A%j|
-
- ?KINONEWS (Kinokuniya Japan)
-
- ?MMCNEWS (Masis Japan)
-
- ?USNEWS (United States)
-
- ***
-
- Online User Group News:
-
- ?CANOUG ?OUGNEWS MMCOUG ?USOUG
-
- ?EUROUG
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-
- Logging on
-
- For: Type:
- Telenet C 41520
- C 41548
- C 213170
- C 213236
- Tymnet DIALOG
- UNINET DIALOG
- Dialnet DIALOG
-
- To dial directly:
-
- Baud: Number:
- 300 415/858-2575
- 300 415/858-2461
- 1200(Bell 202) 415/858-2421
- 1200(Bell 212A)415/858-0511
- 1200(Bell 212A)415/858-2460
- 1200(VADIC) 415/858-2391
-
- WATS:
-
- 1-800/847-1620
- 1-800/792-6680
-
- When it connects type P.
-
- When you connect it will say ENTER YOUR DIALOG PASSWORD.
- Passwords are usually eight letters long. When you type the
- correct password you will see something like this:
-
-
- -------------------------------------------------------
-
- ENTER YOUR DIALOG PASSWORD
- XXXXXXXX LOGON File1 Sun 28sep86 18:35:12 Port866
-
- ** FILES 13,104 & 139 ARE UNAVAILABLE **
- ** FILE 262 SROTS ARE NOT WORKING **
- ** FILES 7 AND 50 ARE NOT WORKING **
-
- And a bunch more shit..
-
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-
- When the announcements are done, you are given a question
- mark (?). The first command you will want is to move to a
- database. This is done by typing B(no space) and a the database
- number.
-
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-
- ? B296
- 28sep86 18:37:22 User08331
- $0.00 0.006 Hrs File1*
- $0.05 Telenet
- $0.05 Estimated Total Cost
-
- File296:ONTAP TRADEMARKSCAN - O.G.
- (END/SAVE, END/SDI, .EXECUTE, .RECALL, & .RELEASE invalid for file)
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- I don't have a list of all the databases, you'll just have to
- play around with it.
-
- Here's a few I know of:
-
- File Database
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- 75 Management Contents
- 201 ERIC
- 204 CA Search
- 205 BIOSIS Privews
- 208 Compendex
- 213 INSPEC
- 215 ABI/INFORM
- 216 PTS Prompt
- 229 Drug Information
- 231 CHEMNAME
- 247 Magazine Index
- 250 CAB Abstracts
- 254 Medline
- 290 Dialindex
- 296 TrademarkScan
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- Summary of command Abbreviations
-
- B=BEGIN E=EXPAND S=SELECT SS=SELECT STEP
- T=TYPE D=DISPLAY PR=PRINT P=PAGE
-
- Dialog Training office 1-800-227-8282 or 1-800-982-5838
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- Have Fun..
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