Find Biographical Information on a Director or Officer Using Journal Sources?
TOPIC: Several databases on Dialog are good sources of biographical information on the directors or officers of companies. Some databases provide only basic biographical data, while others may include extensive biographical articles on specific individuals.
Biographical information about an officer or director of a large or well-known company may appear in a business article. Several files that cover business literature include a Name field, as well as additional fields that can be used to locate articles with biographical information. Some databases that contain biographical information include: ABI INFORM® (File 15), Gale Group Magazine Database™ (File 47), Gale Group Management Contents® (File 75), Gale Group Trade & Industry Database™ (File 148), Newspapers Abstracts Daily (File 483), and Periodical Abstracts PlusText™ (File 484).
COMMAND SUMMARY
BEGIN 483,484
VISUAL EXPAND NM=JOBS, S
Check entries for S JOBS and click the Select button
SELECT S1 AND (PERSONAL()PROFILES/DE OR DT=INTERVIEW)
RD
TYPE S3/3/1 FROM EACH
TYPE S3/9/1
Note: In File 15 select the
person's last name, limited to the title or abstract
and combine it with the Classification Code for
Personal Profiles: S ANDREESSEN/TI,AB AND CC=9160.
The phrase biographical or personal profiles/de
can be used in place of CC=9160.
In Files 47,75,148 select the person's name limited to /NM and combine with the document type DT=: S JOBS(2N)STEVE?/NM AND DT=(BIOGRAPHY OR INTERVIEW OR COVER STORY).
HOW TO...
1. BEGIN in Files 483 and 484 to find journal articles about a named person.
2. Visual Expand the person's name using the NM= prefix to determine if the person of interest is covered in the database.
Note: Some names have a comma after the last name and others do not; thus, it's good to EXPAND to see a listing.
Check boxes for the appropriate name(s) and click the Select button. |
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3. Combine Set 1 (S1) with the descriptor (/de) for personal profiles and the document type (DT=) for interview.
4. REMOVE DUPLICATES (RD) when searching more than one database. |
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5. TYPE the record using Format 3 to review a few records. Add FROM EACH to the end of the TYPE command to see a few records from each database in a OneSearch.
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6. TYPE the record of interest using Format 9 to retrieve the entire record.
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