Using Search Commands in Dialog

SELECT

Next, I will use the SELECT command followed by my search terms.

The example below illustrates several SELECT statements.

Command	Example	When to Use It
SELECT S	select telecommut? s telecommut? s merg? or acqui? s s1 and s2	Use SELECT to create a set of records (e.g., s1) that contains the specified terms.

Brian wanted us to find information about sales of PlayStation 2 and also its competition Xbox. The sample below identifies the search terms we created in Lesson 2, including all truncation and proximity connectors.

Concept 1	Concept 2	Concept 3	Concept 4
playstation2	xbox	compet?	sale?
playstation()2	x()box		statistic?
ps2

To begin searching, I enter the Dialog SELECT command at the question mark prompt followed by my search terms under Concept 1. I will conduct several searches, entering each concept as a separate search statement:

s playstation2 or playstation()2 or ps2

The number of records containing my search terms appears as in the search below.

      Set  Items  Description
      ---  -----  -----------
?S PLAYSTATION2 OR PLAYSTATION()2 OR PS2
              62  PLAYSTATION2 
             568  PLAYSTATION 
           75566  2 
             402  PLAYSTATION(W)2 
             155  PS2 
      S1     506  PLAYSTATION2 OR PLAYSTATION()2 OR PS2

Go to the next page to see how to add more terms to our search.

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