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Lesson 1: Locating Basic Information
Lesson 2: Monitoring News
Lesson 3: Using Market Research
Lesson 4: Locating Analyst Reports
Lesson 5: Information on Products
Lesson 6: Alliances, M&A, Partnerships

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Merger & Acquisition Sources

The following two databases on Dialog can be helpful in locating recent joint ventures or mergers and acquisitions.

News sources can also tell us about alliances, mergers and acquisitions. Dialog NewsRoom (File 990) provides global coverage with over 11,000 separate periodical sources including trade journals, scholarly publications, consumer press, newspapers, newsletters, newswires and broadcast transcripts.

Also, by using the databases selection tool, DIALINDEX, in DialogWeb, we can tap into the Global News category to view newspapers in Asia, Europe, or Latin America. These newspapers can provide partnering information occurring in the international arena.

Or, we can look at Major U.S. Newspapers to view U.S. activity.

In addition, Dialog's continuously updated news files, including Dialog NewsRoom (File 898), Business Wire (File 610), PR Newswire (File 613), and Dialog Global Reporter (File 20) provide us with the latest news releases.

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Learn More #1: Logical Operators:

There are two ways to put a search strategy together.

1. We can put all of the search terms together in one search statement. If this method, called nesting, 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 use the building block approach by creating a separate set for each concept and then grouping the sets together.

Example:
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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Search Tip 6-1:

When we are thinking of synonyms for words, we must also think about words that may be two-word phrases, as well as hyphenated words. All variations should be part of our synonym list.

In a database like Derwent World Patents Index, where a British company creates the database, we should also think about British terms like "telly" for television.