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Focus on: German and European Market Statistics: FAKT on DataStar

Business users of online information are constantly on the look out for statistical information to support anecdotal evidence. There are a number of sources for this type of information including TableBase™ (File 93/BTBL) and the wide collection of market research files available through Dialog services.

A less well-known file that may have slipped your notice is the German and European Market Statistics (FAKT) on DataStar.

Here are the titles of some documents that have appeared recently in FAKT:

• Europe: Top 10 Logistics and Forwarding Companies 2000
• Europe: Top 10 Energy Supply Companies 2000
• International: Management Consulting Services 1998-2003
• International: Air Pollution Caused by Carbon Dioxide 1997, 2020
• Germany: Market for Pastry Goods in Bavaria 2001
• Germany: Market for Alcoholic Beverages 2000-2001
• International: Top Seven Aircraft Engine Manufacturers 2000

This file presents data in German but, as an aid to retrieval, also has titles and descriptive keywords in English. Using these can produce highly-targeted search results and give you access to data that you may miss in your favorite online files.

You can search in English or German:

FAKT     1_: ..ROOT MOBILE.DE.	

        ROOT MOBILE$.DE. <—..ROOT shows variations in the file
R1      501 DOCS          MOBILE
R2       98 DOCS          MOBILE-COMMUNICATION
R3        1 DOC           MOBILE-COMMUNICATIONS
R4       99 DOCS          MOBILE-KOMMUNIKATION
R5       90 DOCS          MOBILE-RADIO-TELEPHONE-NETWORK
R6      311 DOCS          MOBILE-RADIO-TELEPHONE-SERVICE
R7      269 DOCS          MOBILE-TELEPHONE
END OF ROOT

D-S - SEARCH MODE - ENTER SEARCH TERMS
FAKT     2_: R7
    RESULT      269 <—Select the most appropriate entries

FAKT     3_: EUROPE.CN. OR INTERNATIONAL.CN.
    RESULT     6379

FAKT     4_: 2 AND 3
    RESULT       93 <—Combine geographic and subject terms

FAKT     5_: ..L 4 YEAR GT 2000
    RESULT       12 <—Restrict to recent data only

D-S - SEARCH MODE - ENTER SEARCH TERMS
FAKT     6_: ..P TI 1-3

       1  FAKT
TI Lateinamerika, Afrika, Mittlerer Osten: Verbreitung 
   von Mobilen Telefonen 2000.
   Latin America, Africa, Middle East: Distribution of 
   Mobile Phones 2000.

       2  FAKT
TI International: Verbreitung von mobilen Telefonen 2000.
   International: Distribution of Mobile Phones 2000.

       3  FAKT
TI Asien: Verbreitung von mobilen Telefonen 2000.
   Asia: Distribution of Mobile Phones 2000.

Next time you're looking for international statistical data, consider FAKT on DataStar.

For more information on content and pricing of FAKT and how best to search it, consult the online datasheet (http://library.dialog.com/datasheets/) or BASE and search as BASE-FAKT.

—Martin Oliver, Bern, Switzerland

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