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NewsRoom Alert,989
DIALOG NewsRoom Alert

Last Loaded on Web: Monday, April 01, 2013

Last Update To Bluesheet: June 13, 2012

Bluesheet Contents     PDF version

File Description Dialog File Data Special Features Sample Record Sort
Subject Coverage Database Content DIALINDEX/OneSearch Categories Basic Index Rank
Tips Document Types Indexed Contact Additional Indexes Predefined Format Options
Print Counterparts Geographic Coverage Terms and Conditions Limit Rates


File Description [top]

Dialog NewsRoom Alert, File 989, provides a one-week rolling file of the most current news received in Dialog NewsRoom. File 989 receives the same data feed as File 990, but the smaller data set in File 989 allows updating more frequently – approximately 48 times per day.

Records stay online in File 989 for seven days only. The oldest day’s records roll out of File 989 each day, while records remain online in File 990 for the current 4-month window.

To access Dialog NewsRoom Alert, Enter BEGIN 989.

File 989 is also a member of the Dialog NEWSROOM OneSearch category.



Tips [top]

USE File 989, Dialog NewsRoom Alert

for access to breaking news, to keep current on continuing stories, to find information on regions of the world.

USE THE ONLINE INDEXES

to help choose subject terms or to help narrow searches to a particular geographic area or industry.

USE BRITISH AND AMERICAN TERMINOLOGY

Both spelling conventions and terms may differ. Use both to ensure full coverage of sources:

     S LABOR OR LABOUR
      S TURNOVER OR SALES

USE DIALOG ALERTS

to receive Daily or Intra-day updates automatically on topics of your choice.



Subject Coverage [top]

Dialog NewsRoom covers a wide variety of topics including:

  • Accounting
  • European Community
  • Advertising
  • Food and Beverages
  • Aerospace and Defense
  • Health Care Services
  • Agriculture
  • Investments
  • Automotive
  • Marketing
  • Banking and Finance
  • Petroleum
  • Biotechnology
  • Pharmaceuticals
  • Chemicals
  • Politics
  • Computers
  • Publishing
  • Electronics
  • Retailing
  • Energy Products
  • Software
  • Engineering
  • Telecommunications
  • Economic News
  • Transportation

Geographic coverage is worldwide, including:

  • Western Europe
  • Eastern Asia
  • Central Europe
  • Southeast Asia
  • Eastern Europe
  • Southern Asia
  • North America
  • Australasia
  • Central America
  • Middle East
  • South America
  • Africa


Print Counterparts [top]

None


Dialog File Data [top]

Dates Covered: Most current 7 days
File Size: Approximately 550,000 records
Update Frequency: Multiple times per day


Database Content [top]

  • Bibliographic Records
  • Complete Text Records


Document Types Indexed [top]

  • Journal Articles
  • Newspaper Articles


Geographic Coverage [top]

  • International


Geographic Restrictions [top]

  • None


Special Features [top]


DialIndex/OneSearch Categories [top]

ACRONYM CATEGORY NAME
MULTIIND General Industry Information
NEWSDAIL News, Current - Daily Updates
NEWSROOM DIALOG NewsRoom


Contact [top]

Dialog NewsRoom Alert is provided by Dialog. 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]

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  • use any records or data to create a derivative work except for a compilation of electronically stored data for internal use only.

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SAMPLE RECORD [top]

SAMPLE NEWSPAPER RECORD

    DIALOG(R)File 989:NewsRoom Alert 
    (c) 2010 Dialog. All rts. reserv. 
  AA=  2008010413  18VJ0A5E 
  /TI  Ryanair updates safety rules after child's fall 
  AU=  EOIN BURKE-KENNEDY 
  JN=,ED=,PG=  Irish Times, Daily ed, p8 
  DY=,MO=,PD=,PY=  Friday, August 13, 2010 
  JC=,LA=,RT=  JOURNAL CODE:  ACVX  LANGUAGE:  English  RECORD TYPE:  Fulltext 
  DT=,SH=,SN=  DOCUMENT TYPE:  Newspaper  SECTION HEADING:  Ireland  ISSN:  0791-5144 
  WD=  WORD COUNT: 280 
    TEXT: 
  /LP,/TX  Fri, Aug 13, 2010 - RYANAIR HAS introduced new safety procedures after a 
    child fell on to the tarmac from the top of a passenger staircase while 
    boarding an aircraft at Stansted airport in England. 
     
