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MediConf: Medical Conferences and Events

Last Loaded on Web: Tuesday, September 02, 2008

Last Update To Bluesheet: February 2, 2006

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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]

MediConf: Medical Conferences and Events offers comprehensive listings of conferences and exhibitions in the fields of medicine, biotechnology, and pharmacology. All medical specialties, ranging from allergy to zoonosis are included, and the geographical coverage of the database is worldwide.


Approximately 10,000 announcements of future meetings are available in File 431, past meetings going back to November 1993 are also included. The input is obtained by direct contact with over 3,000 conference organizers.



Tips [top]

USE FILE 431

for future medical conferences

FIND CONFERENCES BY MEDICAL SPECIALTY

     S OPHTHALMOLOGY/SH

FIND CONFERENCES BY SUBJECT

     S REFRACTIVE SURGERY/DE
      S MEDICAL LASERS/DE

FIND CONFERENCES BY LOCATION

     S CY=VIENNA
      S CY=WIEN
      S CN=AUSTRIA
      S CN=AUTRICHE
      S CY=VAIL, COLORADO
      S ST=COLORADO
      LIMIT S1/EUROPE
      LIMIT S5/ASIA

FIND CONFERENCES BY DATE

     S ES >= 199905
      S EY > 2000

FIND CONFERENCES BY HOST SITE

     S HS=HILTON
      S HS=RESORT



Subject Coverage [top]

Records include the following types of information:

  • Event Name
  • Event Dates
  • Host Site / Venue
  • Host Site URL
  • City
  • City URL
  • State
  • Country
  • Region
  • Name of Agent or Organizer
  • Organizer URL
  • Medical Specialty
  • Number of Exhibitors
  • Exhibit Space
  • Number of Participants


Dialog File Data [top]

Dates Covered: 1993 through 2004
File Size: More than 120,000 records as of November 2004
Update Frequency: Closed


Database Content [top]

  • Directories


Document Types Indexed [top]

  • Conferences, Symposia, Meetings


Geographic Coverage [top]

  • International


Special Features [top]

  • ERA Available
  • Graduate Education Program
  • KWIC and HILIGHT Available
  • DIALOG Alert Available


DialIndex/OneSearch Categories [top]

ACRONYM CATEGORY NAME
EVENTS Events and Conferences


Contact [top]

MediConf is provided by FAIRBASE Datenbank GmbH. Questions about content may be directed to:

FAIRBASE Datenbank GmbH
Ihmepassage 4
Postfach 91 04 46
Hannover, D-30424
Germany
Telephone: +49 511 44 33 30
Fax: +49 511 44 27 70
E-Mail: mediconf@aol.com


Terms and Conditions [top]

See Dialog Standard Terms and Conditions.
Dialog Standard Terms & Conditions apply.


SAMPLE RECORD [top]

    DIALOG(R)File 431:MEDICONF 
    (c) 1998. All rts. reserv. 
     
  AA=  00018475        REFERENCE NUMBER: 12901695 
  /TI  EVENT TITLE:      ASCRS, The American Society of Cataract 
                    IOL and Refractive Surgery Annual Meeting & 
                    ASOA Congress on Ophthalmic Practice 
                    Management 
  ET=  EVENT TYPE:     Conference with Exhibition 
  ES=,EY=  DATES:          from Saturday, April 28, 2001 to Wednesday, 
                    May 2, 2001 
  HS=  HOST SITE:      San Diego Convention Center 
  CY=,ST=  EVENT CITY:     San Diego, California 
  CN=  EVENT COUNTRY:  United States/USA/Etats Unis/US/North 
                    America/Nord Amerika/Amerique du Nord 
  CC=  COUNTRY CODE:   C1906 
    EVENT CITY URL: http://city.net/countries/united 
                    states/california/san diego/ 
  NP=  NO. ATTENDEES:  5000 
  NE=  NO. EXHIBITORS: 200 
    EXHIBITOR SPACE:600 
  /ON,ON=  ORGANIZER:      ASCRS/ASOA 
                    4000 Legato Road, Suite 850 
                    Fairfax, VA 22033, USA 
    PHONE:          +1 (703) 591-2220 
    FAX:            +1 (703) 591-0614 
    E-MAIL:         ascrs@ascrs.org 
    ORGANIZER URL:  http://www.ascrs.org 
  /TX  NOTES:          Annual, PLEASE NOTE THE CHANGE OF DATE 
                    Statistics are expected/estimated figures 
                    Registration Fee: 840 US Dollars 
    SPACE 
    (SQ MT/SQ FT):  15793/170000 
    NET SPACE 
    (SQ MT/SQ FT):  13935/150000 
    COST PER 
     SQ MT/SQ FT :  258 US Dollars/24 US Dollars 
     
  /DE  DESCRIPTORS:    ophthalmology, eye surgery, cataract surgery, 
                    refractive surgery, laser surgery, 
                    intraocular implant lenses, IOLS, small 
                    incision technology, ophthalmic goods, 
                    medical equipment, surgical instruments, 
                    medical lasers, pharmaceuticals 
     
