1. BEGIN in PAPERS, a OneSearch category containing all U.S. full-text newspapers.

2. Use parentheses around ORed terms when using other connectors.

3. Although some newspapers may index GATES and some names in the Descriptor field, this indexing can be inconsistent.

It is best to perform a free-text search on the person's name. Many newspapers have a descriptor (DE) that can be used to retrieve biographical information, but the form of the descriptor can be unique to each newspaper.

It is recommended that a truncated form of the term "biography" be used to include all variations of the term.

Note: For File 990, select bio? or interview?

?b papers

SYSTEM:OS  - DIALOG OneSearch
  File 145:(Tacoma) The News Tribune 2002-2006/Jun 04
         (c) 2006 The News Tribune
*File 145: File 145 is closed (no longer updating).
  File 471:New York Times Fulltext 1980-2007/Nov 07
         (c) 2007 The New York Times
  File 489:The News-Sentinel 1991-2007/Nov 02
         (c) 2007 Ft. Wayne Newspapers, Inc
  File 492:Arizona Repub/Phoenix Gaz 19862002/Jan 06
         (c) 2002 Phoenix Newspapers
 *File 492: File 492 is closed (no longer updating).  Use
  Newsroom, Files 989 and 990, for current records.
  File 494:St LouisPost-Dispatch 1988-2007/Nov 04
         (c) 2007 St Louis Post-Dispatch
  File 631:Boston Globe 1980-2007/Nov 05
         (c) 2007 Boston Globe
  File 633:Phil.Inquirer 1983-2007/Nov 05
         (c) 2007 Philadelphia Newspapers Inc
                . . . .

      Set  Items  Description
      ---  -----  -----------
?s ((william or bill) (2n)  gates) and (bio? or interview?)/de
Processed  20 of  47 files ...
Processing
Completed processing all files
         2572533  WILLIAM
         4078330  BILL
          309675  GATES
           50223  ((WILLIAM OR BILL)(2N)GATES)
          592329  BIO?/DE
          151636  INTERVIEW?/DE
      S1    1192  ((WILLIAM OR BILL) (2N) GATES) AND (BIO? OR 
                  INTERVIEW?)/DE

4. TYPE the record in the desired format to review a few records. Add FROM EACH to the end of the TYPE command to see a few records from each database in a OneSearch.

?t s1/6,k/1 from each

  1/6,K/1 (Item 1 from file: 471) 
DIALOG(R)File 471: New York Times Fulltext
(c) 2007 The New York Times. All rights reserved.
        
04760848 625493070730 
Exit, Pursued by 1,000 Bears 
Monday July 30 2007 
Word Count: 1928 
(USE FORMAT 7 FOR FULLTEXT) 
2007 
        
Abstract: 
Microsoft's Bill Gates plans to leave company next year at time
of intense competition in industry; continues involvement... 
  
Text: 

...is beset with competition from all sides, unlike any it has 
seen in decades, and Bill Gates, who co-founded 
the company 32 years ago, still intends to step away next year...

  Captions:
Photos: Microsoft's founder, Bill Gates, flanked by his
designated successors: Craig Mundie, left, head of research and 
strategy, and Ray...

...architect. (pg. C1); Ray Ozzie, right, and Craig Mundie, 
center, will take over two of Bill Gates's roles at Microsoft.
(Photographs by Kevin P. Casey for The New York Times)(pg...

  Descriptors:
Computers and the Internet; Suspensions, Dismissals and 
Resignations; Biographical Information

Personal Names:
Gates, Bill;  Markoff, John