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583
Gale Group Globalbase™

Last Loaded on Web: Monday, April 01, 2013

Last Update To Bluesheet: August 29, 2008

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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]

Gale Group GlobalbaseTM provides worldwide coverage of companies, products, and industries with a primary focus on Europe. The major strength of the database is its broad coverage of industry and business publications produced in Europe.

Gale Group Globalbase covers over 600 sources published in more than 20 countries, primarily in Europe, including more than 60 European daily newspapers, over 200 weeklies, and more than 300 monthly industry journals. While Gale Group Globalbase sources are published in more than ten languages, all abstracts are written in English.



Tips [top]

USE FILE 583

to trace business activities in Europe.

EXPAND JN=

for a list of journals indexed in the file.

USE /INFOMAT

to restrict retrieval to records that appear only in Gale Group Globalbase and not in other Gale Group databases.



Subject Coverage [top]

The Gale Group Globalbase database contains information on the following topics:

  • Competitor activities
  • Joint ventures and license agreements
  • Joint ventures and license agreements

Company news: financial results, reorganisations, acquisitions, and mergers

  • New products and services
  • New and emerging technologies
  • Market size and share
  • Market and industry trends
  • Economic forecasts
  • Legislation and regulation
  • New facilities and expansions
  • New facilities and expansions

    Gale Group Globalbase covers a broad spectrum of manufacturing and service industries and provides strong coverage of key European growth industries, including:

  • Biotechnology
  • Chemicals
  • Computers
  • Construction and civil engineering
  • Electronics
  • Energy
  • Financial services
  • Food and beverages
  • Media, marketing, and advertising
  • Packaging
  • Paper, printing, and publishing
  • Telecommunications


    Dialog File Data [top]

    Dates Covered: January 1986 to 12-13-2002
    File Size: 2.6 million records as of December 2002.
    Update Frequency: Closed


    Database Content [top]

    • Bibliographic Records


    Document Types Indexed [top]

    • Journal Articles


    Geographic Coverage [top]

    • International


    Geographic Restrictions [top]

    • None


    Special Features [top]


    DialIndex/OneSearch Categories [top]

    ACRONYM CATEGORY NAME
    ADVERTBU Advertising and Media Industry News
    AEROBUS Aerospace and Defense Industry
    AGRIBUS Food and Agriculture Industry
    ASIANEWS Asia/Pacific News
    BIOBUS Biosciences and Biotechnology Industry
    BUSECON Business Economics
    CANADANE Canadian News
    CHEMBUS Chemical Industry News
    DEFBUS Defense and Aerospace Industry
    ELECTRON Computers, Electronics, and Telecommunications Business
    ENERGYBU Energy Industry News
    EURBUSNE European Regional Business News
    EUROPENE European News Sources
    FINBUS Banking and Financial Services
    FRANCENE News of France
    HEALTHBU Healthcare Industry News
    INTLNEWS Global News English-Language Sources
    LATINNEW Latin American News
    MANEWS Mergers and Acquisitions News
    MANUFBUS Manufacturing Industry News
    MATBUS Materials Industry News
    MERGEACQ Mergers and Acquisitions
    MIDEASTN Middle Eastern/African News
    MKTRES Market Research Information
    MULTIIND General Industry Information
    NEWSCO Company News
    NEWSFILE News, Archival
    PHARMIND Pharmaceutical Industry News
    PRODINFO Product Information
    PRODUCTS Industrial and Consumer
    RETAILBU Retail Industry News
    TRADELIT Trade Literature
    TRANSBUS Transportation Industry News
    UKNEWS United Kingdom News


    Contact [top]

    Gale Group Globalbase is produced by Gale, a part of Cengage Learning. Questions concerning Electronic Search Assistance should be directed to

    Gale, a part of Cengage Learning
    Electronic Search Assistance
    27500 Drake Road
    Farmington Hills, MI 48331-3535
    USA
    Telephone: 1-800-877-4253, press 5 (US & Canada)
    E-Mail: gale.contentQA@cengage.com

    Questions regarding Technical Support should be directed to:

    Gale, a part of Cengage Learning
    Technical Support
    27500 Drake Road
    Farmington Hills, MI 48331-3535

    Telephone: 1-800-877-4253, press 4
    Fax: 1-800-676-2345
    E-Mail: gale.technicalsupport@cengage.com


    Terms and Conditions [top]

    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 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 Databases. The entire risk as to the results and performance of any Gale 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 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 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.

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    - 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.

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    - 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 DatabaseTM.

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    Dialog Standard Terms & Conditions apply.


    SAMPLE RECORD [top]

        DIALOG(R)File 583:Gale Group Globalbase(TM) 
        (c) 1999 The Gale Group. All rts. reserv. 
         
