Using Dialog Search Commands Summary
In Lesson 3 we reviewed the basic commands necessary to conduct a Dialog search.
Here is a summary of the basic commands we just learned:
| Command | Example | When to Use It |
|---|---|---|
| BEGIN B |
begin 155 b 155 b 155,72 current b medicine |
Use BEGIN
with a file number to specify the database(s) to be searched. Use CURRENT to restrict a search to the current year plus previous year in the database specified. |
| SELECT S |
select antidepressant? s antidepressant? s anorexia? or bulimia? s s1 and s2 |
Use SELECT to create a set of records (e.g., s1) that contains the specified terms. |
We also conducted a search using a search strategy containing synonyms, truncation, proximity connectors, and logical operators. We viewed what this search would look like conducted in Classic Dialog.
This search process is one that we will continue to follow as we perform more searches on Classic Dialog.
If you have answered the questions above and checked your answers, go to Lesson 4.
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