Introduction to Dialog^® for Information Professionals — 2011 Edition

This page and these materials will be available until December 31, 2012.

This information is intended primarily for use by graduate students in library and information science or other research-intensive disciplines. The workbook introduces command language, search strategy, proximity operators and truncation, database construction, and indexing. The supplementary sections provide additional information on search techniques and advanced features of the Dialog system.

Introduction to Dialog for Information Professionals—multiple PDF documents:

• Section 1—Basic Commands
• Section 2—Planning the Search Strategy
• Section 3—Database Construction
• Section 4—DIALINDEX and OneSearch

Supplementary Sections—multiple PDF documents (assemble in order shown):

• Section 5—Restricting a Search
• Section 6—Using Controlled Vocabulary
• Section 7—Advanced Commands
• Section 8—Customizing Dialog

Exercises