1. BEGIN in DIALINDEX, File 411.

2. SET FILES to search the engineering category (ENG).

3. SELECT your search term(s). Note that in DIALINDEX no sets are made so if your search had more than one term, they must be entered in one search statement.

?b 411
      File 411:DIALINDEX(R)

DIALINDEX(R)
   (c) 2008 Dialog

*** DIALINDEX search results display in an abbreviated ***
*** format unless you enter the SET DETAIL ON command. ***

?sf eng
	         You have 39 files in your file list.
	           (To see banners, use SHOW FILES command)

?s nanoworm?

Your SELECT statement is:
   S NANOWORM?

           Items   File
           -----   ----
               1     2: INSPEC_1898-2008/Apr W3
               1     6: NTIS_1964-2008/Jun W1
               2     8: Ei Compendex(R)_1884-2008/May W2
               1    14: Mechanical and Transport Engineer
                        Abstract_1966-2008/May
               1    32: METADEX_1966-2008/May
               5    34: SciSearch(R) Cited Ref Sci_1990-2008/May W2
               4   103: Energy SciTec_1974-2008/Feb B2
               1   108: Aerospace and High Technology
                        Database_1962-2008/Mar
               1   144: Pascal_1973-2008/May W3
               1   293: Engineered Materials Abstracts_1966-2008/May
               1   315: ChemEng & Biotec Abs_1970-2008/May
               1   323: RAPRA Rubber & Plastics_1972-2008/Mar

      12 files have one or more items; file list includes 39 files.

4. RANK FILES (RF) to reorder the file listing with the files comtaining the most records at the top of the list.

5. SAVE TEMP to save the search strategy for seven (7) days on the Dialog system.

?rf

      Your last SELECT statement was:
           S NANOWORM?

Ref        Items   File
---        -----   ----
N1             5    34: SciSearch(R) Cited Ref Sci_1990-2008/May W2
N2             4   103: Energy SciTec_1974-2008/Feb B2
N3             2     8: Ei Compendex(R)_1884-2008/May W2
N4             1     2: INSPEC_1898-2008/Apr W3
N5             1     6: NTIS_1964-2008/Jun W1
N6             1    14: Mechanical and Transport Engineer 
                        Abstract_1966-20
N7             1    32: METADEX_1966-2008/May
N8             1   108: Aerospace and High Technology Database
                        _1962-2008/M
N9             1   144: Pascal_1973-2008/May W3
N10            1   293: Engineered Materials Abstracts
                       _1966-2008/May

   12 files have one or more items; file list includes 39 files.
        - Enter P or PAGE for more -

?save temp
Temp SearchSave "TD559598779" stored

6. BEGIN HITS searches all the files identified in DIALINDEX that have records on the topic.

7. Execute the SearchSave (EXS) to conduct the search in the files containing "hits."

?b hits

SYSTEM:OS  - DIALOG OneSearch
  File   2:INSPEC 1898-2008/Apr W3
         (c) 2008 Institution of Electrical Engineers
  File   6:NTIS 1964-2008/Jun W1
         (c) 2008 NTIS, Intl Cpyrght All Rights Res
  File   8:Ei Compendex(R) 1884-2008/May W2
         (c) 2008 Elsevier Eng.  Info. Inc.
  File  14:Mechanical and Transport Engineer Abstract 1966-2008/Mar
         (c) 2008 CSA.
  File  32:METADEX 1966-2008/May
         (c) 2008 CSA.
  File  34:SciSearch(R) Cited Ref Sci 1990-2008/May W2
         (c) 2008 The Thomson Corp
  File 103:Energy SciTec 1974-2008/Feb B2
         (c) 2008 Contains copyrighted material
  File 108:Aerospace and High Technology Database 1962-2008/Mar
         (c) 2008 CSA.
  File 144:Pascal 1973-2008/May W3
         (c) 2008 INIST/CNRS
  File 293:Engineered Materials Abstracts 1966-2008/May
         (c) 2008 CSA.
  File 315:ChemEng & Biotec Abs 1970-2008/May
         (c) 2008 DECHEMA
  File 323:RAPRA Rubber & Plastics 1972-2008/Mar
         (c) 2008 RAPRA Technology Ltd

      Set  Items  Description
      ---  -----  -----------
?exs
Executing TD559598779
      S1      20  NANOWORM?

