Fort Worth Star-Telegram [427]

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Fort Worth Star-Telegram

Last Loaded on Web: Tuesday, July 01, 2008

Last Update To Bluesheet: September 1, 2005

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File Description	Database Content	DIALINDEX/OneSearch Categories	Basic Index	Rank
Subject Coverage	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]

The Fort Worth Star Telegram covers important industries in the state of Texas and beyond. News articles encompass oil, technology, retail, and aeronautics. Union Pacific and Texas Utilities are headquartered in the region, along with divisions of Lockheed Martin, General Motors, and Ford. Bureaus in Washington, D.C., and Austin, Texas, enhance national and state coverage. Nationally known columnist Molly Ivins appears on the editorial page, and award-winning columnist Bob-Ray Sanders was recently named Associate Editor. File coverage begins with December, 1993.

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Subject Coverage [top]

Arts & Entertainment
Business
Columns
Editorials
Features
Full Text News Stories
Leisure
Letters to the Editor
Sports
Wire Stories

Dialog File Data [top]

Dates Covered:	December 1993 to February 2004
File Size:	412,720 as of February 2004
Update Frequency:	Closed

Database Content [top]

Complete Text Records

Document Types Indexed [top]

Newspaper Articles

Geographic Coverage [top]

US Only

Geographic Restrictions [top]

None

Special Features [top]

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

DialIndex/OneSearch Categories [top]

ACRONYM	CATEGORY NAME
PAPERSCE	U.S. Central Region Newspapers
PAPERSNU	New Papers added since March 1997
PAPERSTX	Texas Newspapers

Contact [top]

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Terms and Conditions [top]

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Articles copyrighted by the individual newspapers. No part of any database may be reproduced or transmitted in any form without written permission from the individual newspaper. Customers should familiarize themselves with the terms and conditions relating to the use of each database (see DIALOG Information Provider Terms & Conditions).

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SAMPLE RECORD [top]

	`DIALOG(R)File 427:Fort Worth Star-Telegram`
	`(c) 1998 Fort Worth Papers. All rts. reserv.`

	`530054 (THIS IS THE FULLTEXT)`
/TI	`Shaping Arlington; NEW FESTIVAL MARKETPLACE MALL TO OPEN`
AU=	`STEVE MCLINDEN; Credits, Star-Telegram Writer`
JN=,ED=,PG=	`Fort Worth Star-Telegram, ARLINGTON AM ED, P 1`
DY=,MO=,PD=,PY=	`Thursday, May 21, 1998`
DT=,JC=,LA=	`DOCUMENT TYPE: NEWSPAPER JOURNAL CODE: FW LANGUAGE: ENGLISH`
RT=,/SH,SH=	`RECORD TYPE: FULLTEXT SECTION HEADING: BUSINESS`
	`Word Count: 413`

	`TEXT:`
/LP,/TX	`Let the festival begin.`

	`D-Day is finally here for Festival Marketplace Mall, the new`
	`incarnation of the old Forum 303 Mall on Texas 360 in Arlington,`
	`debuting today at 10 a.m. after months of retooling and a $4 million`
	`face lift.`

/TX	`The concept features several city blocks of "new-merchandise-only"`
	`booths with below-outlet prices.`

	`Yesterday, workers were still bustling to put the finishing`
	`touches on the place, as dozens of merchants feverishly assembled`
	`shop fixtures and priced merchandise. Some of the elements, such as`
	`flooring improvements and a 300-seat food court, had a ways to go.`

	`But the "booths," which are more like mini retail shops, were ready`
	`to rock and roll.`

	`As of Wednesday, 372 out of 469 spaces were leased, not counting`
	`several new permanent sites such as Amazon Pets and Red Radish Soups.`

	`Shoppers will traverse "streets" with such festive names such as`
	`Mardi Gras, Acapulco and Celebration, shopping in an eclectic mix of`
	`booths ranging from the amusing to the amazing.`

	The Pickle Cottage, El Nino Hand Made Gifts, Future World, Dor `El
	`Lingerie Co., The Blasted Glass, Bag Corner, Flickering Flames,`
	`Heels-N-Toes and Taylors Womens Size 2-26 are a few.`

	`(. . .)`

	`Copyright (c) 1998, Fort Worth Star-Telegram.`

/CO,CO=	`COMPANY NAMES (Dialog Generated): AMC Theatres ; Blasted Glass ; Foot`
	`Locker ; GNC ; Holly 's Place Sports Apparel ; Lingerie Co ; Piccadily`
	`Cafeteria ; Sands Cafe ; Treasure Island Sunglass Shop`

