International Monetary Fund Librarian Wins Free Dialog Usage

International Monetary Fund (IMF) Librarian Jane Keneshea recently won US$500 in free usage on Dialog for her library. The prize was part of a random drawing held for anyone who subscribed to one or more of Dialog’s new topical e-newsletters between November 15, 2005, and December 31, 2005.

"This is a nice surprise for the new year," said Jane. "I have been a fan of Dialog since around 1978, when I attended my first training class."

Dialog appreciates everyone who signed up for the e-newsletters and entered for a chance to win US$500 in free usage on Dialog. By signing up for the e-newsletters, you are guaranteed to be better informed about Dialog's products and content collection.

Dialog launched its new topic e-newsletters in August 2005 to address the communities-of-interest of its customers, including What's New on Dialog, What's New on DataStar, Aerospace & Defense News, Competitive Intelligence News, Engineering & High Tech News, Pharma/ BioTech News, Patents News and Trademarks News.

More Topical News from Dialog

Dialog recently expanded its e-newsletter offerings with the addition of Energy & Environment News and Business & News Update. And, as a result of your suggestions the curent Patents News and Trademarks News are being combined into one newsletter: Intellectual Property News.

If you are interested in signing up for these new titles or any of the existing titles, please visit us on the Web at www.dialog.com/enewsletters.

Energy Science & Technology (File 103) Expands Access

Energy Science & Technology (File 103 and CDROM/@site version) is now accessible in more countries, including: Burkino Faso, Colombia (until May 2007 in the first instance), Egypt (until Sept 2006 in the first instance), Macedonia - FYR, Pakistan, Portugal, Romania, Serbia and Montenegro, Tunisia and Ukraine.

This file is a valuable source of international information on all aspects of energy science, and is very strong on alternative fuels and the whole question of global warning.

This file is created under the Energy Technology Data Exchange between governments. Only those countries that are signed up and provide data are allowed access to the file. Some governments are only signed up for specific periods or are granted temporary access to help their research programs.

Medical Coverage Added to World Textiles

World Textiles™ (File 67), produced by Elsevier, has been significantly enhanced with new coverage on the use of textiles in the medical environment. The added records relate to subjects such as protective materials, dressings, medical equipment, medical clothing, textiles finishing and washing, etc. This enhancement is currently exclusive to Dialog. World Textiles is the leading bibliographic information source on textiles, technology and applications as reported in technical, scientific, economic and commercial journals, and statistical publications. In addition, World Textiles includes unique coverage of the related patents and patent applications from the USPTO, European and British patent offices.

MEDLINE® Resumes Updating

MEDLINE (Files 154,155) has resumed updating on Dialog for all document types. Updating was temporarily suspended in November to accommodate the annual reload of MEDLINE. Alerts also have resumed.

On Dialog, the 2006 thesaurus will be used with MEDLINE Completed records from UD20051208 onwards. The 2006 thesaurus will be assigned to all other records when the file reload becomes available.

International Patent Classification Reform – Version 8 Notes

The new International Patent Classification Reform – Version 8 (IPCR/8) took effect January 1, 2006. To learn more about the IPCR/8 classifications and how Dialog is implementing the changes, please visit the Dialog Web site at www.dialog.com/ipc8/. A full list of Dialog databases affected by the changes is available on this Web page. The page will be updated regularly to provide relevant information regarding the current status of changes to those databases.

If you need help updating your Alerts or Saved Searches set up in Dialog patent files, contact the Knowledge Center Alerts Bureau. Don’t forget to sign up for the Intellectual Property e-newsletter to receive more detailed information about IPCR/8.

Alerts for Mexican Trademarks

You can now set up Dialog Alerts in TRADEMARKSCAN®–Mexico (File 668). New records added to the database are the most recent available from the Mexican Trademarks Office.

Added to Dialog in May 2005, File 668 contains more than 500,000 trademark registrations from 1976 to the present, with additional information available on published registrations from 1993 forward. The database is similar in design to other trademark files and can be searched individually or using OneSearch® categories.

For help in establishing an Alert, contact the Knowledge Center Alerts Bureau.