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Seattle Post-Intelligencer

Last Loaded on Web: Wednesday, July 01, 2009

Last Update To Bluesheet: September 1, 2005

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Subject Coverage Document Types Indexed Contact Additional Indexes Predefined Format Options
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Dialog File Data Special Features Sample Record Sort


File Description [top]

The Seattle Post-Intelligencer is a Hearst paper providing local coverage to the Pacific Northwest, especially the Puget Sound region. The Post-Intelligencer publishes six days a week and has a four-page contribution to the Seattle Times on Sunday. Special areas of interest include the maritime industry, timber, aviation, nuclear energy and waste issues, and the environment. Major local employers include Weyerhauser, Boeing, Microsoft, Paccar, and nearby Army, Navy, and Air Force bases.



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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 1990 to the present
File Size: 441,207 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]


DialIndex/OneSearch Categories [top]

ACRONYM CATEGORY NAME
PAPERS Newspapers Full-Text (U.S.)
PAPERSWA Washington State Newspapers
PAPERSWE U.S. Western Region Newspapers


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Terms and Conditions [top]

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SAMPLE RECORD [top]

    08813052 
  /TI  PROBE THAT WILL MAP MARS IS OFF 
  JN=, JC=, PD=, PY=  SEATTLE POST-INTELLIGENCER (SP) - FRIDAY, November 8, 1996 
  AU=  By: MARCIA DUNN   THE ASSOCIATED PRESS 
  ED=, /SH, SH=, PG=  Edition: Final  Section: News  Page: A14 
    Word Count: 391 
     
    TEXT: 
  DL=, /LP, /TX  CAPE  CANAVERAL,  Fla.  -  NASA's  Mars Global Surveyor sped toward the Red 
    Planet  yesterday, the first spacecraft in a series of orbiters, rovers and 
    robots that could answer the question: Was there ever life on Mars? 
     
       A Delta rocket carrying the Global Surveyor lifted off on time at noon - 
    one  day after high winds scuttled the first launch attempt - and propelled 
    the boxy, 10-foot spacecraft toward Mars at 24,000 mph. 
     
  /TX      ``We're  on  our  way!''  NASA  space science chief Wesley Huntress Jr. 
    said.  ``These  are  the kind of days you kind of live for in space science 
    and space exploration.'' 
     
       The  spacecraft  will  reach  Mars  after a journey of 10 months and 435 
    million miles. 
     
       Once  in  the  desired  235-mile-high  orbit,  in March 1998, the Global 
    Surveyor will begin mapping the Martian atmosphere and virtually the entire 
    surface  of  the  planet.  The survey will last 687 days, or a full Martian 
    year. 
     
       It  will  send  images  and  other  data  back  to Earth within 20 to 40 
    minutes.  The  images  will  be  posted  on the Internet for public viewing 
    within a day or two after that. 
     
       One  of  the main objectives of the $230 million mission is to scout for 
    landing spots for future missions, including one in which a spacecraft will 
    bring Martian soil and rocks back to Earth sometime in the next decade. 
     
       NASA plans to send a pair of unmanned spacecraft to Mars every 26 months 
    through  2005. The second in this series of 10, the Mars Pathfinder, is due 
    to lift off Dec. 2. 
     
       Neither  of NASA's 1976 Viking landers found any conclusive sign of life 
    on Mars, and Huntress expects it will take hard evidence - such as returned 
    samples - to ``put the nail on that.'' 
       If  evidence  of  life  is  found,  that could eventually lead to manned 
    flights to Mars, Huntress said. 
     
       The  life-on-Mars  debate was reignited in August with NASA's revelation 
    of a Martian meteorite that showed possible evidence of ancient microscopic 
    life. 
     
       Meanwhile,  two  scientific  satellites that failed to detach themselves 
    from  a  launch rocket earlier this week are orbiting uselessly for lack of 
    electrical power and are probably a total loss, NASA said yesterday. 
     
       The  satellites,  valued  at $21.5 million and $26 million, were carried 
    into  orbit  Monday on a Pegasus rocket launched from beneath ajumbo jet as 
    it flew off the Virginia coast. 
     
                    Copyright (c) 1996,The Seattle Post-Intelligencer 
     
  /DE  DESCRIPTORS:  SPACE; SCIENCE 


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 SPACE/DE
S MICROSOFT CORP?/DE
/LP LP Lead Paragraph3 Word S ORBITER?(S)ROVER?/LP
/ME ME Memo3 Word S WIRETAP/ ME
/SH SH Section Heading2 Word S NEWS/SH
/TI TI Headline Word S MARS(S)PROBE/TI
/TX TX Text Word S PLANET(S)SURFACE/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=(MARCIA(1N)DUNN)
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=SP
JN= JN Newspaper Name Phrase S JN=SEATTLE POST-INTELLIGENCER
MO= MO Publication Month1 Phrase S MO=NOVEMBER
PD= PD Publication Date Phrase S PD=19961108
PG= PG Page Number Phrase S PG=A14
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=NEWS
None SO Source Information7
ST= ST Newspaper State Phrase S ST=WA
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 FROM 630
PRINT 00301964/9 FROM 634


Rates [top]

Rates For File: Seattle Post-Intelligencer[736]
Cost per DialUnit:                 $1.04
Cost per minute:                   $0.63
Rank Elements                      $0.00

Format    Types   Prints
     1    $0.00    $0.00
     2    $1.40    $1.40
     3    $1.40    $1.40
     5    $1.78    $1.78
     6    $0.00    $0.00
     7    $2.97    $2.97
     8    $0.00    $0.00
     9    $3.20    $3.20
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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