  /SH,SH=  MEDICAL SPEC.:  P8025 -- Ophthalmology/Ophthalmologie/ 
                      Ophthalmologie 
  PD=,PY=  INPUT DATE:     October 7, 1997 


BASIC INDEX [top]

SEARCH
SUFFIX		 DISPLAY
CODE		 FIELD NAME
 INDEXING
 SELECT EXAMPLES
None None All Basic Index Fields Word S REFRACTIVE(W)SURGERY
/DE DE Descriptor1 Word
& Phrase		 S CATARACT(W)SURGERY/DE
S INTRAOCULAR IMPLANT LENSES/DE
/ON ON Organizer2,3 Word S ASCRS(W)ASOA/ON
/SH SH Medical Specialty3 Word S OPHTHALMOLOGY/SH
/TI TI Title of the event Word S AMERICAN(W)SOCIETY(1W)CATARACT/TI
/TX TX Notes Word S FEE/TX

1 Also /DF.

2 Display includes Organizer name, address, phone, fax, e-mail and URL.

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


ADDITIONAL INDEXES [top]

SEARCH
PREFIX		 DISPLAY
CODE		 FIELD NAME
 INDEXING
 SELECT EXAMPLES
AA= AA Supplier Accession Number Phrase S AA=12901695
None AN DIALOG Accession Number
CC= CC Country Code Phrase S CC=C1906
None CI Conference Information4
CN= CN Event Country Phrase S CN=UNITED STATES
CY= CY Event City Phrase S CY=SAN DIEGO
S CY=SAN DIEGO, CALIFORNIA
DT= DT Document Type Phrase S DT=CONFERENCE ANNOUNCEMENT
ES= ES Event Starting Date Phrase S ES=20010428
ET= ET Event Type Phrase S ET=CONFERENCE WITH EXHIBITION
EY= EY Event Year Phrase S EY=2001
HS= HS Host Site5 Word
& Phrase		 S HS=(SAN(W)DIEGO(W)CONVENTION(W)CENTER)
S HS=SAN DIEGO CONVENTION CENTER
LA= LA Language Phrase S LA=ENGLISH
NE= NE Number of Exhibitors Numeric S NE > 100
NP= NP Number of Participants Numeric S NP > 1000
ON= ON Organizer2,3 Phrase S ON='ASCRS/ASOA'
PD= PD Record Input Date6 Phrase S PD=981025
PY= PY Publication Year6 Phrase S PY=1998
RT= RT Record Type Phrase S RT=DIRECTORY
SH= SH Medical Specialty3 Phrase S SH=P8025
ST= ST Event State Phrase S ST=CALIFORNIA
UD= None Update Phrase S UD=9999
None UR Uniform Resource Locator (URL)

4 Display includes Conference title, type, dates, location, and URL.

5 Display includes Host Site and Host Site URL.

6 Date record entered into database producer's database.


LIMIT [top]

SUFFIX FIELD NAME EXAMPLES
/ASIA Events Held in Asia LIMIT S1/ASIA
/EUROPE Events Held in Europe LIMIT S3/EUROPE
/NOAMER Events Held in North America LIMIT S2/NOAMER


SORT [top]

SORTABLE FIELDS EXAMPLES
CN, CY, ES, EY, NE, NP, ON, TI SORT S6/ALL/TI


RANK [top]

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


USER-DEFINED FORMAT OPTIONS [top]

Display codes listed in the Search Options tables can be used to customize output TYPE S4/CI,ON/1-5
PRINT S5/CI,ON/ALL


PREDEFINED FORMAT OPTIONS [top]

NO.
 DIALOGWEB
FORMAT		 RECORD CONTENT
1 -- DIALOG Accession Number
2 -- Event Title, Dates, Location, Host Site, Organizer, Descriptors and Medical Specialty
3 Medium Event Title, Dates, Location, Host Site and Organizer
4 -- Full Record with Tagged Fields
5 -- Full Record
6 Short Event Title, Type of Event, and Dates
7 Long Full Record except Indexing
8 -- Event Title, Type of Event, Descriptors and Medical Specialty
9 Full Full Record
10 -- National Address (excludes country)
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
If the accession number of a specific record is known, it can be used to display the record directly. TYPE 00085603/9
PRINT 00095905/9


Rates [top]

Rates For File: MediConf: Medical Conferences and Events[431]
Cost per DialUnit:                 $5.50
Cost per minute:                   $0.95
Rank Elements                      $0.00

Format    Types   Prints
     1       NA       NA
     2    $1.18    $1.18
     3    $1.18    $1.18
     4    $3.55    $3.55
     5    $3.55    $3.55
     6    $0.28    $0.28
     7    $3.55    $3.55
     8    $0.28    $0.28
     9    $3.55    $3.55
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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