  /TX  The three-year-old girl escaped with only minor injuries after falling 
    through a gap between the extendable handrail and the top of the Boeing 
    737's boarding steps in July 2009. 
     
                   (. . . ) 
    Copyright (c) 2010 Irish Times Company 
     
  /CO,CO=  COMPANY NAMES:  BOEING CO (THE) 
  UD=  DIALOG UPDATE DATE:  20100812; 22:37:23 EST 
  EN=  EVENT NAMES:  MAJOR CORPORATIONS 
  /PN,PN=  INDUSTRY NAMES:  AIR TRANSPORTATION; TRANSPORTATION; AIRLINES; PASSENGER 
      TRANSPORTATION; BIG BUSINESS 
  RG=  JOURNAL REGION:  Ireland 
  JS=  JOURNAL SUBJECT:  General News 
     

SAMPLE JOURNAL RECORD

  AA=  2018000353  18W400C0 
  /TI  Feasibility   and   optical   performance   of  one  axis  three  positions 
    sun-tracking polar-axis aligned CPCs for photovoltaic applications. 
  AU=  Runsheng Tang, Yamei Yu 
  JN=,PG=  Solar Energy, v84, n9, p1666(10) 
  DY=,PD=,PY=  Wednesday, September 1, 2010 
  JC=,LA=,RT=  JOURNAL CODE:  AFVW  LANGUAGE:  English  RECORD TYPE:  Abstract 
  DT=,SN=  DOCUMENT TYPE:  Scholarly Journal  ISSN:  0038-092X 
  WD=  WORD COUNT: 407 
     
    TEXT: 
  /LP,/TX  To link to full-text access for this article, visit this link: 
    http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.solener.2010.05.020 
     
    Byline: Runsheng Tang, Yamei Yu 
     
  /TX  Keywords: 
     
    Compound parabolic concentrators; Oriented in the polar-axis direction; 
    Optical performance; Optical concentration ratio; Photovoltaic applications 
    Abstract: 
     
    A new design concept, called one axis three positions sun-tracking 
    polar-axis aligned CPCs (3P-CPCs, in short), was proposed and theoretically 
                           (. . . ) 
    Author Affiliation: 
     
    Education Ministry Key Laboratory of Advanced Technology and Preparation for 
    Renewable Energy Materials, Yunnan Normal University, Kunming 650092,PR China 
     
    Article History: 
    Received 10 February 2010; Revised 5 May 2010; Accepted 31 May 2010 
    Article Note: 
    (miscellaneous) Communicated by: Associate Editor L. Vant-Hull 
    Copyright (c) 2010 Elsevier Science Publishers 
  /CO,CO=  COMPANY NAMES:  CRESCENT PETROLEUM CO; COMPUTER PROMPTING AND (...) 
  UD=  DIALOG UPDATE DATE:  20100811; 09:13:14 EST 
  /GN,GN=  GEOGRAPHIC NAMES:  CHINA; FAR EAST; EASTERN ASIA; ASIA 
  JS=  JOURNAL SUBJECT:  Environmental; Utilities 
  PU=  PUBLISHER:  Elsevier Science Publishers 
     


BASIC INDEX [top]

SEARCH
SUFFIX		 DISPLAY
CODE		 FIELD NAME
 INDEXING
 SELECT EXAMPLES
None None All Basic Index Fields Word S DREAMLINER(4W)ALL(1W)NIPPON
/CO CO Company Name1 Word S BOEING/CO
/DE DE Descriptor (Event Name)2,3 Word
& Phrase		 S MANAGEMENT(W)PROCEDURES/DE
S MANAGEMENT PROCEDURES/DE
/GN GN Geographic Name1,4 Word S JAPAN/GN
/LP,TX LP,TX Lead Paragraph or Abstract Word S (BOEING AND 7E7)/LP
/PN PN Industry Name1 Word S GLOBAL(W)MARKETING/PN
/TI TI Title Word S (ALL(W)NIPPON(W)AIRWAYS AND BOEING?)/TI
/TX TX Text Word S (MEDIUM(W)RANGE(W)AIRPLANE)/TX
/XF None All Basic Index Fields Except Full Text Word S NEW(W)JET/XF

