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Online Course Series

If you enjoy learning independently, are highly motivated, and can't attend one of our instructor-led courses, now is the time to try Dialog's popular, free, online courses. These courses enable you to learn at your own pace at times convenient to you. Each course is divided into individual lessons and makes use of the power of Web links to emphasize key vocabulary, provide search tips and more in-depth information about a concept. Exercises, with answers, are included to help you test your knowledge of the material covered throughout the course.

Patent searchers will want to try the following online courses:

• Understanding the Key Patent Databases reviews each of the key patent files on Dialog, providing extensive information about uses of the databases, key features, and content of the files.



• Introduction to Searching Dialog for Patent Researchers enables the first-time Dialog patent searcher to learn basic Dialog commands while at the same time focusing on the most common patent searches. Different versions of this course are offered for DialogWeb or Dialog Classic searchers.

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