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Dialog ERA™ (Electronic Redistribution and Archiving) Options

The Dialog ERA (Electronic Redistribution and Archiving) service enables you to electronically store and distribute Dialog search results to coworkers in your organization. Databases participating in ERA are listed in HELP ERAFILES; databases not participating are listed in HELP NOERA.

The following ERA options can be used with your PRINT command:

COPIES n (abbreviated COP n). Use with the PRINT command for paper copies of your search results. COPIES n provides from Dialog one print copy plus n number of copies requested (Dialog prints and mails the additional copies). You can request up to 100 copies using this option; if more copies are requested, you will receive an error message. You can send copies of your search results to another person in your organization by using an alternate address (see EDIT ADDRESS).

• To PRINT all items in set S2 in Format 9, providing 10 additional copies for redistribution within your organization:

?print s2/9/all copies 10

REDIST n (abbreviated RED n). Provides from Dialog one original copy of your search results, and grants you the right to make n number of copies of the results to use within your organization. Note that COPIES and REDIST provide the same redistribution rights; COPIES supplies you with the copies from Dialog, and REDIST gives you the right to make copies at your site.

• To PRINT 10 items in Format 9 from set S5, receiving the right to distribute 100 copies within your organization:

?print s5/9/1-10 redist 100

ARCHIVE n (abbreviated ARC n). Provides one original copy of your search results, and grants you the right to electronically store the results on an in-house system and have n number of people in your organization access the information. ARCHIVE n covers only the number of people accessing the internal system’s single machine/server on which the data resides.

• To PRINT 10 items in Format 9 from set S7, archiving items in an internal database for access by 50 members of your organization:

?print s7/9/1-10 archive 50 addr absmith

You can use the REDIST n and ARCHIVE n options in combination with each other; they can be entered in any order. REDIST used in combination with ARCHIVE grants you the right to make copies from records stored electronically. Separate charges will result from the use of both options.

• To PRINT all items in Format 9 from set S8, archiving items in an internal database accessed by 30 members of your organization as well as receiving the right to distribute 50 copies of these results within your work group:

?print s8/9/all archive 30 redist 50 addr absmith

(ERA Option using OneSearch) 

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