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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



?DS       ?LIST     ?REVIEW   ?TYPE



?ENDSAVE  ?LOGOFF



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News/Status:



?DIALINDX ?FILESUM  ?ONTAP    ?SUBSCRIP



?DISCOUNT ?HELP     ?RATES    ?SUPPLRS



?EXPLAIN  ?INSTRUCT ?SCEDULE  ?TOLLFREE



?FILES    ?MESSAGE  ?SDI      ?TRUNCATE



?FILESAZ  ?NEWS     ?SEMIARS  ?UPDATE



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Telecommunication Access:



?ACCESS   ?DIALNET  ?SABD     ?TRANSPAC



?DARDO    ?FINNPAK  ?TELENET  ?TWX



?DATAPAC  ?IDAS     ?TELEPAKD ?TYMNET



?DATEX    ?NORPAC   ?TELEPAKS ?UNINET



          ?PSS      ?TELEX    ?WATS



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File Information:



?FIELDn*  ?FILEn*   ?LIMITn*  ?RATESn*



*Enter desired file# in place of the n



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Training (DIALOG Service):



?TRAIN (For information on DIALOG



        training sessions, including



        descriptions of particular



        training sessions.)



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Training (DatabaB*UI=A%j|



?KINONEWS (Kinokuniya Japan)



?MMCNEWS  (Masis Japan)



?USNEWS   (United States)



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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:





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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)

          Set  Items     Description

          ---  -----     -----------



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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







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





Have Fun..



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