Link to Fulltext D&B Business Reports

Business information searchers can now link directly to fulltext reports from Dun & Bradstreet (D&B) in HTML format through Dialog.

The reports to be provided by D&B include:

• D&B Comprehensive Report
• D&B Credit Evaluation Report
• D&B Supplier Evaluation Report

D&B report links will be present in D&B – Dun's Electronic Business Directory® (File 515), D&B – Dun's Market Identifiers® (File 516), D&B – Duns Financial Records Plus® (File 519), and D&B – Who Owns Whom (File 522). D&B reports can be accessed via hyperlinks through DialogLink 5, DialogWeb, DialogSelect and other Dialog Web-based products.

Review the D&B Web page to see descriptions and samples of each report, as well as those reports that will be coming soon. Check the comparison table to help you decide which D&B report best fits your needs and look at the tips on how to retrieve the reports.

Dialog Launches New "Just-in-Time" Search Aids for Patent and Pharma Searching

Now you can try a search you have never tried before and get the results you need. The Dialog How Do I...? series supplies concise, step-by-step instructions on how to find the most-requested information on Dialog. Easy to reference and easy to follow, each application in the series illustrates every step with just the right amount of explanation. Feel confident knowing these applications, prepared by our subject experts, are the most effective strategies for the topic — no experimenting or guesswork necessary!

Currently, the How Do I...? series includes approximately 35 solutions for patents research, covering everything from how to find Japanese patents to tracking expiring drug patents. Additionally, 23 solutions for pharma research are available covering drugs in a phase of clinical trials, companies working on a particular class of drugs to drug recall notices. Examples in both DialogClassic and DialogLink 5 are available.

The series will continue to expand to cover other subject areas. Check back often to see how the Dialog How Do I...? series can help you find the answers.

Chemical-Patent Cross-File Searching

Now you can cross-file search, MAP and link between Derwent Chemistry Resource (DCR) (File 355) and Derwent World Patents Index (DWPI) (File 350, 351, 352). This key feature lets you find a chemical Registry number in DCR and MAP that number to DWPI to retrieve the appropriate record with detailed abstract, title and all member data on the patent.

Review the Quick Reference Card to see step-by-step instructions to perform the search.

More Market Research Reports on Dialog

Verdict Market Research reports (File 769) are now available on Dialog. Verdict Research Ltd., a wholly owned subsidiary of Datamonitor Plc., is the U.K.’s leading authority on retailing and publishes independent analysis of the retail industry concentrating on the U.K. and Europe. Their reports focus on specific markets and topical retail issues, combining comparative and statistical data on markets, companies and products with an in-depth commentary on recent and current developments.

Four types of reports are available:

• Sector reports
• Location reports
• Forecast reports
• Consumer reports

The file is structured similar to all files in the market research collection in that the reports are broken into individual records, providing access to small pieces of the report at a fraction of the cost of purchasing the report in its entirety.

New Titles in Dialog NewsRoom

Thirteen new titles have been added to Dialog NewsRoom since August 1. Additions include Petroleum Economist and LaywersUSA from Gale and Energy Daily and Space & Missile Defence Report from PBI. Computerworld has also been added.

New DWPI Report Templates in DialogLink 5 Make Post-Processing Easier

Four new DWPI report templates, one for Microsoft® Word and three for Microsoft® Excel, are now available in DialogLink 5. These templates let you take full advantage of the new features in the enhanced DWPI file on Dialog and link between documents, making analysis of patent data easier and more efficient.

The Microsoft® Word template allows you to transform DialogLink 5 XML from Files 280, 350, 351, and 352 into an attractive Microsoft® Word document with a standard Dialog cover sheet and a Table of Contents with links from the publication number and patent titles. Each record organizes key data in a tabular format and includes hyperlinks to the original patent authority data.

Templates also support the "generic display" of DWPI records in Microsoft® Excel. The Microsoft® Excel Display report provides the general patent and family data in a tabular format, linked images (when present) and separate patent assignee and inventor templates.