NEW YORK TIMES ABSTRACTS [474]

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	474
New York Times Abstracts

Last Loaded on Web: Thursday, May 01, 2008

Last Update To Bluesheet: January 12, 2006

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

File Description [top]

New York Times Abstracts contains concise, informative abstracts of articles in the final Late Edition of The New York Times newspaper, a newspaper that is respected around the world for its unparalled coverage of international, national, business and New York regional news. The file provides abstracts of every article published in the newspaper, including the Magazine, Book Review, and all other Sunday sections.

Tips [top]

USE FILE 474

to locate articles on national and international events; to track companies and industries; to find information on business, political, or entertainment personalities; to find book, theatre, movie, or art reviews.

USE DT=

to search for a specific type of article. EXPAND DT= for a complete list of document types.

S DT=EDITORIAL

USE MAP AA

to retrieve articles from New York Times Fulltext (Files 471, 472).

MAP AA T S1 BEGIN 471 EXS

USE DIALORDER

to ORDER full-text copies of articles.

ORDER S1/1,3-5 SRC1 OR KEEP 00009020 ORDER SRC1

Subject Coverage [top]

The database includes subject areas covered by The New York Times newspaper, including the following topics:

International News
National News
New York Regional News
Business News
Medicine
Sports
Science
Arts
Lifestyle

Print Counterparts [top]

The New York Times

Dialog File Data [top]

Dates Covered:	1969-present
File Size:	3,199,411 records as of January 2006
Update Frequency:	Daily (Monday through Friday)

Database Content [top]

Bibliographic Records

Document Types Indexed [top]

Newspaper Articles

Geographic Coverage [top]

International

Geographic Restrictions [top]

None

Special Features [top]

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

DialIndex/OneSearch Categories [top]

ACRONYM	CATEGORY NAME
MANEWS	Mergers and Acquisitions News
MERGEACQ	Mergers and Acquisitions
NEWSCO	Company News
NEWSFILE	News, Archival
NEWSINDE	Newspaper Indexes

Contact [top]

The New York Times Abstracts database is provided by the Business Information Services division of the New York Times Electronic Media Company. Questions concerning file content should be directed to:

The New York Times
Business Information Services
16th Floor
1133 Avenue of the Americas
New York, NY 10036

Telephone:	212-221-3471
Fax:	212-221-5052

Terms and Conditions [top]

New York Times Abstracts copyrighted by the The New York Times Company. For Dialog's Redistribution and Archive Policy, enter Help ERA online. For Terms and Conditions, enter HELP TERMS 474 online.

Dialog Standard Terms & Conditions apply.

SAMPLE RECORD [top]

	`DIALOG(R)File 474:New York Times Abs`
	`(c) 1996 The New York Times. All rts. reserv.`

AA=	`00009020 NYT Sequence Number: 172448960101`
/TI	`MISTAKES THAT DOOMED A JET ARE CRASH'S BIGGEST MYSTERY`
AU=	`Witkin, Richard`
JN=, PG=	`New York Times, Col. 5, Pg. 8, Sec. 1`
PD=, PY=	`Monday January 1 1996`
DT=, JC=, LA=	`DOCUMENT TYPE: Newspaper JOURNAL CODE: NYT LANGUAGE:`
RT=, SH=	`English`
	`RECORD TYPE: Abstract SECTION HEADING: 1`
	`ABSTRACT:`
/AB, /XT	`Crash of American Airlines jet near Cali, Columbia on`
	`Dec 20 continues to confound pilots and aviation experts`
	`like few other accidents in recent years; some speculation`
	`about reasons for crash reviewed; maps (M)`

SF=	`SPECIAL FEATURES: Map`
/CO, CO=	`COMPANY NAMES: American Airlines Inc`
/DE	`DESCRIPTORS: Airlines and Airplanes; Accidents and Safety`
NM, NM=	`PERSONAL NAMES: Witkin, Richard`
/GN, GN=	`GEOGRAPHIC NAMES: Colombia; Cali (Colombia)`

BASIC INDEX [top]

SEARCH SUFFIX	DISPLAY CODE	FIELD NAME	INDEXING	SELECT EXAMPLES
None	None	All Basic Index Fields	Word	S AIR? AND CRASH?
/AB	AB	Abstract	Word	S (CALI AND CRASH?)/AB
/CO	CO	Company/Organization Name¹	Word	S (AMERICAN(W)AIRLINES)/CO
/DE	DE	Descriptor²	Word & Phrase	S ACCIDENTS/DE S 'ACCIDENTS AND SAFETY'/DE
/GN	GN	Geographic Name¹	Word	S COLOMBIA/GN
/NM	NM	Personal Name¹	Word	S RICHARD(1N)WITKIN/NM
/TI	TI	Headline	Word	S (JET(1W)CRASH)/TI

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

²Also /DF.

