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Employee Benefits Infosource™

Last Loaded on Web: Thursday, May 01, 2008

Last Update To Bluesheet: July 18, 2007

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File Description Dialog File Data Special Features Sample Record Sort
Subject Coverage Database Content DIALINDEX/OneSearch Categories Basic Index Rank
Tips Document Types Indexed Contact Additional Indexes Predefined Format Options
Print Counterparts Geographic Coverage Terms and Conditions Limit Rates


File Description [top]

EMPLOYEE BENEFITS INFOSOURCETM provides a centralized resource for timely, comprehensive information about all facets of employee benefit plans. The database covers current and retrospective English- language literature of interest to the employee benefits industry in the United States and Canada as well as other countries around the world. All records include a bibliographic citation and an abstract. A controlled vocabulary is used for indexing.



Tips [top]

EXPAND JN=

to see what journals are indexed in the file.

USE /TI,DE

for very precise retrieval of relevant documents.

     SELECT ERISA/TI,DE

USE CT=

to search for terms occurring in conference titles



Subject Coverage [top]

  • Benefit Communications
  • Canadian Benefits
  • Compensation
  • Consultants and Other Benefit Plan Service Providers
  • Deferred Compensation
  • Dental Benefits
  • Disability Benefits
  • Employee Assistance Plans
  • Employee Benefits
  • Employee Stock Option Plans
  • Employee Stock Ownership Plans
  • Executive Compensation
  • Flexible Benefit Plans
  • Group Insurance
  • HMOs and PPOs
  • Health Care Cost Management
  • International Benefits
  • Investment of Plan Assets
  • Labor Relations
  • Laws and Legislation
  • Multiemployer Benefit Plans
  • Pension Plans
  • Perquisites
  • Personnel Management
  • Postretirement Benefits
  • Profit-Sharing Plans
  • Public Employee Benefits
  • Retirement Planning
  • Self-Funding
  • Social Security
  • Unemployment
  • Welfare Plans
  • Wellness Plans
  • Workers' Compensation


Print Counterparts [top]

  • None


Dialog File Data [top]

Dates Covered: January 1986 to May 2007
File Size: 102,584 records as of May 2007
Update Frequency: Closed


Database Content [top]

  • Bibliographic Records


Document Types Indexed [top]

  • Reports
  • Books and Monographs
  • Conferences, Symposia, Meetings
  • Journal Articles
  • Newsletters
  • Newspaper Articles
  • Press Releases


Geographic Coverage [top]

  • International


Geographic Restrictions [top]

  • None


Special Features [top]

  • ERA Available
  • Graduate Education Program
  • KWIC and HILIGHT Available
  • DIALOG Alert Available
  • Remove Duplicates (RD, ID) Available
  • CURRENT Feature Available


DialIndex/OneSearch Categories [top]

ACRONYM CATEGORY NAME
GOVT Government
LABOR Labor
LAW Legal Information
MANAGE Management
REGS Regulations


Contact [top]

EMPLOYEE BENEFITS INFOSOURCE is provided by the International Foundation of Employee Benefits. Questions concerning file content should be directed to:

International Foundation of Employee Benefits Plans
P.O. Box 69
18700 W. Bluemound Road
Brookfield, WI 53008-0069

Telephone: 262-786-6700
or
888-334-3327, Option 5
Fax: 262-786-8780


Terms and Conditions [top]

EMPLOYEE BENEFITS INFOSOURCE is copyrighted by the International Foundation of Employee Benefit Plans, copyright 1989 International Foundation of Employee Benefit Plans. All rights reserved. Data may not be reproduced in hard copy of machine-readable form without the written authorization of IFEBP and no copies may be offered for license or sale to another. IFEBP makes no warranties, express or implied, including but not limited to the warranties of merchantability or fitness for a particular purpose.


Dialog Standard Terms & Conditions apply.


SAMPLE RECORD [top]

    DIALOG(R)File 22:Employee Benefits 
    (c) 2003 Int.Fdn.of Empl.Ben.Plans. All rts. reserv. 
    00069060 
  /TI  Cafeteria Plans after Tax Reform:  A Look at the New Rules of the 
    Game. 
  AU=  Lipton, Zelda; Gauvreau, Andrea W.; Canarie, J. David, Jr. 
  JN=, SO=, PY=  Benefits Quarterly, v4 no3  pp 15-23  3rd Qtr 2002 
  SN=  ISBN/ISSN: 8756-1263 
  DT=  DOC TYPE: journal article 
  JC=  JOURNAL CODE: BNFTQ 
  NT=  NOTES: footnotes 
    AVAILABILITY: International Foundation of Employee Benefit Plans 
     
  /AB  ABSTRACT: In clarifying the legal status of flexible benefit plans, 
    the Tax Reform Act of 1986 confirmed them as valid employee benefit 
    plans.  The act revised Internal Revenue Code Sections 125 and 89, 
    the latter imposing new nondiscrimination guidelines and setting up 
    new plan requirements. These requirements demand that the plan must 
    be written, that employee rights guaranteed under the plan must be 
    enforceable, that reasonable notification of benefits be assured, 
    that the plan's establishment is exclusively to benefit the 
    employees, and that it must be intended tofunction indefinitely. 
    Because the nondiscrimination tests are complicated and the 
    penalties for noncompliance harsh, and even though compliance for 
    cafeteria  plans  is  relatively  easy  if they  are already in 
    compliance with ERISA and insurance regulations, plan managers 
    should be meticulous in following the qualification requirements. 
    The new rules will go into effect for plan years beginning on 
    or after the first of January, 1989. 
     
