Database Utilities: Dialog: Index
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INDEX TO RELATED WEB PAGES

INTRO TO DIALOG
DIALOG - BRIEF HISTORY
ADVANTAGES/DISADVANTAGES

DIALOG HOME PAGE
RESOURCES FOR SEARCHING
BLUESHEETS

DATABASE CATALOG (Requires Acrobat)

WAYS OF ACCESSING DIALOG
ACCESS VIA WWW
LINK TO DIALOGWEB

LINK TO DIALOGCLASSIC

ACCESS VIA TELNET
LINK VIA TELNET

SEARCH PLANNING
USING CONCEPT CHARTS / WORKSHEETS
SELECTING DATABASES

BLUESHEETS

SEARCH OPERATORS
BEGINNING DATABASES
SELECT / SELECT STEPS

FIND
EXPAND TO CHECK AUTHORITY FILES

SEARCHING INDEXES
BASIC INDEXES: SUFFIXES
ADDIONAL INDEXES: PREFIXES

SEARCH OPERATORS
BOOLEANS
PROXIMITY

WILD CARDS / TRUNCATION
NESTING WITH PARENTHESES

OPERATORS: ORDER OF USE

DATES
LIMIT ALL

STOP WORDS
KEEP

STACKING COMMANDS

UTILITY COMMANDS
MONEY-SAVING COMMANDS
SET

FILE

SEARCH MODES
GUIDED SEARCH (WEB)
GUIDE SEARCH MODE "TOUR"

COMMAND MODE "TOUR"

DIALINDEX SEARCH
ONESEARCH

DIAL INDEX (FILE 411)
 BLUESHEET
ONE SEARCH GROUPS
 or CATEGORIES

STEP-BY-STEP SEARCH PROCESS
DIALOGWEB STEP-BY-STEP

SEARCH ANALYSIS
BROADENING & NARROWING A SEARCH

RESULTS - OUTPUT
DISPLAYING RESULTS
CAPTURING RESULTS WITH TELNET

REMOVING DUPLICATES
RANKING SEARCH RESULTS

SORTING RESULTS
SAVING SEARCHES

DIALOG LIBRARY
CUSTOMER SUPPORT
DIALOG TECHNICAL DOCUMENTS & TUTORIALS

ONLINE POCKET GUIDE INDEX
LIST OF ALL WEB-BASED DOCUMENTATION

SEARCH AIDS
QUICK REFERENCE CARD

BLUESHEETS
SEARCH METHODS & COMMANDS

ONE SEARCH GROUPS
 or CATEGORIES
SMART TOOLS (DB SELECTION FOR SPECIFIC SUBJECTS)
(REQUIRES ACROB AT)
READINGS
DIALOG EXERCISE

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