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The Importance of Structured Curriculum Getting started
The importance of structured curriculum (cont'd) To build your expertise, special Web-based, instructor-led Engineering topics, include "Doing a Comprehensive Author Search in the Engineering Files" on September 24 and "Locating Conference Papers" and "Finding Physical Properties Data" to be scheduled later this year. For other topics, the Dialog How Do I...? series provides step-by-step instructions on 20 of the most common engineering searches. Just follow the Command Summaries and view the sample searches.
Reinforcement In creating its courses, training materials and search aids, Dialog obtains ideas from curriculum experts like Jerome Bruner, who depicted good curriculum as one with coherence and progression—as a spiral of repeated engagements to improve and deepen skills, concepts, attitudes and values. His model includes learning goals, teaching and learning activities and feedback/assessment. Dialog's training goal is to help you increase your research expertise on Dialog no matter what your level is. Watch for announcements in the Chronolog and futureTraining Updates of other curriculum offerings, including patents and biomedical.
Mark your calendar now: Instructor-led specialized Web-based courses
Register for free Web-based courses now!
DataStar Training On-Demand Dialog at a Glance: New DataStar modulesNow you can try new DataStar At a Glance modules. Five 10-minute or less sessions you can take on your own in a few spare minutes to learn more about DataStar complement the DataStar First and Next Step sessions. Each module focuses on one search technique or feature, describing the technique and providing some concise examples illustrating how to use it in your searching.
Check the Web site often for new modules for DataStar and Dialog; then, email us with other techniques you would like to see in this format. New overviews include Inspec® (File 2), Derwent World Patents Index® (File 351), ABI/INFORM® (File 15) and Cengage Gale PROMT® (File 16) and Cengage Gale Trade & Industry Database™ (File 148). Check them out!
Dialog Tip: Specialized indexing in the technical files For this example we'll use the EXPAND command in Inspec® (File 2) to find the indexed terms for optical fibre networks. ?e optical fibre networks Ref Items RT Index-term E1 3 OPTICAL FIBRE NETWORKING E2 1 OPTICAL FIBRE NETWORKING APPLICATIONS E3 19139 12 *OPTICAL FIBRE NETWORKS (January 1995) E4 1 OPTICAL FIBRE NEUTRON SENSOR .... The third column, RT, shows that Optical fibre networks has 12 related terms. Now EXPAND again using the E number with related terms. ?expand e3
Ref Items Type RT Index-term
R1 19139 12 *OPTICAL FIBRE NETWORKS (January
1995)
R2 190 F 1 OPTICAL FIBER NETWORKS
R3 16024 O 12 OPTICAL LINKS (January 1969)
R4 199966 T 57 TELECOMMUNICATION (January 1969)
R5 18415 B 18 OPTICAL FIBRE COMMUNICATION
(January 1995)
R6 2424 N 14 OPTICAL FIBRE LAN (January 1995)
R7 3720 N 22 OPTICAL FIBRE SUBSCRIBER LOOPS
(January 1995)
R8 977 R 9 OPTICAL BURST SWITCHING (January
2007)
R9 975 R 8 RADIO-OVER-FIBRE (January 2006)
R10 789 R 6 WAVELENGTH ASSIGNMENT (January
2007)
R11 129872 R 44 CC=B6210L Computer communications
R12 9232 R 7 CC=B6220B Subscriber loops
R13 19930 R 5 CC=B6260F Optical fibre networks
Related terms appear. T indicates the top term; B broader, N narrower, R related and O old. Terms with narrower terms can be EXPLODEd using the exclamation point (!). SELECTing optical fibre networks! picks up optical fibre lan and optical fibre subscriber loops, as well as optical fibre networks.
