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Example 3

If the publication is really obscure, you can try scanning all databases using DIALINDEX®.

You are asked to find an article that was written about the children's classic Black Beauty. The article was entitled "A Horse of a Different Color," but no other details for the article are available.

?B 411
     
File 411:DIALINDEX(R)
 
DIALINDEX(R) 
   (c) 2001 The Dialog Corporation plc 
 
?SF ALL
   You have 575 files in your file list. 
   (To see banners, use SHOW FILES command) 

?S HORSE(2W)DIFFERENT(W)COLOR/TI AND BLACK(W)BEAUTY
 
Your SELECT statement is: 
   S HORSE(2W)DIFFERENT(W)COLOR/TI AND BLACK(W)BEAUTY 
 
           Items   File 
           -----   ---- 
               1    16: Gale Group PROMT(R)_1990-2001/Sep 20 
       Examined  50 files 
               8   120: U.S. Copyrights_1978-2001/Sep 
       Examined 100 files 
       Examined 150 files 
       Examined 200 files 
       Examined 250 files 
       Examined 300 files 
               1   439: Arts&Humanities Search(R)_1980-2001/Sep W4 
               2   440: Current Contents Search(R)_1990-2001/Sep W5 
       Examined 350 files 
       Examined 400 files 
       Examined 450 files 
       Examined 500 files 
       Examined 550 files 
    
   4 files have one or more items; file list includes 575 files. 
   One or more terms were invalid in 133 files. 
    
?SAVE TEMP
Temp SearchSave "TD003" stored

?B 16 439 440
  
SYSTEM:OS  - DIALOG OneSearch
  File  16:Gale Group PROMT(R)  1990-2001/Sep 20
         (c) 2001 The Gale Group
  File 439:Arts&Humanities Search(R)  1980-2001/Sep W4
         (c) 2001 Inst for Sci Info
  File 440:Current Contents Search(R)  1990-2001/Sep W5
         (c) 2001 Inst for Sci Info
 
      Set  Items  Description
      ---  -----  -----------
?EXS
Executing TD003 
            9685  HORSE/TI 
          121901  DIFFERENT/TI 
           36574  COLOR/TI 
              32  HORSE/TI(2W)DIFFERENT/TI(W)COLOR/TI 
          240162  BLACK 
           59714  BEAUTY 
             223  BLACK(W)BEAUTY 
      S1       4  HORSE(2W)DIFFERENT(W)COLOR/TI AND BLACK(W)BEAUTY 

?T/3/1-2
 
 1/3/1     (Item 1 from file: 16) 
DIALOG(R)File  16:Gale Group PROMT(R) 
(c) 2001 The Gale Group. All rts. reserv. 
 
02922307    Supplier Number: 43948114  (USE FORMAT 7 FOR FULLTEXT) 
Animal Shipments Are A Horse Of A Different Color 
Jet Cargo News, p10 
July 3, 1993 
Language:  English    Record Type:  Fulltext 
Document Type: Magazine/Journal; Trade 
Word Count:   843 
 
 
 1/3/2     (Item 1 from file: 439) 
DIALOG(R)File 439:Arts&Humanities Search(R) 
(c) 2001 Inst for Sci Info. All rts. reserv. 
 
02042603   GENUINE ARTICLE#: YQ198   NO. REFERENCES: 20 
TITLE: A *horse* of a *different* *color*: *Black* 
  *Beauty* and the pressures of indebtedness 
AUTHOR(S): Dingley R (REPRINT) 
CORPORATE SOURCE: UNIV NEW ENGLAND,/ARMIDALE/NSW 2351/AUSTRALIA/ (REPRINT) 
JOURNAL: VICTORIAN LITERATURE AND CULTURE, 1997, V25, N2, P241-251 
PUBLISHER: CAMBRIDGE UNIV PRESS, 40 WEST 20TH STREET, NEW YORK, NY 
    10011-4211 
ISSN: 0092-4725 
LANGUAGE: English   DOCUMENT TYPE: Article

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