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Use the ONTAP (ONline Training And Practice) databases indicated to practice your searches.

View the current ONTAP user numbers and passwords. Remember that you must use the ONTAP user number and password to avoid incurring charges for your practice searches.

Log onto DialogWeb (www.dialogweb.com) perform the searches in the exercises.


Exercise 5: Practice what you have learned in Lesson 5.

First, create your search strategies; then try logging on to DialogWeb and performing the requested searches. Remember, you will need to logon using the practice (ONTAP) user id and password provided in order to search at no cost.

  1. Find heating and air conditioning contractors located in New Jersey with a sales greater than $100,000.

    Hint: Use PC=171104; you may want to check out the bluesheet for prefixes for STATE and SALES.

    Use ONTAP Duns Market Identifiers File 276.

  2. In terms of dollars, what was the export of corn and/or wheat from the U.S. to Mexico?

    Hint: The product code for grain is 011.

    Use ONTAP Gale Group PROMT®, File 216.

Check yourself

Click the Check Yourself icon to check your search strategies, before you try your searches online.

When you have finished the exercise and checked your answers, go on to the Summary.


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Learn More #1:

There are two ways to put the search strategy together:

  1. We can put all of the search terms together in one search statement. If this method is used, and we use AND and OR operators in the same search query, we must group the synonyms using parentheses.

     Example: s (threat? or hazard?) and (radon or asbestos)

  2. We can create a separate set for each concept and then group the sets together.

    Examples: s threat? or hazard?
    s radon or asbestos
    s s1 and s2

We are using Method 2 in our search strategy.

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ONTAP User Numbers and Passwords for Dialog

To be used with the Dialog ONTAP Databases

User No. 300404

Password: DIALOG

User No. 300405

Password: DIALOG

User No. 300406

Password: DIALOG

User No. 300407

Password: DIALOG

User No. 300408

Password: DIALOG

User No. 300409

Password: DIALOG


Please Note: Since other customers will be using these practice user numbers and passwords, you may receive the message "Already Logged On". If so, simply try one of the other sets of User No./Passwords listed above. If you experience any difficulties logging in, please call 800-334-2564 (North America) or contact the Knowledge Center.

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