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

2 Also /DF.

3 Also Searchable in the Additional Indexes using EN=.

4 Geographic Name field includes states/provinces, countries, and regions.


ADDITIONAL INDEXES [top]

SEARCH
PREFIX		 DISPLAY
CODE		 FIELD NAME
 INDEXING
 SELECT EXAMPLES
AA= AA Global Accession Number Phrase S AA=16K31VXA
AU= AU Author Word S AU=(TODD(2N)ZAUN)
None AZ DIALOG Accession Number
CO= CO Company Name1 Phrase S CO=BOEING?
DT= DT Document Type Phrase S DT=NEWSPAPER
S DT=NEWSLETTER
DY= DY Publication Day Phrase S DY=TUESDAY
ED= ED Edition Phrase S ED=FINAL
EN= EN Event Name5 Phrase S EN=MANAGEMENT PROCEDURE?
GN= GN Geographic Name1,4 Phrase S GN=NORTH AMERICA
None IS Issue
JC= JC Journal Code Phrase S JC=ADFN
JN= JN Journal Name Phrase S JN=NEW YORK TIMES?
JS= JS Journal Subject Category Phrase S JS=GENERAL NEWS
LA= LA Language Phrase S LA=ENGLISH
MO= MO Publication Month Phrase S MO=APRIL
PD= PD Publication Date Phrase S PD=20040427
PG= PG Page Number Phrase S PG=1
PN= PN Product/Industry Name1 Phrase S PN=GLOBAL MARKETING
PY= PY Publication Year Phrase S PY=2004
RG= RG Journal Region Phrase S RG=NEW YORK
RT= RT Record Type Phrase S RT=FULLTEXT
SH= SH Section Heading Phrase S SH=BUSINESS
SN= SN ISSN (International Standard Serial Number) Phrase S SN=0362-4331
None SO Source6
UD= None Update Phrase S UD=9999
None VO Volume
WD= WD Word Count7 Numeric S WD=>600

5 Also Searchable in the Basic Index using /DE.

6 Includes Journal Name, Volume, Pagination, and Publication Date.

7 Use numeric operators (>, =>, <, <=, or :) to search a range of values.


LIMIT [top]

SUFFIX FIELD NAME EXAMPLES
/ DIALOG Accession Number S S2/597914-999999
/ Publication Year S S2/2004
/ENG English-Language Records S S3/ENG
/FULLTEXT Fulltext Available S S2/FULLTEXT
/LONG Word Count of 1,000 words or more S S5/LONG
/NONENG Non-English Language S S2/NONENG
/SHORT Word Count of less than 1,000 words S S6/SHORT


SORT [top]

SORTABLE FIELDS EXAMPLES
AA, AU, JN, PD, PY, TI SORT S5/ALL/ PY,D


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]

Display codes listed in the Search Options tables can be used to customize output. TYPE S4/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 Count
5 -- Bibliographic Citation, Lead Paragraph, Word Count, and Indexing
6 Short Title, Journal Name, Publication Date, and Word Count
7 Long Full Record except Indexing
8 Free Title, Journal Name, Publication Date, Word Count, 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 0827003379/9
PRINT 0827003379/9


Rates [top]

Rates For File: DIALOG NewsRoom Alert[989]
Cost per DialUnit:                 $5.40
Cost per minute:                   $1.58
ALERT (default)                    $4.25
ALERT (Monthly)                *  $14.75
ALERT (Biweekly/twice a month) *  $14.75
ALERT (Weekly)                 *  $14.25
ALERT (Daily)                      $4.25
ALERT (Calendar weekly)        *  $14.25
ALERT (Intraday)                   $3.25
* = 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
     4    $2.50    $2.50
     5    $2.50    $2.50
     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
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