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Dialog Adds Trademark Searching to its Online Course Offerings

Do you need to learn about the content of databases and search techniques on Dialog but haven't been able to attend a Dialog class? Here's your opportunity! As a complement to its instructor-led training courses, Dialog offers online courses for novices and advanced searchers. These courses provide several benefits. They enable participants to learn at their own pace and at times convenient to users, thus individualizing instruction. They also provide a learning opportunity for users who are not near to a Dialog training site.

Dialog's new online course—Introduction to Trademark Searching Using DialogWeb—is geared toward novice searchers who need to know how to find trademark information. Each of the lessons covers an important aspect of trademark searching, including the following:

• locating a known trademark



• conducting a preliminary screening trademark search



• determining trademark ownership



• setting up a trademark watch

By the end of the course, attendees will also be familiar with basic Dialog commands and the DialogWeb® interface.

Exercises throughout the course reinforce material covered in the lessons and help users practice the concepts they learned.

To sign up for the course, go to http://support.dialog.com/oc and fill out the registration form. You will receive a user number and password to access the course. Learn to search trademarks on your own time at your own pace. Don't miss this new online course!

Other Online Courses

For the Novice. Dialog also offers online courses to teach search basics, designed specifically for different content areas. These include:

• Introduction to Searching Dialog for the Patent Researcher



• Introduction to Searching Dialog for the Engineering Professional



• Introduction to Searching Dialog for the Business Professional



• Introduction to Searching Dialog for the Life Sciences Professional

The courses are available using either the DialogWeb® or Dialog Classic interface. They also include practice exercises to test knowledge of Dialog commands and content.

For the Experienced User. Courses include:

• Understanding the Key Patent Databases. Individual lessons discuss content, benefits, appropriate uses, and search tips for each major patent database on Dialog.



• Searching for People on Dialog. Each lesson includes a key application containing selected databases and search techniques for finding information about people. Some of the applications covered in the course are: finding biographical data, determining executive pay and stock
• interests, and finding experts.



• Competitive Intelligence Searching Using DialogWeb®. Each lesson is a self-contained unit designed around a specific application to obtain competitive intelligence. Included are: finding basic company information, locating market research and analyst reports, identifying mergers and acquisitions, and more.

Sign up for any of these free online courses at http://support.dialog.com/oc/. Let us know, too, what other topics you would like to see presented in future online courses. Contact: .

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