Support : eNewsletters : Training Updates : Issue 1, February 2012

Featured File — CAB ABSTRACTS

Containing more than 6.3 million records dating from 1973 onwards, CAB ABSTRACTS covers a wide range of subjects from agriculture to animal, plant, human and environmental sciences and natural resources, including topics important in these areas such as biodiversity, human nutrition, microbiology, veterinary medicine and environmental pollution, among others. Coverage includes more than 7,500 serial journals, books, and conference proceedings from over 116 countries in more than 50 languages. Most non-English language abstracts are translated into English, so users can easily assess how important the research is to their project.

CAB ABSTRACTS | View module

Coming Soon: information regarding CAB ABSTRACTS February training dates with Chris Ison from CABI Publishing.

Classic Dialog Webinars

Register for Dialog webinars from our Developing Classic Dialog Search Expertise site. Featured webinars in February include:

Fast Start to Dialog Featuring DialogClassic Web, Parts 1 & 2 — This two-part Webinar series is designed for searchers who want a refresher or fast start to using the DialogClassic Web product interface, searching using basic commands and using essential reference tools.

Tips and Tricks for Database Selection and Multifile Searching — This Webinar is intended for searchers who want to further develop their Dialog searching expertise and highlights search techniques and commands that are useful in selecting the most relevant databases and in searching multiple databases simultaneously.

Introduction to the New ProQuest Dialog Service for Dialog Searchers — This Webinar is designed for legacy Dialog searchers who want preview of the key features and functionality of the new ProQuest Dialog service.

ProQuest Dialog™ Webinars

Register for ProQuest Dialog training from our ProQuest Dialog Training & Support site by selecting either English Language or French, German and Italian Language webinars. Sessions offered regularly include:

Introduction to the New ProQuest Dialog Service — Get a fast start to searching on ProQuest Dialog, our next-generation service currently providing access to 69 Scientific, Technical and Medical databases from the world’s foremost publishers.

Developing ProQuest Dialog Expertise — Further develop your ProQuest Dialog search expertise in the first of a series of webinars introducing the advanced and precision search features available to professional searchers.

Working With Your ProQuest Dialog Results: Output, Post-Processing, Alerting Options and More! — This new webinar highlights the wide variety of output and post-processing options available on ProQuest Dialog, including exporting to citation management applications, generating reports in Excel, Word or PDF format and setting up Alerts and RSS feeds.

Essential Tools for Engineering & Technology Research on ProQuest Dialog — Discover the wide range of Engineering content now available on ProQuest Dialog and learn the essential tools for effectively searching engineering and technology databases.

First Steps for Biomedical Research on ProQuest Dialog — Discover the wide range of Biomedical and Pharmaceutical content now available on ProQuest Dialog and learn the essential tools for effectively searching biomedical databases.

Next Steps for Biomedical Research on ProQuest Dialog — Delve into more advanced techniques for searching in the Biomedical and Pharmaceutical databases by using Advanced Search mode, multi-file searching, de-duplication, thesauri and explode features.

New! Command Search for Biomedical Research on ProQuest Dialog — Further develop your expertise in searching Biomedical and Pharmaceutical databases using Command Search mode and syntax as a follow-up to our Next Steps for Biomedical Research webinar.

REGISTER NOW for as many of our free training webinars as you wish!

Additional Learning Resources

Find additional learning resources, search aids and free practice opportunities on our Essential Tools for Pharmaceutical/Biomedical, Intellectual Property, Business/Market Intelligence, and Engineering/Technology Research pages. View the archive of featured file database modules at www.dialog.com/sources/focus.

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