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Consumer Reports

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Last Update To Bluesheet: March 29, 2006

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File Description [top]

The Consumer Reports database contains the complete text of all articles and product recalls in the 12 regular monthly issues of Consumer Reports magazine, the 12 monthly issues of two newsletters, Consumer Reports Travel Letter and Consumer Reports on Health. Published by the nonprofit Consumers Union, Consumer Reports is the preeminent product-test and consumer advisory publication, reaching more than five million subscribers. Consumers Union does not permit users of its material to use its name or work, including this database, in advertising or as an endorsement of any product or service or for any other commercial purpose.

Consumer Reports publishes results of tests on products ranging from major purchases such as automobiles and appliances to everyday items, such as foods and cleaning supplies. Test reports include brand-name ratings and Consumers Union's recommendations. Goods and services covered include: appliances, automobiles, electronics, foods, health, home, personal, travel, and more.



Tips [top]

USE FILE 646

to find complete text articles from Consumer Reports, Consumer Reports Travel Letter, and Consumer Reports Health Letter.

USE /RE

to search for terms in the recommendations section of the article.

USE /TI

to search for terms appearing in article titles.



Subject Coverage [top]

  • Appliances
  • Automobiles
  • Electronics
  • Foods
  • Health
  • Home
  • Personal
  • Travel


Print Counterparts [top]

  • Consumer Reports
  • Consumer Reports on Health
  • Consumer Reports Travel Letter


Dialog File Data [top]

Dates Covered: Regular monthly issues 1982 to the present (includes January through December issues) + 1982 Buying Guide issue (Dec. 1981 issue of Consumer Reports) and Consumer Reports on Health and Consumer Reports Travel Letter from September 1989 to the present
File Size: 16,492 records as of March 2006
Update Frequency: Monthly (about 75 records per update)


Database Content [top]

  • Complete Text Records


Document Types Indexed [top]

  • Journal Articles


Geographic Coverage [top]

  • US Only


Geographic Restrictions [top]

  • None


Special Features [top]


DialIndex/OneSearch Categories [top]

ACRONYM CATEGORY NAME
BUYERS Buyers Guides
COMMON Other Common Law Sources
CONSUMER Consumer Information
GENMAGS General Interest Magazines
MAGSALL Journals and Magazines
MAGTEXT Full-Text Journals and Magazines
PRODINFO Product Information
PRODUCTS Industrial and Consumer


Contact [top]

Consumer Reports, Consumer Reports Travel Letter, and Consumer Reports Health Letter are produced by Consumers Union of United States, Inc. Questions concerning file content should be directed to:

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Terms and Conditions [top]

Database copyrighted by Consumers Union of United States, Inc. This database is the property of, and is available from, Consumers Union of United States, Inc. Customer agrees to abide by Consumers Union's no-commercialization policy. Reproduction of this material in whole or in part is forbidden without prior written permission (and is never permitted for commercial purposes).


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SAMPLE RECORD [top]

    DIALOG(R)File 646:Consumer Reports 
    (c) 2003 Consumer Union. All rts. reserv. 
     
    00008698 
  /TI    The desktop DARKROOM. Digital cameras (Help in deciding whether 
    to take the big leap. Plus advice on which digital models are best.) 
  JN=, PD=    Consumer Reports: vol. 68, no. 5, pp. 24-26, May, 2003 
      Photographs,  top-rated.  Nikon  coolpix  5700,  Canon  PowerShot 
      G3, and Fujifilm FinePix 38; 2 non-captioned photographs; 1 table. 
     
      With  sales of digital cameras poised to overtake those of film 
    cameras, and with capabilities advancing, it must be difficult for 
    even the most die-hard film photographer not to at least consider 
    switching. If you're thinking about such a move, you should weigh 
    some of the following reasons for going digital against the 
    arguments for sticking with film. 
     
      A digital camera registers an image on an electronic sensor and 
    stores it on a reusable memory card. From there, you can transfer 
    it to a computer to view, print, or e-mail. The camera's liquid- 
    crystal display (LCD) lets you review an image seconds after you 
    capture it and, because a memory card is reusable, erase your 
    failures and retake the shot. 
     ( . . . ) 
     
  /RE                            RECOMMENDATIONS 
     
    RECOMMENDATIONS Choose a digital camera based on the kind of 
    photography you do. All the brands listed below had low repair 
    rates, according to our latests survey. 
     