Here's an example in NewsRoom. Enter the search query EMISSION$1 STANDARD$1. Use a drop-down menu to restrict the search to Information added since the appropriate time frame. From the Keywords — Part 1: A–M pop-up menu, choose AUTOMOTIVE-INDUSTRY, and from the Countries & regions, alphabetical list pop-up menu, click USA. From this search you get current, targeted retrieval of full-text articles from major news sources. The Titles page presents the titles, journal names, publication dates, and key bibliographic data. Click the boxes to the left of the titles you wish to download, scroll down and click Display. From the Documents page you can save your records in Adobe® PDF, HTML, XML, and other formats. What's more, you can include your search strategy, which will provide a date and time stamp. A quick search in a matter of minutes lets you create a professional-looking PDF document, complete with title page, a table of contents with links to the stories on the pages that follow, the articles and a record of your search strategy. |
Know Your Trainers This month Dialog features experts from EMEA—Europe, Middle East and Africa. All training specialists conduct courses in Dialog products and DataStarWeb. Each creates training presentations in their specialty language(s) in content areas including biomedical, pharmaceutical, patents, business and news and technical and scientific information. Here's a brief snapshot of each.  Based in London, Ian Pearce has spent many years in the information industry. With a background in chemistry, German and patents at Derwent, intellectual property is his forte. Read his article in the June Chronolog for tips on searching for prior art. A multi-linguist who has been with Dialog for six years, Sandra Regueiro uses her language expertise to provide customized training in the local language for Spanish and Italian customers and Web-based sessions for Southern Europe.  Marie-Christine Delpino has 17 years at Dialog and teaches both Web-based and customized classes in French. She also works closely with French account managers to adapt her trainings to the specific needs of their customers. Although she speaks four languages, Gabrielle Derriks provides classes primarily in German. One of her golden guidelines for training is "be short and practical." Her 15-minute targeted sessions on a specific Dialog feature such as using Web Charts on DataStarWeb or a topic like finding the top ten companies or conducting a worldwide trademark search are very popular. Gabrielle has 12 years with Dialog.  A science and intellectual property subject specialist in the EMEA Knowledge Center, Michael Fischer also conducts training classes in German. Michael has been with Dialog in a variety of roles for 16 years. Register for some of his 15-minute targeted sessions.Tessa Heffernan's experience in the  information industry includes new business sales, account management, custom solutions, training and customer service. Tessa is excited about working with researchers in the medical communication/medical education sector. These customers need biomedical bibliographic sources (e.g., MEDLINE® and EMBASE®), as well as the drug pipeline files: Prous sources, SciSearch and Adis Clinical Trials Insight for competitive intelligence in pharma.  Ursula Lenschow has been with Dialog since 1996 in OnDisc sales, the Solutions Team and now supports her sales colleagues and customers in the Northern European Region. Her background is in business and marketing. She does training in English and German.Training Schedules Check the training schedule for the most up-to-date list of Web-based classes and register at: •Deutsch •English •Français Quantum2 The following Web sessions are being conducted for the Quantum2 program through December. Review other upcoming sessions. • Scenario Planning for the Information Center — September 10, 2009 • Best Practices for Information Services — October 22, 2009 • Creating a Brand Identity — December 10, 2009 Documentation NEW: Focus on... Subject-specific content clusters Several new pieces of documentation provide precise guides to patents, engineering and cost-effective searching. • Quick comparison charts — Two handy charts show differences between most often used databases for patents and engineering searches. The Patent Files Quick Comparison chart compares Derwent World Patents Index® and INPADOC/Family and Legal Status, and the Engineering Files Quick Comparison chart describes when to use Inspec® (File 2), Ei Compendex® (File 8) and NTIS: National Technical Information Service (File 6) and provides search suggestions for the files. • Hints and Tips for Cost-Effective Searching on Dialog contains tips to get the most from your search whether it is in creating a search strategy, selecting databases or viewing records. • The Five Most Common Patent Searches on Dialog is a succinct guide to searching application and publication numbers, inventor names, prior art and assignee/owner or legal representative. Download these brief search aids and keep them next to your computer as you search Dialog. New workbook on Engineering information Another in the workbook collection is the new Engineering Information & Techniques on Dialog (Classic Dialog). This workbook in PDF format describes the differences among technical and engineering databases and contains applications, including techniques and searches to use throughout the engineering process. Just follow the command summaries to search the most common questions engineers might ask. Subscribe to Training Updates Sign up for the Training e-newsletter here. |
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