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(Portland) The Oregonian

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 Oregonian provides extensive coverage of Southwest Washington, Oregon, and the Portland metropolitan area. File coverage is from January 1989 to January 30, 2012. Current updates to this news source continue to be available in Dialog NewsRoom. The focus of The Oregonian is the economic climate of Oregon and the Pacific Northwest, with emphasis on commerce with Asia. Special attention is given to agriculture, electronics, forestry, and international trade. Major companies located in the Pacific Northwest include Louisiana Pacific, Nerco Coal Corporation, Nike, Pacificorp, Pendleton Woolen Mills, and Tektronix.



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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 1989 to January 30, 2012.
File Size: 1,728,512 records as of January 30, 2012.
Update Frequency: Closed


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
PAPERS Newspapers Full-Text (U.S.)
PAPERSMJ U.S. Major Newspapers
PAPERSWE U.S. Western Region Newspapers


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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]

    08812470 
  /TI  MARS? GO THATAWAY A HALF-BILLION MILES 
  JN=, JC=, PD=, PY=  Oregonian (PO) - THURSDAY, November 7, 1996 
  ED=, /SH, SH=, PG=  Edition: STREET FINAL  Section: WIRE STORIES  Page: A01 
    Word Count: 69 
     
    MEMO: 
  /ME  TYPE: Column 
    COLUMN: Newswire 
     
    TEXT: 
  DL=, /LP, /TX  CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) - The Mars Global Surveyor rocketed away today on 
    a 435 million-mile, 10-month journey to the Red Planet, the first step in a 
    decadelong  exploration  effort by NASA to determine whether there was ever 
    life on Mars. 
     
       The  Delta  rocket  carrying  the spacecraft blasted off precisely at 50 
    seconds  past  noon.  A  strong  wind  scuttled  the  first  launch attempt 
    Wednesday, but today's weather was perfect. 
     
                    Copyright (c) 1996, The Oregonian Publishing Company 


BASIC INDEX [top]

SEARCH
SUFFIX
DISPLAY
CODE
FIELD NAME
INDEXING
SELECT EXAMPLES
None None All Basic Index Fields Word S MARS(S)LIFE
/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 MARS(W)GLOBAL(W)SURVEYOR/LP
/ME ME Memo3 Word S WIRETAP/ ME
/SH SH Section Heading2 Word S WIRE(W)STORIES/SH
/TI TI Headline Word S MARS/TI
/TX TX Text Word S DELTA(W)ROCKET/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=(PETER(1N)DELEVETT)
DL= DL Dateline Phrase S DL=CAPE CANAVERAL?
DY= DY Publication Day1 Phrase S DY=THURSDAY
ED= ED Edition Phrase S ED=STREET FINAL
JC= JC Newspaper Code4 Phrase S JC=PO
JN= JN Newspaper Name Phrase S JN=OREGONIAN
MO= MO Publication Month1 Phrase S MO=NOVEMBER
PD= PD Publication Date Phrase S PD=19961107
PG= PG Page Number Phrase S PG=A01
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=WIRE?
None SO Source Information7
ST= ST Newspaper State Phrase S ST="OR"
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: (Portland) The Oregonian[704]
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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