        06490627 
      /TI  Matsushita plans launch of clearer plasma TV 
          JAPAN : PLASMA TV BY MATSUSHITA 
         
      JN=, JC=, PD=, PY=  The Japan Times (XAO)    01 Jul 1997  P.12 
      LA=  Language: ENGLISH 
         
      /AB  Aiming  at  the  Japanese  institutional  market, a Y 1.5 mn 42-inch colour 
        plasma  TV  with  a height-to-width ratio of 9:16 (switchable to 3:4 ratio) 
        will  be  offered by Matsushita Electric Industrial Co in October 1997. The 
        plasma  TV  offers  2.3  times brighter screen than those plasma TVs on the 
        market.  Matsushita  will  spend  Y  80  bn  by  2005  to  boost its output 
        facilities  for  plasma TVs while aiming the plasma TV market to be worth Y 
        200 bn in 2000. 
         
      /CO, CO=  COMPANY:  MATSUSHITA ELECTRIC INDUSTRIAL 
         
      /DE, PN=, PC=  PRODUCT:  Television Equipment (3651TV); 
      /DE, EN=, EC=  EVENT:    Product Design & Development (33); 
      /DE, CN=, CC=  COUNTRY:  Japan  (9JPN); 
         


    BASIC INDEX [top]

    SEARCH
    SUFFIX
    DISPLAY
    CODE
    FIELD NAME
    INDEXING
    SELECT EXAMPLES
    None None All Basic Index Fields Word S PLASMA(W)TV
    /AB AB Abstract Word S GSM(W)NETWORK/AB
    /CO CO Company Name1,2 Word S TELE(W)MOBIL/CO
    /DE DE Descriptor3 Word
    & Phrase
    S CELLULAR(W)RADIO/DE
    S CELLULAR RADIO/DE
    /TI TI Title Word S KAMP(W)MOT/TI
    /TN TN Trade Name1 Word S DIET(W)PEPSI/TN

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

    2 Includes Country Name, Event Name, and Product Name.

    3 Also /DF.


    ADDITIONAL INDEXES [top]

    SEARCH
    PREFIX
    DISPLAY
    CODE
    FIELD NAME
    INDEXING
    SELECT EXAMPLES
    None AN DIALOG Accession Number
    CC= CC Country Code Phrase S CC=5NOR
    CN= CN Country Name4 Phrase S CN=NORWAY
    CO= CO Company Name1 Phrase S CO=TELE MOBIL
    EC= EC Event Code Phrase S EC=36
    EN= EN Event Name4 Phrase S EN=NEW SERVICES
    JC= JC Journal Code Phrase S JC=DN
    JN= JN Journal Name Phrase S JN=DAGENS NAERINGLSL
    LA= LA Language Phrase S LA=NORWEGIAN
    PC= PC Product Code Phrase S PC=4811
    PD= PD Publication Date Phrase S PD=911129
    PN= PN Product Name4 Phrase S PN=CELLULAR RADIO
    PY= PY Publication Year Phrase S PY=1991
    SF= None Special Feature Phrase S SF=TABLE
    SN= SN International Standard Serial Number (ISSN) Phrase S SN=0772-0809
    None SO Source Information5
    TN= TN Trade Name1 Phrase S TN=DIET PEPSI
    UD= None Update Phrase S UD=9999

    4 Also searchable in the Basic Index with /DE.

    5 Includes Journal Name, Journal Code, Publication Date, and Pagination


    LIMIT [top]

    SUFFIX FIELD NAME EXAMPLES
    /INFOMAT Record Appears Only in File 583 S S3/INFOMAT
    /YYYY Publication Year S S2/1992


    SORT [top]

    SORTABLE FIELDS EXAMPLES
    CC, CN, CO, EC, EN, JC, JN, PC, PD, PN, PY, TI SORT S3/ALL/PD
    PRINT S2/5/1-47/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 DE


    USER-DEFINED FORMAT OPTIONS [top]

    User-defined formats may be specified using the display codes indicated in the Search Options tables. TYPE S3/TI,SO,AB/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 except Indexing
    5 -- Full Record
    6 Short Title and Publication Date
    7 Long Full Record except Indexing
    8 Free 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 0032456/3
    DISPLAY 0189032/TI,SO
    PRINT 0028765/5


    Rates [top]

    Rates For File: Gale Group Globalbase™[583]
    Cost per DialUnit:                 $4.25
    Cost per minute:                   $1.95
    Rank Elements                      $0.00
    
    Format    Types   Prints
         1    $0.00    $0.00
         2    $2.00    $2.00
         3    $2.00    $2.00
         4    $3.50    $3.50
         5    $3.50    $3.50
         6    $0.00    $0.00
         7    $3.50    $3.50
         8    $0.00    $0.00
         9    $3.50    $3.50
    KWIC95    $0.15       NA
    KWIC96    $0.15       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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