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File Description [top]

Gale Group Computer Database^TM, File 275, provides comprehensive information about the computer, electronics, and telecommunications industries. Coverage includes detailed information about the evaluation, purchase, use, and support of computer and other electronic products. Gale Group Computer Database is designed to answer the questions of business and computer professionals about hardware, software, networks, peripherals, and services. Lengthy abstracts are available for most records from 1983 to present. Complete text is fully searchable for many records from 1988 to present. ONTAP Gale Group Computer Database^TM, File 805, is available for ONline Training And Practice; it contains more than 20,000 records from November 1986 through December 1987 from File 275.

Subject Coverage [top]

Gale Group Computer Database covers the following computer-related topics:

• Business and Industry Applications
• Company Names and Information
• Computer Graphics
• Computer Systems and Equipment
• Consumer Information
• Database Management
• Electronics
• Financial Information on Computers
• Hardware Design, Development, Reviews
• Home Computers
• Interfaces
• Microprocessors
• Networks
• New Products
• Operating Systems
• Performance Evaluations
• Programming Languages
• Prototyping
• Secondary Platforms
• Software Design, Development, Reviews
• Telecommunications
• Word Processing

Sources [top]

Gale Group Computer Database indexes and abstracts many of the most widely circulated English-language journals and magazines on computers, telecommunications, and electronics. Full text is available for more than 100 of the publications. All articles except book reviews, notes, editorials, and event announcements are included. Selected publications are indexed cover-to-cover. Very short items are not abstracted, but the full text may be available in Format 7.

Full text is included for such notable titles as Computer Shopper, MacWorld, PC Magazine, PC World, and Wireless News.

Dialog File Data [top]

Related Search Aids [top]

Codes for use with Gale Group Databases, can be viewed at: http://support.dialog.com/searchaids/dialog/galecodes/

Database Content [top]

• Bibliographic Records
• Complete Text Records

Document Types Indexed [top]

• Journal Articles

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]

Contact [top]

Terms and Conditions [top]

TERMS AND CONDITIONS: For Dialog's Redistribution and Archive Policy, enter HELP ERA online. The following terms and conditions also apply. These Databases (the "Databases") are copyrighted by Gale, a part of Cengage Learning. The Gale, a part of Cengage Learning Databases are provided "as is" without warranty of any kind. Neither Gale, a part of Cengage Learning nor any of its data suppliers make any warranty whatsoever as to the accuracy or completeness of any of the Databases or the results to be obtained from using the information contained therein and neither Gale, a part of Cengage Learning nor any of its data suppliers shall be responsible for any claims attributable to errors, omissions or other inaccuracies in the information contained in any Gale, a part of Cengage Learning Databases. The entire risk as to the results and performance of any Gale, a part of Cengage Learning Database is assumed by the user of that Database. Further, neither Gale, a part of Cengage Learning nor any of its data suppliers make any representations or warranties either express or implied, with respect to any of the Databases, including, but not limited to, the quality, performance, merchantability or fitness for a particular purpose of any Gale, a part of Cengage Learning Database or any information contained therein. In no event shall Gale, a part of Cengage Learning or any of its data suppliers be liable for direct, indirect, special, incidental or consequential damages arising out of the use of or inability to use any Gale, a part of Cengage Learning Database or for any loss or damage of any nature caused to any person as a result of the use of the Database. Material contained in any Database may not be sold. Material contained in any Database may not be made available in any manner whatsoever to a third party or duplicated, redistributed or archived except solely for the customer's own internal use and according only to (1) the Terms & Conditions in Dialog's Standard Service Agreement and (2) the terms and conditions contained below. A user may not:

• redistribute, copy or electronically store (archive) all or a majority of records from a single issue of a publication retrieved from the Databases.
• electronically store (archive) in machine-readable form for more than twelve (12) months records or data retrieved from the Databases under the DIALOG archival feature.
• delete or remove from a record or data the copyright credits or the name of the Database from which such record or data was retrieved.
• republish, distribute or make available in any manner whatsoever to third parties who are not part of the user's organization records or data retrieved from the Databases.
• use any records or data to create a derivative work except for a compilation of electronically stored data for internal use only.
• electronically store in machine-readable form for longer than fifteen (15) days records or data retrieved for internal redistribution under the DIALOG redistribution feature (non-archival storage use).
• redistribute, copy or electronically store (REDIST, COPIES or ARCHIVE commands) materials retrieved from the Newsletter Database^TM, or from the following journals: Journal of the American Medical Association Archives of Internal Medicine American Medical News
• redistribute, copy or electronically store (REDIST, COPIES or ARCHIVE commands) more than 500 copies of a record without permission from Dialog and Gale, a part of Cengage Learning.

Notwithstanding the above restrictions, a bona fide information broker may make and provide one copy of search results obtained from the Databases to a single customer outside that information broker's organization provided that such information broker notifies such single customer that the information is copyrighted material which can be used for internal purposes only and cannot be copied, sold or republished. IF THERE IS A CONFLICT BETWEEN THESE TERMS AND CONDITIONS AND &COMP_NAME;'s CUSTOMER SUBSCRIPTION AGREEMENT, INCLUDING ANY ADDITIONAL TERMS ON REDISTRIBUTION AND ARCHIVE USES, THE ABOVE TERMS AND CONDITIONS SHALL GOVERN. ANY OTHER USE OF THE DATABASES WITHOUT EXPRESS WRITTEN PERMISSION IS STRICTLY PROHIBITED.

SAMPLE RECORD [top]

BASIC INDEX [top]

¹ Use /XT for most comprehensive retrieval. Extract field includes both abstract and lead paragraph fields.

² Ceased indexing 1991.

³ Searchable in the Basic Index and in the Additional Indexes.

⁴ Also /DF.

⁵ Also searchable as /NA.

ADDITIONAL INDEXES [top]

⁶ Also searchable as AT=.

⁷ Also searchable as NA=.

⁸ Also searchable as AV=.

⁹ Display includes Journal Name, Volume, Issue, Pagination, and Publication Date.

¹⁰ Not available in File 805.

¹¹ No longer added beginning in 1996.

¹² Special Feature will cease indexing as of 15 March 2002, but backfile data will remain online.

LIMIT [top]

SORT [top]

RANK [top]

USER-DEFINED FORMAT OPTIONS [top]

PREDEFINED FORMAT OPTIONS [top]

DIRECT RECORD ACCESS [top]

Rates [top]

Rates For File: Gale Group Computer Database™[275]
Cost per DialUnit:                 $7.69
Cost per minute:                   $2.17
Report Elements                    $0.00
LOB Reports                        $0.00
SHARE Reports                      $0.00
CROSSTAB Report Records            $0.00
Rank Elements                      $0.00
ALERT (default)                   $24.00
ALERT (Monthly)                *  $37.00
ALERT (Biweekly/twice a month)    $33.00
ALERT (Weekly)                    $24.00
ALERT (Daily)                      $9.50
ALERT (Calendar weekly)        *  $24.00
ALERT (Intraday)               *   $9.50
* = custom scheduled Alerts only
ALERT Number of included prints        0

Format    Types   Prints
     1    $0.00    $0.00
     2    $3.50    $3.50
     3    $3.50    $3.50
     4    $4.50    $4.50
     5    $4.50    $4.50
     6    $0.00    $0.00
     7    $5.50    $5.50
     8    $0.00    $0.00
     9    $5.00    $5.00
KWIC95    $1.25       NA
KWIC96    $1.25       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: ONTAP® Gale Group Computer Database™[805]
Cost per DialUnit:                 $0.00
Cost per minute:                   $0.00
Report Elements                    $0.00
LOB Reports                        $0.00
SHARE Reports                      $0.00
CROSSTAB Report Records            $0.00
Rank Elements                      $0.00

Format    Types   Prints
     1    $0.00    $0.00
     2    $0.00    $0.00
     3    $0.00    $0.00
     4    $0.00    $0.00
     5    $0.00    $0.00
     6    $0.00    $0.00
     7    $0.00    $0.00
     8    $0.00    $0.00
     9    $0.00    $0.00
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