  /ID  IDENTIFIERS: Internal Revenue Code; Internal Revenue Code Section 89 
     
  /DE  DESCRIPTORS: Flexible benefit plans; Reforms; Tax Reform Act of 
    1986; Employee benefit plans; Regulations; IRS; Nondiscrimination 
    rules; Technical corrections; Alternative delivery systems; HMOs; 
    Dependents; Many laws; Compensation; Mathematical models; Life 
    insurance; Group life insurance; Many bills; ERISA 
     


BASIC INDEX [top]

SEARCH
SUFFIX		 DISPLAY
CODE		 FIELD NAME
 INDEXING
 SELECT EXAMPLES
None None All Basic Index Fields Word S TAX(W)REFORM?
/AB AB Abstract Word S FLEXIBLE(W)BENEFIT/AB
/DE DE Descriptor1 Word
& Phrase		 S LIFE(W)INSURANCE/DE
S MATHEMATICAL MODELS/DE
/ID ID Identifier2 Word
& Phrase		 S SECTION(W)89/ID
S INTERNAL REVENUE CODE/ID
/TI TI Title Word S (CAFETERIA AND REFORM)/TI

1 Also /DF.

2 Also /IF.


ADDITIONAL INDEXES [top]

SEARCH
PREFIX		 DISPLAY
CODE		 FIELD NAME
 INDEXING
 SELECT EXAMPLES
None AN DIALOG Accession Number
AU= AU Author Phrase S AU=LIPTON, ZELDA
AV= AV Availability Phrase S AV=INTERNATIONAL FOUNDATION?
CD= CD Conference Date Phrase S CD=DEC. 4-9, 1987
None CF Conference Information3
CL= CL Conference Location Word
& Phrase		 S CL=(SAN(W)FRANCISCO)
S CL=HOLLYWOOD, FL
CS= CS Corporate Source Word
& Phrase		 S CS=(MINING(W)COST(W)SERVICE)
S CS=HEWITT ASSOCIATES
CT= CT Conference Title Word S CT=HEALTH
DT= DT Document Type Phrase S DT=JOURNAL ARTICLE
JC= JC Journal Code Phrase S JC=BNFTQ
JN= JN Journal Name Phrase S JN=BENEFITS QUARTERLY
NT= NT Notes Word S NT=FOOTNOTES
PD= PD Publication Date Phrase S PD=19880321
PU= PU Publisher Word
& Phrase		 S PU=WILEY
S PU=ALLSTATE INSURANCE CO.
PY= PY Publication Year Phrase S PY=1988
SN= SN ISSN/ISBN Number Phrase S SN=8756-1263
S SN=87561263
SO= SO Source Information4 Word S SO=(3RD(W)QTR)
UD= None Update Phrase S UD=8901:9999

3 Conference Information includes Conference Title, Conference Location, and Conference Date.

4 Source field includes Journal Name, Corporate Source, Issue, Pagination, Date, and Publisher.


LIMIT [top]

SUFFIX FIELD NAME EXAMPLES
/YYYY Publication Year S S2/1987


SORT [top]

SORTABLE FIELDS EXAMPLES
AU, CD, CS, CT, DT, JC, JN, PD, PU, PY, TI SORT S13/ALL/CS/AU
PRINT S5/5/1-24/PY,D


RANK [top]

RANK FIELDS EXAMPLES
All phrase- and numeric-indexed fields in the Additional Indexes can be ranked. Other RANK codes include: DE, ID RANK AU S3


USER-DEFINED FORMAT OPTIONS [top]

User-defined formats may be specified using the display codes indicated in the Search Options tables. TYPE S3/AU,PY/1-5


PREDEFINED FORMAT OPTIONS [top]

NO.
 DIALOGWEB
FORMAT		 RECORD CONTENT
1 -- DIALOG Accession Number
2 -- Full Record except Abstract
3 Medium Bibliographic Citation
4 -- Full Record with Tagged Fields
5 -- Full Record
6 Short Title and Publication Date
7 Long Full Record except Indexing
8 Free Title, Publication Date, and Indexing
9 Full Full Record
K -- KWIC (Key Word In Context) displays a window of text; may be used alone or with other formats


DIRECT RECORD ACCESS [top]

FIELD NAME EXAMPLES
DIALOG Accession Number TYPE 00000799/5
DISPLAY 00069699/TI,SO
PRINT 00000795/5


Rates [top]

Rates For File: Employee Benefits Infosource™[22]
Cost per DialUnit:                 $7.18
Cost per minute:                   $1.42
Rank Elements                      $0.00

Format    Types   Prints
     1    $0.00    $0.00
     2    $1.07    $1.07
     3    $1.07    $1.07
     4    $1.07    $1.07
     5    $1.07    $1.07
     6    $0.00    $0.00
     7    $1.07    $1.07
     8    $0.00    $0.00
     9    $1.07    $1.07
KWIC95    $0.05       NA
KWIC96    $0.05       NA

REDIST/COPY Multiplier Table:

      Range      Multiplier
        1-2       1.00
       3-25       1.50
     26-100       3.00
    101-200       4.00
    201-500       6.00
   501-1000       8.00
 1001 or more    10.00

ARCHIVE Multiplier Table:

      Range      Multiplier
       1-25       1.50
     26-200       3.00
    201-500       6.00
   501-1000       8.00
 1001 or more    10.00
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