Self-Paced Web-Based Courses

Web-Based Online Courses are made up of a series of Web pages, organized into separate lessons. You navigate through the course via hyperlinks at the bottom of the screen, or jump to a specific lesson using the index in the left-hand sidbar. Practice exercises in each lesson test your understanding of the topics covered. To perform your practice searches without incurring any online charges, use the free ONTAP user numbers and passwords to access Dialog. Plan on spending approximately 30-45 minutes for each lesson, or about 4-5 hours to complete each entire course.

Introduction to Searching Dialog

You may start at any time, any day of the week and work at your on pace. Plan on approximately 4-5 hours to complete the course, including off-line and online practice exercises.

To begin, select the course that features the subject area that you plan to use for your own searching:

Classic Dialog for...

• Business Professionals
• Patent Researchers
• Engineering Professionals
• Life Sciences Professionals

For more information about the course content, see About the Introduction to Searching Dialog Online Course Series

Advanced Dialog Course

Key Drug Pipeline Databases. This free, self-paced course is designed to help you better understand the content of the Dialog drug pipeline files. It will provide you with an overview of the major drug pipeline databases.

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