Dialog: Ways of Accessing Dialog

Ways of connecting to Dialog

• Telnet
  • This is purely text-based access
  • It requires a client "telnet" application installed on your computer.
  • Address: telnet://dialog.com
• World Wide Web - Guided & Command Searching
  • Browser-based access provides both text and graphics, thought that depends upon the database.
  • It requires a browser application (such as Netscape) installed on your computer.
  • Address: http://www.dialogweb.com
• World Wide Web - Classic Search
  • Browser-based access.
  • This is similar to the text-based Telnet search, but, being browser-based, provides both text and graphics, thought that depends upon the database.
  • It requires a browser application (such as Netscape) installed on your computer.
  • Address: http://www.dialogclassic.com
• World Wide Web - Dialog1
  • Browser-based access.
  • This is a click-by-click, step-by-step way of searching Dialog intended for "novice" searchers.
  • Play around with this interface, but DO NOT USE IT FOR YOUR SEARCHING: Why?
    • You are not "novice" searchers, even if you are new to Dialog, because the techniques you have and will learn take you far beyond that.
    • When you are trying to find a specific piece of information, this may be a slow, cumbersom, and, considering the costs of logon time, expensive.
  • Address: http://www.dialog1.com

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