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Basic Index Searching (continued)

We have already been searching Business & Industry database, File 9. To search for the Nintendo GameCube sales, I will enter my search terms, restricting GameCube to the title field using the suffix /ti and Nintendo to the title and company name fields using the suffixes /ti,co, I'll also add sales to my search.

s gamecube/ti and nintendo/ti,co and sales

I press ENTER to execute the search.

?S GAMECUBE/TI AND NINTENDO/TI,CO AND SALES
             104  GAMECUBE/TI 
            1474  NINTENDO/TI,CO 
          643483  SALES 
      S1      46  GAMECUBE/TI AND NINTENDO/TI,CO AND SALES

Since I want the most current sales report, I'll use a date suffix to limit my results to the most current years: /2002:2003

?S S1/2002:2003
              46  S1 
          292061  PY=2002 : PY=2003 
      S2      45  S1/2002:2003

I'll type out a few records to see what the prospects for GameCube are. Go to the next page.