Support : Publications : Chronolog Archives : March/April 2004

New Generation Dialog Profound and Dialog NewsRoom

Enhanced Interface Offers Improved Search Options

Dialog Profound and Dialog NewsRoom have been enhanced to present customers with more features and content via a dramatically simplified Web-based interface. Available now, this new generation Dialog Profound and Dialog NewsRoom provides increased content including an unequaled market research and briefings collection and an expanded news archive, with fulltext for selected titles dating back more than 20 years, as well as enhanced search options. The new interface also uses labeled tabs for easy gateway access to Dialog NewsEdge, Dialog Company Profiles and Dialog Intelliscope.

Powerful Options

Powerful new search options can turn a casual searcher into a super researcher in Dialog Profound and Dialog NewsRoom. Some of the new features are highlighted below.

• SmartTerms™: An expanded and improved taxonomy is applied consistently to both Dialog Profound market research and Dialog NewsRoom stories.
  
  
• Search Within Results: Enter a new search that scans just those documents retrieved in the previous search.
  
  
• SmartTerm Links: Links to related information sources for Industry, Location, Company and Subject appear at the end of each article.

How It Works

Dialog Profound provides new features to make completing your search easier.

1. SmartTerms. Find the exact term for your search using SmartTerms, with three main subject categories—Industry, Subject and Location—plus consistent authority indexing for Company and Publication Names. You can drill down through a hierarchy until you find the appropriate "preferred term" or enter a term in the Look Up box to receive a list of matching or related terms.

View Figure 1: SmartTerms

In the example in Figure 1, using the Industry tab, select "contain" from the drop-down box so that the SmartTerm includes the word "satellite." To display the hierarchy, click the plus (+) sign to see further terms under "Satellite" such as "broadband satellites," "direct broadcast," "broadcast satellites," and "communication satellites & services." To enter the terms in the SmartTerm Builder box, click the button. Then, you can search again by clicking .

2. View Figure 2: Search Within Results

   Search Within Results. A title list displays market research reports and newsletters. Note: You can also narrow the search further by conducting the search within the title list results. See Figure 2. For example, you could enter the term "Mexico" in the Search Text box and click to restrict the search to reports about satellite Internet in Mexico.
   
   

3. View Figure 3: SmartTerm Links

   SmartTerm Links. SmartTerm Links display at the end of each document and include industry, location, company and subject links enabling you to obtain more information about your topic. For example, the company "Air Liquide" appears as a SmartTerm Link. Click the company name and select recent news from Dialog NewsRoom or a company briefing. See Figure 3.
   
   

4. View Figure 4: SmartTerms for Companies

   SmartTerms for Companies. Authority files let you choose a company or publication name without having to guess the exact spelling and there is extensive cross-referencing of the names. For example, enter "Mattel" in the Look Up box to see a list of names for the company as displayed in the Company SmartTerms box in Figure 4. Companies may also be looked up using Ticker Symbol. Note that related company names, such as the Mattel acquisition Bluebird Toys PLC, are also shown. Now, click the button to select the name(s) you want.

Learn More

Only a few of the new features have been highlighted here. For more information on the new Dialog Profound and Dialog NewsRoom, consult the extensive materials in our Support Center or sign up for a free Web-based training session. Consult the current schedule online at www.dialog.com/webtraining for a session in English, Dutch, French, German, Italian or Swedish. Your account representative and the Dialog Knowledge Center are also available to assist you.

What's the Same?

Although much about Dialog Profound and Dialog NewsRoom is new, many of the features you have come to count on are still the same:

• No need for a new User ID and Password; your current login will work.
  
  
• Continued access to the world's largest market research collection (formerly ResearchLine).
  
  
• Continued access to expert summary Market, Company and Country Briefings.
  
  
• 8,000 news publications in Dialog NewsRoom (formerly Dialog Profound NewsLine).
  
  
• The same search syntax you are already familiar with from earlier versions of Dialog Profound and Dialog NewsRoom.
  
  
• Market research table of content or Key Word in Context (formerly Context) displays, in addition to the full report.
  
  
• Option to purchase only relevant market research report sections.
  
  
• Session Summary reports.
  
  
• Saved search results and search terms.
  
  
• Simple Alerts set up.
  
  
• On-screen document price display.
  
  
• Cost-tracking using subaccounts.

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