Support : Publications : Chronolog Archives : July/August 2003

News on the Blues

For Dialog searchers, the Bluesheets have been an essential tool for decades. Each Bluesheet provides detailed information about the content and structure of a database, as well as a sample record. Since the Chronolog revision in 2002, we have been evaluating how best to distribute Bluesheets to our Dialog customers. The following improvements have been made based on your feedback:

• Bluesheets on the Dialog Web site, available in both HTML and PDF formats, now include the revision date in the alphabetical (library.dialog.com/bluesheets/html/blf.html) and numerical (library.dialog.com/bluesheets/html/bln.html) database lists. This enhancement makes it easier to identify the Bluesheets you may need to replace. Click the Bluesheet name to hyperlink to the HTML version. Access the PDF version by clicking the PDF version link found on each individual Bluesheet.
  
  

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• All Bluesheets revised in 2003 also appear in a separate list on the Web site. Revisions most often occur for minor changes (e.g., change to provider contact name or editorial changes to text). Bluesheets for new databases or for databases with major changes are flagged on this page for easier identification in the online list.
  
  
  
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• Printed Bluesheets will now be mailed twice per year. A mailing of Bluesheets, covering all databases with major changes since the last mailing, was sent in early June. The next mailing will occur in late 2003.
  
  
• Online Bluesheets – PDF, HTML and File 415 text – are updated as changes occur and are the most up-to-date and accurate versions. Searchable versions of the Bluesheets are online in Dialog File 415.
  
  

Did You Know...

You can use the Bluesheets Database (File 415) and the other Finder Files – Company Name Finder (File 416), Journal Name Finder (File 414) and Product Code Finder (File 413) – at no charge.

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