ADDITIONAL INDEXES [top]

SEARCH PREFIX	DISPLAY CODE	FIELD NAME	INDEXING	SELECT EXAMPLES
AA=	AA	Supplier Accession Number	Phrase	S AA=17448960101
None	AN	DIALOG Accession Number
AU=	AU	Byline	Phrase	S AU=WITKIN,RICHARD
CO=	CO	Company/Organization Name¹	Phrase	S CO=AMERICAN AIRLINES?
DT=	DT	Document Type	Phrase	S DT=NEWSPAPER
GN=	GN	Geographic Name¹	Phrase	S GN=COLOMBIA?
JC=	JC	Newspaper Code	Phrase	S JC=NYT
JN=	JN	Newspaper Name	Phrase	S JN=NEW YORK TIMES
LA=	LA	Language	Phrase	S LA=ENGLISH
NM=	NM	Personal Name¹	Phrase	S NM=WITKIN,RICHARD
PD=	PD	Publication Date	Phrase	S PD=960101
PG=	PG	Page Number	Numeric	S PG=8
PY=	PY	Publication Year	Phrase	S PY=1996
RT=	RT	Record Type	Phrase	S RT=ABSTRACT
SF=	SF	Special Feature	Phrase	S SF=MAP
SH=	SH	Section Heading	Phrase	S SH=1
None	SO	Source Information³
UD=	None	Update	Phrase	S UD=960102

³Includes Newspaper Name, Publication Date, Section Heading, and Page Number.

LIMIT [top]

SUFFIX	FIELD NAME	EXAMPLES
Sets and terms can be restricted by Basic Index suffixes, i.e., /AB, /CO, /DE, /DF, /GN, /NM, /TI, /XT (e.g., S S2/TI), as well as by the following features:
/	DIALOG Accession Number	S S3/0010000-99999999
/ABS	Abstract Present	S S1/ABS
/ENG	English-Language Records	S S2/ENG
/YYYY	Publication Year	S S2/1995

SORT [top]

SORTABLE FIELDS	EXAMPLES
AU, JN, PD, PY, TI	SORT S1/ALL/TI PRINT S5/5/1-24/PD,D

RANK [top]

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

MAP [top]

MAP FIELDS	EXAMPLES
AA	MAP AA TEMP S4

USER-DEFINED FORMAT OPTIONS [top]


User-defined formats can be specified using the display codes indicated in the Search Options tables.	TYPE S3/TI,AU/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
5	--	Full Record
6	Free	Title and Publication Date
7	Long	Bibliographic Citation and Abstract
8	Short	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 00100005/5 DISPLAY 00004721/DE,GN PRINT 00016203/9

Rates [top]

Rates For File: New York Times Abstracts[474]
Cost per DialUnit:                 $3.64
Cost per minute:                   $0.63
Rank Elements                      $0.00
ALERT (default)                    $3.75
ALERT (Monthly)                    $9.63
ALERT (Biweekly/twice a month) *   $6.42
ALERT (Weekly)                     $4.28
ALERT (Daily)                      $3.75
ALERT (Calendar weekly)        *   $4.28
ALERT (Intraday)               *   $3.75
* = custom scheduled Alerts only
ALERT Number of included prints       20

Format    Types   Prints
     1    $0.00    $0.00
     2    $1.19    $1.19
     3    $1.19    $1.19
     4    $3.85    $3.85
     5    $3.85    $3.85
     6    $0.00    $0.00
     7    $3.85    $3.85
     8    $0.00    $0.00
     9    $3.85    $3.85
KWIC95    $0.11       NA
KWIC96    $0.12       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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