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Lesson 6: Searching
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Dialog provides extensive documentation to help us determine appropriate patent databases. It covers information about the content of the databases and Dialog search features.

Two good sources to help us determine which of the many patent databases to choose are:

Go to the next page to see how to use Dialog Bluesheets.


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The Dialog Database Catalog contains a comprehensive listing of the databases currently available on Dialog. It contains brief descriptions of all databases, including subject categories and dates of coverage. A subject index is also included.

For some databases the database name provides a good indication of its subject content, for example, U.S. Patents Fulltext (File 654); other titles, such as INPADOC (File 345), do not tell us what patent information is contained in this file.

The database descriptions in the main body of the catalog help us learn about databases' coverage and content.

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