Support : Publications : Chronolog Archives : March/April 2005

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Search Tips for Dialog DataStarClassic

• The expiration time of ..OFF CONT on Dialog DataStarClassic has been increased to eight hours, which means you can resume a search up to eight hours after entering the command ..OFF CONT.
  
  
• To obtain "Concept Tags" for Drug Information Fulltext (DIFT) in Dialog DataStarClassic, use the Base database:
  
  

  D-S - SEARCH MODE - ENTER SEARCH TERMS
  BASE      1_: base-dift
  BASE      2_: concept adj tags
  BASE      3_: 1 and 2
      RESULT        1
  BASE      4_: ..p hits 1

Note: You can also obtain "Concept Tags" via a drop-down list in Dialog DataStarWeb under Concept Codes.

Lei Rae T. Ramirez
Bern, Switzerland

See story on page 2 for a new database on Dialog DataStar: FDAnews (FDAN).

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