Support : eNewsletters : Training Updates : Issue 2, March 2012

Featured File — GeoRef

Established by the American Geosciences Institute (AGI) in 1966, GeoRef is AGI's most comprehensive geosciences database with worldwide coverage growing by more than 100,000 references a year. The database contains over 3.3 million references to geoscience journal articles, books, maps, conference papers, reports and theses. ProQuest Deep Indexing: Earth Sciences supplements GeoRef with access to millions of indexed charts, figures, graphs, maps, photographs, and tables from the scholarly research and technical literature. GeoRef includes an online thesaurus that provides definitions of the terms, along with broader, narrower, and related terms. Join us for a special overview of GeoRef content, features, and search tips available on both Dialog and ProQuest Dialog!

GeoRef Overview

by Sharon N. Tahirkheli, American Geosciences Institute
Tuesday, March 20 – 10:00am New York | 15:00 London
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Quantum² Webinar: Creating a Brand Identity

We all recognize a strong brand identity when we see it, but how did that identity develop? Because brands are defined by perceptions, new logos and fancy ad campaigns don't make a brand. Everything from product quality to service and the image projected creates brand equity. This session covers the what and why of creating brand identity, illustrated by case studies, and offers how-tos for creating brand identity for an information center, with minimal budget.

Wednesday, March 14 – 11:00am New York | Register

RefWorks Overview Webinar

In a world of e-research, there are more data sources available than ever, which means researchers like you need highly efficient ways to manage vast amounts of information quickly and easily. RefWorks is a powerful online research management, writing and collaboration tool designed to help researchers at all levels gather, organize, store and share all types of information. Sign up for one of our one-hour overview webinars to see RefWorks in action!

Wednesday, March 14 – 12:00pm (noon) New York | Register
Thursday, March 15 – 12:00pm (noon) New York | Register

Classic Dialog Webinars

Register for Dialog webinars from our Developing Classic Dialog Search Expertise site. Featured webinars in March include:

Fast Start to Dialog Featuring DialogClassic Web, Parts 1 & 2 — Jump start or refresh your skills in basic search, display and output options featuring the DialogClassic Web product interface including how to use essential commands and reference tools.

Tips and Tricks for Database Selection and Multifile Searching — Further develop your Dialog searching expertise in this Webinar highlighting search techniques and commands that are useful in selecting the most relevant databases and in searching multiple databases simultaneously.

Introduction to the New ProQuest Dialog Service for Dialog Searchers — Get a preview of the key features and functionality of the new ProQuest Dialog service including basic search, display and output options.

Developing Patent Research Expertise, Part 1: Patent Search Basics — Develop your patent searching skills with this overview of patent basics including database selection, number, owner/assignee and inventor searching, finding legal status, plus tips for multi-file searching and duplicate detection.

Essential Tools for Trademark Research — Learn the basics of searching the thirty-two TRADEMARSCAN® files on Dialog including number and ownership searches, “screening” and design searches, and techniques for narrowing by International Class Code or Goods and Services descriptions.

ProQuest Dialog™ Webinars

Register for ProQuest Dialog training from our ProQuest Dialog Training & Support site. Sessions offered regularly include:

Introduction to the New ProQuest Dialog Service — Get a fast start to searching on ProQuest Dialog, our next-generation service currently providing access to 68 Scientific, Technical and Medical databases from the world's foremost publishers.

Developing ProQuest Dialog Expertise — Further develop your ProQuest Dialog search expertise in this webinar introducing the advanced and precision search features available to professional searchers.

Working With Your ProQuest Dialog Results: Output, Post-Processing, Alerting Options and More! — Review the wide variety of output and post-processing options available on ProQuest Dialog, including exporting to citation management applications, generating reports in Excel, Word or PDF format and setting up Alerts and RSS feeds.

Essential Tools for Engineering & Technology Research on ProQuest Dialog — Discover the wide range of Engineering content now available on ProQuest Dialog and learn the essential tools for effectively searching engineering and technology databases.

First Steps for Biomedical Research on ProQuest Dialog — Find out what Biomedical and Pharmaceutical content is now available on ProQuest Dialog and learn the basic tools for effectively searching biomedical databases.

Next Steps for Biomedical Research on ProQuest Dialog — Delve into more advanced techniques for searching in the Biomedical and Pharmaceutical databases by using Advanced Search mode, multi-file searching, de-duplication, thesauri and explode features.

Command Search for Biomedical Research on ProQuest Dialog — Further develop your expertise in searching Biomedical and Pharmaceutical databases using Command Search mode and syntax as a follow-up to our Next Steps for Biomedical Research webinar.

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REGISTER NOW for as many of our free training webinars as you wish!
Find additional learning resources, search aids and free practice opportunities on our Essential Tools for Pharmaceutical/Biomedical, Intellectual Property, Business/Market Intelligence, and Engineering/Technology Research pages. View the archive of featured file database modules at www.dialog.com/sources/focus.

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