Support : Publications : Chronolog Archives : October 2001

Two New Sessions Added to the Dialog Applications Briefings Series

Two new Applications Briefings have been added to Dialog's training offerings: Cosmetics Industry and Medical/Health Devices. The Applications Briefings Series provides short (1 1/2 hours) sessions on topics of specific interest to researchers in areas such as biotechnology, aerospace, the environment, and more.

These sessions contain several important elements:

• Focused content covers relevant information about all aspects of the specific industry, such as forecasts, trends, intellectual property data, reviews and analyses, and company information.
  
  
• Key sources encompass the broad range of Dialog resources, such as newsletters, newswires, and newspapers, industry publications, intellectual property, legislation and regulations, and conference and consumer publications. In addition, specific databases in each of these areas are mentioned so that the user is familiar with the vast array of information available to them in Dialog databases.
  
  
• Sample Applications provide examples of specific information that users in a subject area (e.g., environment or cosmetics) will be interested in obtaining. The searches include sample topics, as well as notes explaining the techniques used in each search. Searches can serve as models for the users' own topics. All of the examples are conducted using DialogWeb®, Dialog's web-based interface; however, the strategies can be used to search Dialog Classic as well. A sampling of applications for the Environmental Issues Applications Briefing includes:
  

—	complying with legislation and regulations
—	marketing by-products of industrial processes
—	locating experts on an environmental issue
—	keeping abreast of consumer-driven environmental problems

• Exercises are a part of each briefing. They reinforce techniques that users have just learned in the sample applications.

Applications Briefings currently available include the following:

• Environmental Issues
• Cosmetics Industry
• Medical/Health Devices
• Aerospace and Defense
• The Business and Science of Biotechnology
• The Computer Software Industry
• The Business and Science of Food

More briefings are forthcoming. Let us know what subjects are of interest to you. Contact to suggest topics for future applications briefings.

Applications Briefings are taught throughout the U.S. Check the Training web site at http://support.dialog.com/training/ to locate a session near you. Workbooks for each of the sessions can be downloaded at http://support.dialog.com/training/.

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