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AP News

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Last Update To Bluesheet: February 3, 2010

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


File Description [top]

AP (Associated Press) News provides the full text of Associated Press coverage of national and international news, including business, sports and financial information. AP News is available 24 hours after the data are transmitted on its high-speed DataStream service. All words within the text are searchable, thus providing access to any subject that has been in the news.

AP News is contained in two databases: Files 258 and 858. File 258 contains current data beginning in January 2000. File 858 contains archive data spanning from July 1984 through December 1999. OneSearch category APNEWS may be used to begin both files simultaneously; i.e., BEGIN APNEWS.



Tips [top]

USE FILE 258

to search the most recent national and international news.

BEGIN APNEWS

to search Files 258 and 858 simultaneously in OneSearch

USE ADDITIONAL INDEXES in File 258

to target searches by Company Name (/CO, CO=), Geographic Name (/GN, GN=), Event Names (/DE, EN=), or Industry Names (/PN, PN=).



Subject Coverage [top]



Sources [top]

AP News is compiled by more than more than 4,000 Associated Press employees working in 243 bureaus in 97 countries. Approximately 3,000 of AP's worldwide staff are journalists. As a U.S. news cooperative, the AP has access to the news compiled by its 1,500 U.S. daily newspaper members



Dialog File Data [top]

Dates Covered: January 2000 to the present (File 258)
July 1984 to December 1999. (File 858)
File Size: 33,342,194 records as of November 2009 (File 258)
3,881,594 records (File 858)
Update Frequency: Multiple times per day (File 258)
Closed (File 858)


Database Content [top]

  • Complete Text Records


Document Types Indexed [top]

  • Wire Services


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
APNEWS AP NEWS Files
ASIANEWS Asia/Pacific News
CANADANE Canadian News
EURBUSNE European Regional Business News
EUROPENE European News Sources
GENERALN General News Files
INTLNEWS Global News English-Language Sources
JAPANNEW Japanese Business News
LATINNEW Latin American News
MIDEASTN Middle Eastern/African News
NEWSDAIL News, Current - Daily Updates
NEWSWIRE Newswires
PUBAFF Public Affairs
REGIONAL United States Regional Business


Contact [top]

AP News is produced by the Associated Press. Questions concerning content of the AP News file should be directed to:

The Associated Press
Barbara Shapiero
50 Rockefeller Plaza
New York, NY 10020

Telephone: 212-621-1580


Terms and Conditions [top]

Database copyrighted by the Associated Press. No part of the AP NEWS database may be published, reprinted, or otherwise redistributed without written authorization from the Associated Press.


Dialog Standard Terms & Conditions apply.


SAMPLE RECORD [top]

    DIALOG(R)File 258:AP News 
    (c) 2009 Associated Press. All rts. reserv. 
     
  AA=  0032505227 I1E1D4810AF5511DE9DA1B6D70A6D8520 (THIS IS THE FULLTEXT) 
  /TI  Britain's RBS appoints 2 directors 
  JN=  Associated Press 
  DY=,MO=,PD=,PY=  Friday, October 2, 2009  T13:05:52Z 
  JC=,LA=,RT=  JOURNAL CODE: AP  LANGUAGE: ENGLISH RECORD TYPE: FULLTEXT 
  DT=  DOCUMENT TYPE:  NEWSWIRE 
    WORD COUNT: 127 
     
    TEXT: 
  /LP,/TX,DL=  LONDON - Britain's Royal Bank of Scotland completed its overhaul 
    of its boardroom Friday by appointing two non-executive directors. 
     
    The bank said it had appointed Philip Scott, current finance 
    director at insurer Aviva and former Coca-Cola executive Penny 
    Hughes to the board. 
     
    The bank is Britain's biggest government-controlled bank following 
    an industry bailout last year. 
  /TX   
    Last year it posted a 24.1 billion ($38.1 billion) pound loss 
     - the biggest annual loss in British corporate history - after 
    embarking on an aggressive acquisition spree including the takeover 
    of ABN Amro. Since last October's government bailout, 13 members 
                (...) 
     Copyright (c) 2009 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. This 
    material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed. 
     
  /CO,CO=  COMPANY NAMES:  COCA COLA BEVERAGES SRI LANKA LTD; ABN AMRO 
      HOLDING NV; COCA COLA ICECEK AS; COCA COLA ENTERPRISES INC 
  /GN,GN=  GEOGRAPHIC NAMES:  UNITED KINGDOM; EUROPE; WESTERN EUROPE 
  /PN,PN=  INDUSTRY NAMES:  FINANCIAL SERVICES; BANKING 
  /EN,EN=  EVENT NAMES:  PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT; MANAGEMENT PROCEDURES 
     
     
    SAMPLE RECORD FROM FILE 858 
    DIALOG(R)File 858:AP News Jul 
    (c) 1999 Associated Press. All rts. reserv. 
     
    02015382 
  /TI  Bush Watches War Games, Says World Dangers Justify Military Plan 
  AU=  BY: TOM RAUM 
  DL=,PR=  DATELINE: FORT IRWIN, Calif.  PRIORITY: URGENT  WORD COUNT: 1007 
  PD=,PY=  DATE: February 7, 1990  00:17EST 
     
  /LP,/TX  President Bush told U.S. troops taking part in war games 
    Tuesday that political proposals by Soviet President Mikhail 
    S. Gorbachev are encouraging but that America must not let 
    changes in Eastern Europe "lull us into a sense of complacency." 
     
    The president, getting a first-hand look at U.S. forces in action, 
    declared: "Military challenges to democracy persist in every 
    hemisphere and America must always be prepared to fight for 
    freedom and security." 
     
