Support : Publications : Chronolog Archives : July/August 2001

Two New Modules Added to Dialog1:
Energy and Biotech

Dialog1, a suite of powerful and simple to use search forms that allow users to find the information they are looking for fast, has been enhanced with two new modules: Energy and Biotech-nology. Divided into research modules, Dialog1 uses an intuitive "question and answer" format to connect users to their answer. For more detail on how to use Dialog1, see the April issue of the Chronolog, page 3, "Dialog1: The Power of Dialog Made Simple".

Energy Module

Dialog1 Energy provides access to leading news, research, and regulatory information in the Energy market. The module is divided into six sections focused on different segments of the Energy industry. These sections include: Alternative Energy, Coal, Nuclear, Petrochemical, Petroleum, and Utilities.

Powerful "behind the scenes" search features include the ability to:

• Retrieve chemical name synonyms and launch a search on those synonyms in different energy databases like the American Petroleum Institute Literature Abstracts (APLIT®) database.
  
  
• Use a geographical coordinate to perform literature searches on geographic locations in the GeoRef database (see example).

Dialog1 Energy contains the leading databases in the industry, including APLIT®, CA SEARCH® - Chemical Abstracts®, Derwent World Patents Index, EI Compendex®, Energy Science and Technology, GeoRef, ICONDA - International Construction Database, INSPEC, and TULSA™ (Petroleum Abstracts).

Biotech Module

Dialog1 BioTech provides access to industry, patent, news, research, and regulatory information in the Biotechnology market. The module is divided into four sections: News & Industry, Patents, Regulatory Information, and Research & Development. Examples of searches in this module include the ability to retrieve Gene Sequence Patents from patent databases like the U.S. Patents Fulltext Database.

Leading databases include Adis R&D Insight, CA SEARCH®, Chemical Engineering and Biotechnology Abstracts, CorpTech® Directory of Technology Companies, Derwent Biotechnology Abstracts, Derwent World Patents Index, F-D-C Reports, IMSworld R&D Focus, Pharmaceutical and Healthcare Industry News Database, and Pharmaprojects.

Figure 4 and Figure 5 show examples of an application using the Biotech Module.

For more information about Dialog1, call the Knowledge Center at U.S. 1-800-3DIALOG (334-2564) or your local help desk.

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