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Locate Products by a Specific Company in a Technical Industry?

TOPIC: To find out how many products a specific company has in a particular industry, we can search by company to find brands the company has in that industry. Brands & Their Companies (File 116) is a good starting point. This database contains over 440,000 consumer brand names and their owners or distributors.

In this example we will select the electrical and scientific apparatus industry and see what products from the company Edcon we can find in this industry.

 

COMMAND SUMMARY

BEGIN 116
EXPAND IN=ELECT

SELECT E5
SELECT S1 AND CO=EDCON?

TYPE S2/8/ALL
TYPE S2/9/1


HOW TO...



1. BEGIN File 116, Brands & Their Companies.

2. EXPAND using the IN= prefix for industry and a shortened form of "electric" to view the beginning of that part of the index.

3. SELECT the appropriate E number(s).


?b  116

  File 116:Brands & Their Companies 2007/Aug
       (c) 2007 Gale Research Inc.

      Set  Items  Description
      ---  -----  -----------
?e in=elect

Ref   Items  Index-term
E1     1233  IN=EDUCATION
E2     1233  IN=EDUCATION AND ENTERTAINMENT SERVICES
E3        0 *IN=ELECT
E4    51681  IN=ELECTRICAL
E5    51681  IN=ELECTRICAL AND SCIENTIFIC APPARATUS
E6     1233  IN=ENTERTAINMENT
E7     9827  IN=ENVIRONMENTAL
E8     9827  IN=ENVIRONMENTAL CONTROL APPARATUS
. . . .

?s e5
      S1   51681  IN='ELECTRICAL AND SCIENTIFIC APPARATUS'


4. Combine Set 1 (S1) with the company name using the CO= prefix.

Use truncation (?) to retrieve all forms of the company name.


?s s1 and co=edcon?
           51681  S1
               9  CO=EDCON?
      S2       5  S1 AND CO=EDCON?


5. TYPE all records using Format 8 to see a description of the product.

Note: Some records are omitted from this display.


?t s2/8/all

2/8/1
DIALOG(R)File 116: Brands & Their Companies
(c) 2007 Gale Research Inc. All rights reserved.

09999811
Trade Name: EARLY SKILLS PROGRAMS

SIC Code: 3651 - Household Audio & Video Equipment
Description: Electronic equipment

2/8/2
DIALOG(R)File 116: Brands & Their Companies
(c) 2007 Gale Research Inc. All rights reserved.

09999809
Trade Name: MATH MYSTERY

SIC Code: 7372 - Prepackaged Software
Description: Electronic equipment

2/8/3
DIALOG(R)File 116: Brands & Their Companies
(c) 2007 Gale Research Inc. All rights reserved.

09999808
Trade Name: ROLL-QUICK

SIC Code: 3651 - Household Audio & Video Equipment
Description: Electronic equipment, now out of production

. . . .



6. TYPE a complete record using Format 9.

?t s2/9/1

2/9/1
DIALOG(R)File 116: Brands & Their Companies
(c) 2007 Gale Research Inc. All rights reserved.

09999811
Trade Name: EARLY SKILLS PROGRAMS

SIC Code: 3651 - Household Audio & Video Equipment
Description: Electronic equipment

Company:
EDCON PUBLISHING GROUP
30 Montauk Blvd.
Oakdale, NY 11769-1399 USA
Telephone: (631)567-7227
Toll-Free: 888-553-3266
Fax: (631)567-8745
Email: info@edconpublishing.com editor@edconpublishing.com
URL: http://www.edconpublishing.com

Industry: Electrical and Scientific Apparatus (09)

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