  /TX  Critics, especially congressional Democrats, contend that Bush's 
    military budget ignores the dismantling of the Communist empire. 
            (. . .) 
  /SH,SH=  SECTION HEADING: Domestic News; 
    Copyright 1990 By The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. 
     


BASIC INDEX [top]

SEARCH
SUFFIX		 DISPLAY
CODE		 FIELD NAME
 INDEXING
 SELECT EXAMPLES
None None All Basic Index Fields Word S INDUSTRY(W)BAILOUT
/CO CO Company Name1,2,3 Word S COCA(W)COLA/CO
/DE DE Descriptor2,3 Word
& Phrase		 S MANAGEMENT/DE
S "MERGERS AND ACQUISITIONS"/DE
/GN GN Geographic Name1,2,3 Word S UNITED(W)KINGDOM/GN
/LP LP Lead Paragraph Word S PENNY(W)HUGHES/LP
/PN PN Industry Name1,2,3 Word S FINANCIAL(W)SERVICES/PN
/SH SH Section Heading1,4 Word S DOMESTIC/SH
/TI TI Title Word S (RBS AND DIRECTORS)/TI
/TX TX Text Word S GOVERNMENT(W)BAILOUT/TX

1 Searchable in the Basic Index and in the Additional Indexes.

2 Contains INFOSORT terms (see HELP INFOSORT).

3 Available only in File 258.

4 Available only in File 858.


ADDITIONAL INDEXES [top]

SEARCH
PREFIX		 DISPLAY
CODE		 FIELD NAME
 INDEXING
 SELECT EXAMPLES
AA= AA DIALOG Accession Number Phrase S AA=I1E1D4810AF5511DE9DA1B6D70A6D8520
AU= AU Author4 Word S AU=(TOM(N)RAUM)
CO= CO Company Name1,2,3 Phrase S CO=COCA COLA?
DL= DL Dateline Word S DL=MEXICO CITY
DT= DT Document Type3 Phrase S DT=NEWSWIRE
DY= DY Publication Day3 Phrase S DY=FRIDAY
EN= EN Event Name2,3 Phrase S EN=MANAGEMENT PROC?
GN= GN Geographic Name1,2,3 Phrase S GN=WESTERN EUR?
JC= JC Journal Code3 Phrase S JC=AP
JN= JN Journal Name Phrase S JN=ASSOCIATED PRESS
LA= LA Language3 Phrase S LA=ENGLISH
MO= MO Publication Month3 Phrase S MO=OCTOBER
PD= PD Publication Date Phrase S PD=20091002
PN= PN Industry Name1,2,3 Phrase S PN=FINANC?
PR= PR Priority4 Phrase S PR=URGENT
PY= PY Publication Year Phrase S PY=2009
RT= RT Record Type3 Phrase S RT=FULLTEXT
SH= SH Section Heading1,4 Phrase S SH=DOMESTIC NEWS
None TM Time
UD= None Update Phrase S UD=9999
None WD Word Count


LIMIT [top]

SUFFIX FIELD NAME EXAMPLES
/FULLTEXT Fulltext Record3 S S1/FULLTEXT
/LONG Word Count of 1,000 words or more S S1/LONG
/SHORT Word Count of less than 1,000 words S S1/SHORT
/YYYY Publication Year S S1/2009


SORT [top]

SORTABLE FIELDS EXAMPLES
AA, AU, JN, PD, PY, TI SORT S13/ALL/PD
PRINT S5/5/1-24/TI


RANK [top]

RANK FIELDS EXAMPLES
All phrase- and numeric-indexed fields in the Additional Indexes can be ranked. RANK DE S3


USER-DEFINED FORMAT OPTIONS [top]

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


PREDEFINED FORMAT OPTIONS [top]

NO.
 DIALOGWEB
FORMAT		 RECORD CONTENT
1 -- DIALOG Accession Number
2 -- Full Record except Text
3 Medium Bibliographic Citation and Word Count
4 -- Bibliographic Citation, Lead Paragraph, and Word Count
5 -- Bibliographic Citation, Indexing, Lead Paragraph, and Word Count
6 Free Title, Publication Date, and Word Count
7 Long Full Record except Indexing
8 Short Title, Publication Date, Word Count, 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 00001346/5
DISPLAY 00009109/TI,LP
PRINT 00007803/5


Rates [top]

Rates For File: AP News (January 2000 to present)[258]
Cost per DialUnit:                 $1.38
Cost per minute:                   $0.97
Rank Elements                      $0.00
ALERT (default)                    $4.75
ALERT (Monthly)                *  $28.00
ALERT (Biweekly/twice a month) *  $20.00
ALERT (Weekly)                    $16.00
ALERT (Daily)                      $4.75
ALERT (Calendar weekly)        *  $16.00
ALERT (Intraday)                   $4.75
* = custom scheduled Alerts only
ALERT Number of included prints        0

Format    Types   Prints
     1    $0.00    $0.00
     2    $2.00    $2.00
     3    $2.00    $2.00
     4    $2.75    $2.75
     5    $2.75    $2.75
     6    $0.00    $0.00
     7    $4.50    $4.50
     8    $0.00    $0.00
     9    $5.50    $5.50
KWIC95    $0.00       NA
KWIC96    $0.00       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

Rates For File: AP News (July 1984 through December 1999)[858]
Cost per DialUnit:                 $3.06
Cost per minute:                   $0.88

Format    Types   Prints
     1    $0.00    $0.00
     2    $2.00    $2.00
     3    $2.00    $2.00
     5    $2.50    $2.50
     6    $0.00    $0.00
     7    $4.00    $4.00
     8    $0.00    $0.00
     9    $4.00    $4.00
KWIC95    $0.00       NA
KWIC96    $0.00       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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