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REPEAT

The REPEAT command is designed to be used with the ADD command to increase your flexibility in searching across files. To use the REPEAT command, BEGIN in one or more databases that contain similar fields and search terms. At any point in your search, you can ADD one or more files, up to the maximum number of files allowed in a OneSearch. The new files are brought into your search without erasing the search results and strategy you’ve created in your original files. You can then simply REPEAT the search in the new files, which will regenerate your previous sets so that they include the results from the new files.

In the following example, a search is begun in PsycINFO^®: Psychological Abstracts, File 11. The ADD command is used to BEGIN in Social SciSearch®, File 7, and the REPEAT command is entered to include the results from the new file in the previously created sets. RD, the REMOVE DUPLICATES command, is then issued to eliminate duplicate records from the final set.

• To REPEAT a search in an ADDed file:

File  11:PsycINFO(R) 1887-2008/Mar W2 
       (c) 2008 Amer. Psychological Assn.

      Set  Items  Description
      ---  -----  -----------

?select (family(W)therapy and divorce)/2006:2008
          270717  FAMILY  (1967)
          298518  THERAPY  (1973)
           31594  FAMILY(W)THERAPY
           16876  DIVORCE  (1973)
          229584  PY=2006 : PY=2008
      S1     610  (FAMILY(W)THERAPY AND DIVORCE)/2006:2008

?add 7
SYSTEM:OS  - DIALOG OneSearch
You have   2 files in your file list.
(To see file names, coverage dates, and copyright notices, 
enter SHOW FILES.)

      Set  Items  Description
      ---  -----  -----------

Added File(s): 7
Previous sets have been retained; enter DISPLAY SETS to 
view them.

?repeat
          379117  FAMILY
          370540  THERAPY
           36631  FAMILY(W)THERAPY
           23503  DIVORCE
          583830  PY=2006 : PY=2008
      S1     616  (FAMILY(W)THERAPY AND DIVORCE)/2006:2008

?rd
Processing
      S2     608  RD  (unique items)

Note: If you are using the CURRENT (see BEGIN <…> CURRENT) feature and want to include the entire database or databases in your search, use REPEAT after the CURRENT CANCEL command to automatically rerun the search without having to retype your commands.

Example:

B 634 CURRENT
S DISCOVERY(W)MUSEUM
CURRENT CANCEL
REPEAT

Usage Notes

DialogClassic Web: The CURRENT CANCEL qualifier is not available.

DialogLink 5: The CURRENT qualifier and CURRENT CANCEL command are not available.

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