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The Boston Globe ®
ONTAP® The Boston Globe® (802)

Last Loaded on Web: Monday, April 01, 2013

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 Boston Globe database contains the full text of all staff-written news stories, features, columns, and editorials published in The Boston Globe, the largest source of information from the Northeast.

File 631 does not receive updates; the latest publication date in the file is December 31, 2009. Please see NewsRoom for current Boston Globe records.

The Globe is a general circulation newspaper providing local, national, and international news coverage. The Globe< offers reports on national and international issues in its national/foreign section. On a more local level, topics covered include politics, business, science and technology, real estate, the arts, entertainment, and sports. Special emphasis is given to area politics, high technology, and local environmental issues. The Boston Globe focuses much of its attention on the numerous high-tech companies in Boston and its vicinity, including Polaroid Corp., John Hancock Financial Services, Digital Equipment Corp., Wang Laboratories, and Fidelity Investments.



Tips [top]

USE AU=

to retrieve articles written by particular authors.

     S AU=(JOAN(1N)JACKSON)

USE TI,LP,DE FIELDS

to narrow search to particular topics.

     S TERMS/TI,LP,DE


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 12, 1979 to December 31, 2009
File Size: 1,659,530 records as of December 2009
Update Frequency: Closed Please see NewsRoom for current Boston Globe records


Database Content [top]

  • Complete Text Records


Document Types Indexed [top]

  • Newspaper Articles


Geographic Coverage [top]

  • US Only


Geographic Restrictions [top]

  • None


Special Features [top]


DialIndex/OneSearch Categories [top]

ACRONYM CATEGORY NAME
GENERALN General News Files
PAPERS Newspapers Full-Text (U.S.)
PAPERSMA Massachusetts Newspapers
PAPERSMJ U.S. Major Newspapers
PAPERSNE U.S. Northeast Region Newspapers


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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]

    08816034 
  /TI   MARS MISSIONS WILL EXPLORE LIFE PROSPECT 
  JN=, JC=, PD=, PY=  Boston Globe (BG) - MONDAY, November 11, 1996 
  AU=  By: David L. Chandler, Globe staff 
  ED=, /SH, SH=, PG=  Edition: Third  Section: Health and Science  Page: A11 
    Word Count: 556 
     
    MEMO: 
  /ME  STUDENT NEWSLINE 
     
    TEXT: 
  /LP, /TX  It's  been  20  years  since any spacecraft successfully reached the planet 
    Mars,  but that's all about to change. One US rocket took off last week and 
    two  more -- one Russian and one American -- are to be launched in the next 
    month to begin a whole new wave of exploration of the most Earth-like other 
    planet in the solar system. 
       It's  just  a coincidence, but luckily this sudden renewal of efforts to 
    explore Mars is happening just at a time when people are more interested in 
    Mars  than  ever:  Last  August,  a  team of scientists said they had found 
    evidence of ancient Mars life inside a rock that came to Earth from Mars. 
  /TX     The signs of life they found were just microbes, like bacteria on Earth. 
    But  scientists say finding any kind of life at all on another planet, even 
    if  it  went  extinct long ago, would be one of the greatest discoveries in 
    history. 
     
       Less  than two weeks ago, another team in England reported that they had 
    found  new  evidence  to  support the American team's conclusions, and that 
    they also saw signs of past life inside a more recent rock from Mars -- one 
    that  formed  175 million years ago, as opposed to the 4.5 million year age 
    of the earlier find. 
     
       Nobody  doubts that the rocks really came from Mars. Tiny bubbles of air 
    trapped  inside exactly match the air on Mars. Scientists know that because 
    of  detailed  information  about  Mars'  air  that  was  sent back from two 
    spacecraft  called  Viking that landed on Mars in 1976. The rocks must have 
    been blasted to Earth when a huge asteroid or comet hit Mars long ago. 
     
       Many  scientists  are  still  not quite convinced about the evidence for 
    life  in those rocks. But some experiments that will be sent to Mars in the 
    new  round  of  exploration  might  help  to  answer  some of the remaining 
    questions. 
     
       For  example,  one  experiment  that  Viking  did  on  Mars 20 years ago 
    produced  results  that  some  scientists  believe indicated that there are 
    still  living  microbes  on  Mars today. One experiment that will arrive on 
    Mars  next  year  will  attempt to find an explanation for those old Viking 
    results.  It  could possibly find the long-awaited proof that there is life 
    today  on  another  world -- something humans have been wondering about for 
    thousands of 
    years. 
     
       But  many  scientists  think  the best place to look for life on Mars is 
    down  below  the  surface, where underground pools or lakes could provide a 
    safe,  warm  environment  for  living creatures. Unfortunately, none of the 
    missions  planned  so  far  includes a way of drilling more than a few feet 
    below the surface. 
     
                    (. . .) 
     
    CAPTION: 
  SF=, /CP, /TX  PHOTO 
        The Delta 2 rocket is launched to Mars on Thursday. Next month, another 
    US  rocket  is  scheduled  to  head  for  Mars. Its goal is to put the Mars 
    Pathfinder (right) and its small robotic vehicle, Sojourner (below), on the 
    planet's surface. 
                    Copyright (c) 1996, Globe Newspaper Company 
  /DE  DESCRIPTORS:  US  SPACE; RESEARCH; 


BASIC INDEX [top]

SEARCH
SUFFIX		 DISPLAY
CODE		 FIELD NAME
 INDEXING
 SELECT EXAMPLES
None None All Basic Index Fields Word S EXPLOR?(2N)LIFE
/CP CP Caption3 Word S ROBOTIC(W)VEHICLE?/CP
/DE DE Descriptor1 Word
& Phrase		 S MICROSOFT(1N)CORP?/DE
S MICROSOFT CORP?/DE
/LP LP Lead Paragraph3 Word S SOLAR(W)SYSTEM/LP
/ME ME Memo3 Word S WIRETAP/ ME
/SH SH Section Heading2 Word S SCIENCE/SH
/TI TI Headline Word S MARS(2N)MISSION?/TI
/TX TX Text Word S MARS(10N)EXPLOR?/TX

1 Not available in all PAPERS files.

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

3 Also 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=(DAVID(1N)CHANDLER)
DL= DL Dateline Phrase S DL=WASHINGTON
DY= DY Publication Day1 Phrase S DY=FRIDAY
ED= ED Edition Phrase S ED=THIRD
JC= JC Newspaper Code4 Phrase S JC=BG
JN= JN Newspaper Name Phrase S JN=BOSTON GLOBE
MO= MO Publication Month1 Phrase S MO=NOVEMBER
PD= PD Publication Date Phrase S PD=19961111
PG= PG Page Number Phrase S PG=A11
PY= PY Publication Year Phrase S PY=1996
RG= RG U.S. Region5 Phrase S RG=WEST
SF= SF Special Feature1,6 Phrase S SF=PHOTO
SH= SH Section Heading2 Phrase S SH=HEALTH?
None SO Source Information7
ST= ST Newspaper State Phrase S ST=MA
UD= None Update Phrase S UD=9999
None WD Word Count

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

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

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

7 Includes 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
PRINT 00301964/9


Rates [top]

Rates For File: The Boston Globe[631]
Cost per DialUnit:                 $1.38
Cost per minute:                   $0.97
Rank Elements                      $0.00

Format    Types   Prints
     1    $0.00    $0.00
     2    $2.00    $2.00
     3    $2.00    $2.00
     5    $2.75    $2.75
     6    $0.00    $0.00
     7    $4.50    $4.50
     8    $0.00    $0.00
     9    $4.75    $4.75
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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