IS 530 Fall 2005 Introduction to Dialog and Database Searching IS 530 Lab Workbook Chapter1 Instruction to Dialog and Database Searching Chapter 2 Getting Started Searching Chapter 3 Viewing Your Results Chapter 4 Logical Operators Chapter 5 Free Text Searching Chapter 6 Controlled Vocabulary Searching Chapter 7 Refining Searches by Restricting Output Chapter 8 Multifile Searching Part 1 Selecting Databases Chapter 9 Multifile Searching Part 2 Searching Chapter 10 Search Strategy and Improving Bibliographic Searches Chapter 11 Ready Reference and Non Bibliographic Searching Chapter 12 Full Text Searching Chapter 13 Review and Cost Effective Searching Chapter 14 Dialog Menus and Dialog Web You are the End User Chapter 15 You as an Intermediary Chapter 16 Target on Dialog Statistical Search Engine and Relevance Ranking 1 IS 530 Fall 2005 Chapter 1 Introduction to Dialog and Database Searching Objective To introduce the concepts of online systems and databases and to become familiar with the required hardware software and documentation Further Information Necessary Hardware and Software The Dialog online system can be reached by any computer connected to a network that is connected to the Internet or equipped with a modem for dial up connection Either a PC with Windows or a Mac will work The computers in the UT labs are all connected to a campuswide network and the Internet If you can reach the Internet at home or from your office you should be able to reach Dialog without any special hardware or software In this class we will use World Wide Web access to Dialog To access the information professional version of Dialog on the Web go to http www dialogclassic com An Internet browser such as Microsoft Internet Explorer or Netscape Communicator and a word processor are the minimum requirements for the 530 lab exercises Documentation Dialog produces a variety of excellent manuals directories and other documentation Almost all of their documentation can be accessed at their main website http www dialog com If you are a Knoxville student you also will want to look at the collection of printed materials in the SIS Communications 420 Suite The Dialog materials are essential to effective searching on the Dialog system Particularly important are the Dialog Bluesheets The Bluesheets can be reached online at http library dialog com bluesheets The online versions are more up to date 2 IS 530 Fall 2005 Search Procedure for Lab Exercise 1 1 Go to the Dialog main web page http www dialog com Record the paths you take to get to the following information a find information about the company that owns Dialog b read about the DataStar online system c find the Database Catalogue or Subject Collections section and explore its content d find the Bluesheet for the ERIC database and spend a few minutes exploring it Answer These Questions to Turn in Label Each Question you Answer 1 Who owns Dialog and where are their offices 2 What is DataStar 3 What Web paths did you take to find the information for 1 and 2 4 What information is in the Database Catalogue or Subject Collections 5 What information is included in the Subject Collections and how are these Collections organized 6 What information is on a Bluesheet 3 IS 530 Fall 2005 Chapter 2 Getting Started Searching Objective To describe logon procedures and to introduce the basic steps of searching Further Information The basic Dialog commands needed in this lab exercise include Begin or B is used to choose a database in which to search Follow the B command with the file database number you which to search For example B 1 will put you into the ERIC database which is file 1 In DialogClassic mode you must look up file numbers in order to begin searching Select Steps or SS and Select or S are used to select terms to be searched within the database you chose For example SS headaches will search for that term within the database you are searching and tell you how many documents in the database contain that term S headaches will do the same thing Display Sets or DS will show you all the work you have done so far in the database LOGOFF or LOGOUT will log you off from the Dialog system Search Procedure for Lab Exercise 2 1 Log on to Dialog via dialogclassic com 2 Begin in file 1 the ERIC database Begin 1 3 After receiving the banner label for the database the Dialog system will respond with the Dialog system prompt which is a question mark Enter the following searches a SS publicity enter b SS marketing enter c SS advertising enter d S S1 or S2 or S3 enter e SS publicity or marketing or advertising enter f Display sets or ds enter 4 IS 530 Fall 2005 Exercise 2 continued 4 logoff hold 5 Log on again to the Dialog system the same way you did before using your same password 6 You should get a reconnect message Enter display sets to see if your search was retained 7 Begin in file 6 the NTIS database b 6 After receiving the banner label for the database and the system responds with its prompt enter a display sets enter no sets should be retained b ss earthquakes enter c ss s1 or seismic enter 8 Begin in file 10 the Agricola database of the National Agriculture Library b 10 After receiving the banner label for the database and the system responds with its prompt enter a Select any one word term to do with agriculture enter For example S drought b OR a second term to the set created above enter For example SS s1 or rain Answer These Questions to Turn in Label Each Part You Answer 1 Add together the results number of hits for each of the three terms you entered separately in the ERIC database question 3 a d above The total is probably greater than the result you obtained when you Ored them together question 3 e above Why are there fewer when you OR them than when you total them by adding 2 In the same searches are the results of the search statement in which you Ored the set numbers for the first three terms the same as when you actually typed in all three terms in one search statement Why 3 Look at the three times you entered the display sets command Did you get different results Why 5 IS 530 Fall 2005 Chapter 3 Viewing Your Results Objective To introduce the various Dialog output commands and to understand the structure of bibliographic records Further Information The new Dialog commands introduced in this exercise include Type or t used to continuously output the records in a selected and specified set The formatting of the type command includes the set number output