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St. Petersburg Times

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 St. Petersburg Times serves Florida’s Gulf Coast. File coverage is from October 1989 to January 30, 2012. Current updates to this news source continue to be available in Dialog NewsRoom. The St. Petersburg Times provides special emphasis on agriculture, mining, the environment, tourism, recreation, and special issues, such as the elderly, drug trafficking, homelessness and poverty, teaching, and the immigrant population.



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: October 1989 to January 30, 2012
File Size: 927,987 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.)
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:

Dialog LLC
The Knowledge Center
2250 Perimeter Park Drive
Suite 300

Morrisville, NC 27560

Telephone: 919.804.6400
800 Line: 1-800-3DIALOG
Fax: 919.804.6410
E-Mail: customer@dialog.com


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]

    08814120 
  /TI  MISSION TO MARS ISN'T MARRED BY TILTED PANEL 
  JN=, JC=, PD=, PY=  St. Petersburg Times (PE) - SATURDAY November 9, 1996 
  AU=  By: Compiled from Times Wires 
  ED=, /SH, SH=, PG=  Edition: 0 SOUTH PINELLAS  Section: NATIONAL  Page: 3A 
    Word Count: 578 
     
    MEMO: 
  /ME     SERIES: IN BRIEF 
       TYPE: DIGEST 
     
    TEXT: 
  DL=, /LP, /TX  CAPE CANAVERAL; WASHINGTON; PONTIAC, Mich.; STAMFORD, Conn. - Even though a 
    segment  of  one of its solar-power panels remained tilted, the Mars Global 
    Surveyor cruised smoothly Friday, bound for Mars, with engineers expressing 
    optimism  that  the  spacecraft  would  have no trouble conducting its full 
    mapping mission. 
     
       The  1-ton  craft  is  supposed  to  swing  into  an  orbit of Mars next 
    September  and  begin  a  two-year  survey  of the planet, concentrating on 
    geology, weather and possible havens of life - now or in the past. 
  /TX     The  next  spacecraft,  Mars Pathfinder, is to be moved to its launching 
    pad  on Nov. 21, with liftoff set for Dec. 2. The craft is designed to land 
    on  the  planet and deploy a 22-pound roving vehicle for studying rocks and 
    soil. 
     
       The  two  missions  are the opening shots in a planned 10-year effort to 
    explore  Mars  and  particularly to look for evidence that the planet might 
    have  once  supported  some  form  of  microbial life, as recent studies of 
    meteorites from Mars have indicated. 
     
       Earlier,  data  showed  one section of Surveyor's wing-like solar panels 
    was  tilted  20  degrees  off  its  preferred angle. But engineers say they 
    aren't overly concerned because the solar panels are generating electricity 
    at the required rate. 
     
                    Copyright 1996, The St. Petersburg Times 
  /DE  DESCRIPTORS:  SPACE; TRIAL; AVIATION$; AGREEMENT 


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 SPACE/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 NATIONAL/SH
/TI TI Headline Word S MARS(S)MISSION/TI
/TX TX Text Word S MARS(W)PATHFINDER/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=WASHINGTON
DY= DY Publication Day1 Phrase S DY=SATURDAY
ED= ED Edition Phrase S ED=0 SOUTH PINELLAS?
JC= JC Newspaper Code4 Phrase S JC=PE
JN= JN Newspaper Name Phrase S JN=ST. PETERSBURG TIMES
MO= MO Publication Month1 Phrase S MO=NOVEMBER
PD= PD Publication Date Phrase S PD=19961109
PG= PG Page Number Phrase S PG=3A
PY= PY Publication Year Phrase S PY=1996
RG= RG U.S. Region5 Phrase S RG=SOUTHEAST
SF= SF Special Feature1,6 Phrase S SF=PHOTO
SH= SH Section Heading2 Phrase S SH=NATIONAL
None SO Source Information7
ST= ST Newspaper State Phrase S ST=FL
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: St. Petersburg Times[735]
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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