BASIC INDEX [top]

SEARCH SUFFIX	DISPLAY CODE	FIELD NAME	INDEXING	SELECT EXAMPLES

None	None	All Basic Index Fields	Word	S FACE(W)LIFT
/CO	CO	Company Name (Dialog Generated)^1,2	Word	S AMC(W)THEATRES/CO
/CP	CP	Caption³	Word	S PHOTOS/CP
/DE	DE	Descriptor¹	Word & Phrase	S MICROSOFT(1N)CORP?/DE S MICROSOFT CORP?/DE
/LP	LP	Lead Paragraph³	Word	S MARKETPLACE(W)MALL/LP
/ME	ME	Memo³	Word	S WIRETAP/ ME
/SH	SH	Section Heading²	Word	S BUSINESS/SH
/TI	TI	Headline	Word	S NEW(S)MALL/TI
/TX	TX	Text	Word	S FOOD(W)COURT/TX

¹Not available in all PAPERS files.

²Searchable in the Basic Index and in the Additional Indexes.

³Also searchable using /TX.

ADDITIONAL INDEXES [top]

SEARCH PREFIX	DISPLAY CODE	FIELD NAME	INDEXING	SELECT EXAMPLES
None	AN	DIALOG Accession Number
AU=	AU	Byline	Word	S AU=(STEVE(1N)MCLINDEN)
CO=	CO	Company Name (Dialog Generated)^1,2	Phrase	S CO=FOOT LOCKER?
DL=	DL	Dateline	Phrase	S DL=WASHINGTON
DY=	DY	Publication Day¹	Phrase	S DY=THURSDAY
ED=	ED	Edition	Phrase	S ED=ARLINGTON?
JC=	JC	Newspaper Code⁴	Phrase	S JC=FW
JN=	JN	Newspaper Name	Phrase	S JN=FORT WORTH STAR?
MO=	MO	Publication Month¹	Phrase	S MO=MAY
PD=	PD	Publication Date	Phrase	S PD=19980521
PG=	PG	Page Number	Phrase	S PG=1
PY=	PY	Publication Year	Phrase	S PY=1998
RG=	RG	U.S. Region⁵	Phrase	S RG=WEST
SF=	SF	Special Feature^1,6	Phrase	S SF=PHOTO
SH=	SH	Section Heading²	Phrase	S SH=BUSINESS
None	SO	Source Information⁷
ST=	ST	Newspaper State	Phrase	S ST=TX
UD=	None	Update	Phrase	S UD=9999
None	WD	Word Count

⁴Newspaper code is also shown following the newspaper name in the Source Information field.

⁵Regions are: NORTHEAST, SOUTHEAST, CENTRAL, and WEST. Region does not display in predefined formats.

⁶Special Feature may indicate the presence of PHOTO, GRAPH, DRAWING, CHART, TABLE, DIAGRAM, and/or MAP in the original article, not necessarily online.

⁷Includes Newspaper Name, Publication Date, Edition, Section Heading, and Page Number.

LIMIT [top]

SUFFIX	FIELD NAME	EXAMPLES
/LONG	Word Count of 1,000 words or more	S S8/LONG
/SHORT	Word Count of less than 1,000 words	S S9/SHORT
/YYYY	Publication Year	S S2/2002

SORT [top]

SORTABLE FIELDS	EXAMPLES
JN, PD, TI	SORT S13/ALL/TI 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 PY S3

USER-DEFINED FORMAT OPTIONS [top]


User-defined formats can 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 Count¹
5	--	Bibliographic Citation, Indexing, Lead Paragraph, and Word Count
6	Short	Title, Publication Date, and Word Count
7	Long	Bibliographic Citation and Text
8	Free	Title, Indexing, and Word Count
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 05805028/5 FROM 630 PRINT 00301964/9 FROM 634

Rates [top]

Rates For File: Fort Worth Star-Telegram[427]
Cost per DialUnit:                 $1.04
Cost per minute:                   $0.63
Rank Elements                      $0.00

Format    Types   Prints
     1    $0.00    $0.00
     2    $1.40    $1.40
     3    $1.40    $1.40
     4    $1.78    $1.78
     5    $1.78    $1.78
     6    $0.00    $0.00
     7    $2.97    $2.97
     8    $0.00    $0.00
     9    $3.20    $3.20
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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