Using Search Commands in Dialog
SELECT
Next, I will use the SELECT command followed by my search terms.
The example below illustrates several SELECT statements.
| Command | Example | When to Use It | SELECT S |
select segment? s segment? s internet? or intranet? s s1 and s2 |
Use SELECT to create a set of records (e.g., s1) that contains the specified terms. |
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Brian wanted us to find information about the main antenna for the Iridium program. The sample below identifies the search terms we created in Lesson 2, including all truncation and proximity connectors.
| Concept 1 | Concept 2 | Concept 3 |
|---|---|---|
| iridium | main(w)mission(w)antenna | satellite? |
| MMA | cordless(n)telephone? | |
| satellite? | mobile(1n)communication? |
To begin searching, I enter the Dialog SELECT command at the question mark prompt followed by my search terms under Concept 1. I will conduct several searches, entering each concept as a separate search statement:
s iridium?
The number of records containing my search terms appears as in the search below.
?s iridium
S1 369 IRIDIUM
Go to the next page to see how to add more terms to our search.
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