Live Web-Based Training Classes

Dialog invites you to experience training with our leading search and content specialists, straightfrom your desk, at a time convenient to you!

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Tutorials and Training Seminar Workbooks

Dialog training workbooks cover basic and advanced search techniques, as well as specific applications for researching intellectual property topics. Click on the workbook title to read a description and to find information about downloading the free course workbook.

Pharmaceutical, Biomedical and Chemistry Research

• Biomedical Information on Dialog
• Chemical Information on Dialog

eLearning

On-Demand Recorded Online Courses are on-demand, recorded presentations intended to cover selected topics on Dialog.

• Searching for Pharmaceutical Information Using DialogWeb Guided Search (6-part series)

ProQuest Dialog At a Glance and Dialog At a Glance are on-demand, recorded, mini-presentations intended to quickly highlight useful product tips, commands, or content. Topics coming soon for

• Pharmaceutical Research
• Biomedical and Life Sciences Research
• Chemistry Research

Web-based Online Courses are free, self-paced courses you can take online at your convenience. Designed for DialogWeb and Classic users, beginner to advanced, with versions designed for searchers in specific industries.

• Key Drug Pipeline Databases on Dialog
• Intro to Searching DialogWeb for the Life Sciences Professional
• Intro to Classic Dialog for the Life Sciences Professional

Quick Reference

The How Do I...? Series supplies concise, step-by-step instructions on how to find the most-requested information on Dialog and includes

• 30 solutions for Pharmaceuticals & Health Devices
• 20 solutions for Biomedical: Medicine, Life Sciences, Biotechnology, Agriculture & Food
• 8 solutions for Chemistry & Toxicology

Database Selection

• ProQuest Dialog ProSheets
• Dialog Bluesheets for Pharmaceuticals, Medicine & Biosciences, Agriculture & Nutrition, and Chemistry
• Focus on Content
• Biotechnology Information on Dialog 83KB, 2pp
• Focus on... Medical and Health Devices 75KB, 2pp
• Environmental and "Green" Information on Dialog 62KB, 2pp
• Focus on... Food, Agriculture and Nutrition 80KB, 2pp

Quick Reference

• Biomedical Files Quick Comparison: MEDLINE^® (File 155), EMBASE^® (File 73), BIOSIS Previews^® (File 5), and SciSearch^®: A Cited Reference Science Database (Files 34,434) 131KB, 2pp

Document Delivery

• Document Delivery via Dialog
• Dialog eLinks

Search Aids

Consult these handy Search Aids and User Guides to get the most out of searching individual files.

Pharmaceutical, Biomedical & Life Sciences

• Biomedical Files Quick Comparison: MEDLINE^® (File 155), EMBASE^® (File 73), BIOSIS Previews^® (File 5), and SciSearch^®: A Cited Reference Science Database (Files 34,434) 131KB, 2pp
• EMTREE Changes in 2011 240KB, 32pp
• File 5, BIOL—BIOSIS Previews^® Biosystematic Codes and the Organism Classifier Term Conversions
• File 5—Biosystematic and Concept Codes and Names in BIOSIS Previews^® (Files 5,55)
• File 5—BIOSIS Previews^® (DIALOG Files 5,55) Quick Reference Card, 133MB, 2pp
• Files 34, 434—Cited Reference Searching in Files 34, 434, SciSearch^®
• File 50—CABICODES^® and Thesaurus in CAB ABSTRACTS (File 50)
• File 50 — CABICODES Alphabetical List
• Files 72, 73, 772, and 972 — EMBASE EMTREE Changes 2009
• Files 72,73—EMBASE^® (Files 72, 73) Drug Links — Additions for 2000: Routes of drug administration; Effective as of January 1, 2000
• Files 72,73—EMBASE^® (Files 72, 73): Searching Drug Names — Indexing, descriptors, drug links, and drug brand name searching
• Files 72,73—Embase Enhancement with MEDLINE unique records — FAQS for Dialog Customers 171 KB, 2 pp
• Files 128,928,PHAR—Pharmaprojects (Files 128,928,PHAR): Major Events in the Update Information
• Files 128,928,PHAR—Pharmaprojects (Files 128, 928, PHAR) Therapeutic Class Codes
• File 144—Multilingual Descriptors in PASCAL (File 144)
• File 144—Multilingual Titles in PASCAL (File 144)
• Files 154,155—MEDLINE^® (Files 154, 155) Descriptors, Descriptor Codes and Online Thesaurus

Agriculture & Food

• File 50 — CABICODES Alphabetical List
• File 53—Foodline: SCIENCE Quick Guide 85 KB, 2 pp
• File 50—CABICODES^® and Thesaurus in CAB ABSTRACTS (File 50)
• File 54—How the Foodline Databases Can Help You Cater to Special Food Markets

Chemistry

• File 8—Chemical Indexing Fields in INSPEC^®

ONTAP (Online Training and Practice) Files

Use the ONTAP (ONline Training And Practice) databases for Free Practice Searching on Dialog and hone your skills without incurring an online charge.

Dialog ONTAP Files
[click the plus/minus to show/hide the list of databases]

—Pharmaceutical & Biomedical   

—Food & Agriculture   

Remember: ONTAP databases are only portions of the complete databases. They contain records from a brief time period and may or may not be current. They are intended for practice use only.