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The Miami Herald

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 Miami Herald is a general circulation daily newspaper providing local, national, and international news coverage. It provides in-depth coverage of Latin-American and Middle Eastern issues and the refugee influx. On the local level, topics include business and the economy, sun-belt agriculture, education, and government. Important companies located in the Miami area include: Burger King, Carnival Cruise Lines, Citizen Savings Financial, Eastern Airlines, Florida Power and Light, Knight-Ridder, Lennar Corp., and Ryder Systems. The file includes the fulltext of all stories, columns, and editorials. Advertising, calendar listings, games, puzzles, engagements/weddings, funeral notices, stock reports, and graphics are excluded.

Tips [top]

USE PAPERS or PAPERSNU FILES

to find the complete text of local, national, and international news articles from more than 100 U.S. newspapers.

USE PAPERSUS IN DIALINDEX

to scan the entire collection of U.S. fulltext newspaper databases.

B 411 SF PAPERSUS

USE CURRENT

to limit your search to the most recent 1 to 2 years of data.

B PAPERSCA CURRENT S TURNOVER OR SALES

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:	January 1983 to the present
File Size:	1,820,492 records as of July 2008
Update Frequency:	Daily

Database Content [top]

Complete Text Records

Document Types Indexed [top]

Newspaper Articles

Geographic Coverage [top]

US Only

Geographic Restrictions [top]

None

Special Features [top]

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

DialIndex/OneSearch Categories [top]

ACRONYM	CATEGORY NAME
GENERALN	General News Files
PAPERS	Newspapers Full-Text (U.S.)
PAPERSFL	Florida Newspapers
PAPERSMJ	U.S. Major Newspapers
PAPERSSE	U.S. Southeast Region Newspapers

Contact [top]

Each newspaper is provided by the individual newspaper publisher. Questions concerning file content should be directed to:

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Terms and Conditions [top]

For Dialog's Redistribution and Archive Policy, enter HELP ERA online. The following terms and conditions also apply.

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).

Dialog Standard Terms & Conditions apply.

SAMPLE RECORD [top]

	`08813204`
/TI	`LONG JOURNEY BEGINS IN SEARCH OF LIFE ON MARS`
JN=, JC=, PD=, PY=	`Miami Herald (MH) - Friday, November 8, 1996`
AU=	`By: MARTIN MERZER Herald Senior Writer`
ED=, /SH, SH=, PG=	`Edition: Final Section: Front Page: 1A`
	`Word Count: 1,013`

	`MEMO:`
/ME, /TX	`See TARGET: MARS`

	`TEXT:`
DL=, /LP, /TX	`CAPE CANAVERAL - And so, it begins: a search for life elsewhere that`
	`breathes new life into NASA.`

	`Starting the clock on a series of spectacular maneuvers, including an`
	`intricate technological ballet high above Earth, humanity on Thursday`
	`launched its most ambitious search for life on another planet.`

/TX	`First stop: Mars, a place now thought likely to have harbored primitive`
	`alien species in the distant past, a place that may still harbor life`
	`today.`
	`The ultimate goal is to determine, once and for all, what -- if anything`
	`-- is Out There.`

	`(...)`
	`TARGET: MARS`

	`Mars, nicknamed the Red Planet for its ruddy appearance, is visible`
	`tonight about 1 a.m. on the eastern horizon, near the star Regulus in the`
	`constellation Leo.`

	`Named: After the blood-red god of war in Roman mythology.`

	`Time: Its year lasts 687 Earth days. Its day lasts 24 hours, 37 minutes.`

	`Moons: Mountain-sized Phobos and Deimos, discovered by telescope in`
	`1877.`

	`Monsters: Tallest volcano is twice the height of Mount Everest; its`
	`version of the Grand Canyon stretches 2,500 miles.`
	`WANT TO WATCH?`

	`NASA's Martian data -- pictures and weather maps -- on the Internet:`

	`* Global Surveyor Homepage: http://mgs-www.jpl.nasa.gov/`

	`* Pathfinder Homepage:`

	`http://mpfwww.jpl.nasa.gov/`

	`* Mars Mission Homepage: http://www.iki.rssi.ru /mars96/mars 96hp.html`

	`CAPTION:`
SF=, /CP, /TX	`photo: The Delta II rocket carrying the Mars Global Surveyor rises (a)`

	`MIKE BROWN / Florida Today`
	`LIFTOFF: The Delta II rocket carrying the Mars Global Surveyor lifts off`
	`Thursday.`

	`Copyright (c) 1996, The Miami Herald`
/DE	`DESCRIPTORS: MARS; SURVEYOR`

BASIC INDEX [top]

SEARCH SUFFIX	DISPLAY CODE	FIELD NAME	INDEXING	SELECT EXAMPLES

None	None	All Basic Index Fields	Word	S RED(W)PLANET
/CP	CP	Caption³	Word	S PHOTOS/CP
/DE	DE	Descriptor¹	Word & Phrase	S MICROSOFT(1N)CORP?/DE S MICROSOFT CORP?/DE
/LP	LP	Lead Paragraph³	Word	S LIFE(S)PLANET/LP
/ME	ME	Memo³	Word	S WIRETAP/ ME
/SH	SH	Section Heading²	Word	S FRONT/SH
/TI	TI	Headline	Word	S LIFE(S)MARS/TI
/TX	TX	Text	Word	S REGULUS(S)LEO/TX

¹Not available in all PAPERS files.

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

³Also 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=(MARTIN(1N)MERZER)
DL=	DL	Dateline	Phrase	S DL=CAPE CANAVERAL?
DY=	DY	Publication Day¹	Phrase	S DY=FRIDAY
ED=	ED	Edition	Phrase	S ED=FINAL
JC=	JC	Newspaper Code⁴	Phrase	S JC=MH
JN=	JN	Newspaper Name	Phrase	S JN=MIAMI HERALD
MO=	MO	Publication Month¹	Phrase	S MO=NOVEMBER
PD=	PD	Publication Date	Phrase	S PD=19961108
PG=	PG	Page Number	Phrase	S PG=1A
PY=	PY	Publication Year	Phrase	S PY=1996
RG=	RG	U.S. Region⁵	Phrase	S RG=SOUTHEAST
SF=	SF	Special Feature^1,6	Phrase	S SF=PHOTO
SH=	SH	Section Heading²	Phrase	S SH=FRONT
None	SO	Source Information⁷
ST=	ST	Newspaper State	Phrase	S ST=FL
UD=	None	Update	Phrase	S UD=9999
None	WD	Word Count

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

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

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

⁷Includes 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 Miami Herald[702]
Cost per DialUnit:                 $1.38
Cost per minute:                   $0.97
Rank Elements                      $0.00
ALERT (default)                    $4.75
ALERT (Monthly)                *  $11.75
ALERT (Biweekly/twice a month) *   $8.00
ALERT (Weekly)                     $5.25
ALERT (Daily)                      $4.75
ALERT (Calendar weekly)        *   $5.25
ALERT (Intraday)               *   $4.75
* = custom scheduled Alerts only
ALERT Number of included prints        0

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    $4.50    $4.50
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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