8. TYPE out records in Format 8 to view descriptors to see if there are other search terms you might use in your search.

Note that FROM EACH attached to the TYPE command displays one record from each database in the search.

If the records are appropriate for your needs, then select records to type in Format 9 for the complete record (e.g., T S1/9/1,3).

File 2 contains Dialog eLinks so that you can download the PDF version and have the cost sent to your Dialog bill.

Note: Some records are omitted from this display.

?t s1/8/1 from each

1/8/1 (Item 1 from file: 2) 
DIALOG(R)File 2: INSPEC
(c) 2008 Institution of Electrical Engineers. All rights reserved.

10888779 
  Title: Controllable growth of ZnO nanostructures by a simple
    solvothermal process 
  Publication Date: Jan. 2008 
     Document Type: Journal Paper (JP) 
  Treatment: Experimental (X) 
  Descriptors: crystal growth from solution; crystal morphology;
  II-VI semiconductors; nanotechnology; nanowires; semiconductor
  growth; wide band gap  semiconductors; zinc compounds 
  Identifiers: controllable nanostructure growth; solvothermal
  process; nanostructure morphology; nanowires; nanorods;
  nanocorns; nanoshuttles; nanoworms; nanoflowers; crystallinity;
  coordination agents; reaction time; solvent ratio; aspect ratio;
  single crystalline wurtzite structure; ZnO Class 
  Codes: A8116 (Methods of nanofabrication); A8110D (Crystal growth
  from solution); A6865 (Low-dimensional structures: growth,
  structure and nonelectronic properties); A6146 (Structure of 
  solid clusters, nanoparticles, and nanostructured materials);
  A6160 (Crystal structure of specific inorganic  compounds); A6150J
  (Crystal morphology and orientation); B2550N (  Nanometre-scale
  semiconductor fabrication technology); B0510 (Crystal growth);  
  B2520D (II-VI and III-V semiconductors); B2530C 
  (Semiconductor superlattices, quantum  wells and related 
   structures) Chemical Indexing: 
  ZnO bin - Zn bin - O bin (Elements - 2) 
    Copyright 2008, The Institution of Engineering and Technology 
  Dialog eLink: Check for PDF Download Availability and Purchase

1/8/2 (Item 1 from file: 6) 
  DIALOG(R)File 6: NTIS
  (c) 2008 NTIS, Intl Cpyrght All Rights Res. All rights reserved.

  2306067 NTIS Accession Number: DE2004-826936/XAB 
  Electrochemical and Electrochromic Properties of  Nanoworm-Shaped 
  Ta(sub 2)O(sub 5)Pt Thin-Films 

  May 2004 
  Descriptors: *Electrochemistry; *Electrochromism; *Thin films;
  Tantalum oxides; Platinum ; Electrodes; Nanostructures; Scattering 
  Identifiers: NTISDE 
  Section Headings: 71GE (Materials Sciences--General); 99F
  (Chemistry--Physical and Theoretical Chemistry)

1/8/3 (Item 1 from file: 8) 
  DIALOG(R)File 8: Ei Compendex(R)
  (c) 2008 Elsevier Eng. Info. Inc. All rights reserved.

  12090340 
  Title: Controllable growth of ZnO nanostructures by a simple
  solvothermal process 

  Publication Year: 2008 
  Descriptors: *Nanowires; Aspect ratio; Morphology; Nanorods;
  Solvation; Zinc oxide 
  Identifiers: Controllable growth; Solvothermal process 
    Classification Codes: 
  804.2 (Inorganic Compounds); 802.2 (Chemical Reactions); 931.2
  (Physical  Properties of Gases, Liquids & Solids) 
  761 (Nanotechnology); 933 (Solid State Physics); 804 (Chemical
  Products  Generally); 802 (Chemical Apparatus & Plants; Unit
  Operations; Unit  Processes); 943 (Mechanical & Miscellaneous
  Measuring Instruments); 951  (Materials Science); 931 (Applied
  Physics Generally) vertical bar (); 93 (ENGINEERING PHYSICS); 
  80 (CHEMICAL ENGINEERING, GENERAL); 94  (INSTRUMENTS &
  MEASUREMENT) . . . .