    If you're a casual snapshooter: 
      Canon PowerShot A40, $250 Kodak EasyShare DX4330, $300 Fujifilm 
      FinePix 3800, $400 
     ( . . . ) 
  /RA                               RATINGS 
     
    RATINGS 
     
    Digital Cameras 
    The tests behind the Ratings 
    Overall score is based on picture quality and convenience. Scores 
    are on a scale of  0 to 100:  81 to 100 is excellent, 61 to 80 is 
    very good, 41 to 60 is good, 21 to 40 is fair, 0 to 20 is poor. 
    Print quality reflects judgments by trained panelists of glossy 
    8x10-inch photos made on a high-quality inkjet printer. 
     ( . . . ) 
  /RA, /TX  Overall Ratings 
     5 - Excellent; 4 - Very good; 3 - Good; 2 - Fair; 1 - Poor 
     
                                          BRAND & MODEL 
                              WITHIN TYPES, IN PERFORMANCE ORDER 
                                      5-MEGAPIXEL CAMERAS 
                      NIKON COOLPIX  OLYMPUS CAMEDIA  OLYMPUS CAMEDIA 
                       5700           C-5050 ZOOM      C-50 ZOOM 
    Price ($)            1,200              800              600 
    Overall score           77               77               75 
    Print quality            5                5                5 
    Mega-pixels              5                5                5 
    Weight (oz.)            19               17                8 
    Optical zoom            8X               3X               3X 
    Flash range (ft.)       13               18               11 
    Battery life (shots)   100              480              400 
    Next-shot delay (sec.)    3                3                4 
    Included memory(mb)      16               32               32 
    High-res shots            7               15               15 
     ( . . . ) 
     
                                   ADDITIONAL DATA 
     Jon Markham, 46, homemaker, West Chester, Pa. 
    "The ability to instantly view and print pictures, knowing you got a 
     good shot, has sold me.  I also like being able to save tons of 
     photos on discs instead of prints in boxes or books.  It's made 
     ( . . . ) 
  /DE   DESCRIPTORS: Photography; Digital products; Digital cameras; Computers 


BASIC INDEX [top]

SEARCH
SUFFIX		 DISPLAY
CODE		 FIELD NAME
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None None All Basic Index Fields Word S BINOCULAR?
/AB AB Narrative Text Word S (COMPACT(W)MODEL?)(S)THEATER?/AB
/DE DE Descriptor1 Word
& Phrase		 S BINOCULARS/DE
S CONTACT LENSES/DE
/RA RA Ratings Word S SIZE(1W)IMAGE/RA
/RE RE Recommendations Word S REFUND(W)PRIVILEGE?/RE
/TI TI Title Word S BINOCULARS/TI
/TX TX Text2 Word S PORRO(W)PRISM?/TX

1 Also /DF.

2 Also includes Narrative Text (/AB), Ratings (/RA), and Recommendations (/RE).


ADDITIONAL INDEXES [top]

SEARCH
PREFIX		 DISPLAY
CODE		 FIELD NAME
 INDEXING
 SELECT EXAMPLES
None AD Supplementary Data
None AN DIALOG Accession Number
JN= JN Journal Name Phrase S JN=CONSUMER REPORTS
PD= PD Publication Date Phrase S PD=19890700
PY= PY Publication Year Phrase S PY=1989
None SF Special Feature
None SO Source Information
UD= None Update Phrase S UD=9999


LIMIT [top]

Sets and terms may be restricted by Basic Index suffixes, i.e., /AB, /DE, /DF, /RA, /RE, /TI, /TX (e.g., S S5/DE).
SUFFIX FIELD NAME EXAMPLES
/YYYY Publication Year S S3/1998


SORT [top]

SORTABLE FIELDS EXAMPLES
JN, PD, PY, 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 JN S3


USER-DEFINED FORMAT OPTIONS [top]

Output may be specified using the display codes indicated in the Search Options tables. TYPE S3/TI,RE/1-5


PREDEFINED FORMAT OPTIONS [top]

NO.
 DIALOGWEB
FORMAT		 RECORD CONTENT
1 -- DIALOG Accession Number
2 -- Bibliographic Citation and Indexing
3 Medium Bibliographic Citation
4 -- Bibliographic Citation and Recommendations
5 -- Bibliographic Citation, Recommendations, and Descriptors
6 Short Title and Publication Date
7 Long Bibliographic Citation, Narrative Text, and Recommendations
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 00001755/5
DISPLAY 00074483/TI,RA
PRINT 00301964/5


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