Course Contents
Overview of Competitive Intelligence Sources on Dialog
Before starting any of the lessons, you may wish to review an overview of Competitive Intelligence Sources on Dialog.
Lesson 1: Finding
Basic Company Information
Illustrates techniques, including the use of the EXPAND command, for finding basic facts and financial data about a public or private U.S. company. Includes key sources for company information.
Lesson 2: Monitoring Company
and Industry News
Discusses databases pertinent for monitoring company or industry activities. Includes key sources for industry overviews and news.
Lesson 3: Using Market Research
Illustrates the use of DialogWeb's databases selection tool, DIALINDEX, to select market research reports in the MARKETFULL databases. Discusses how to find market research in the trade press. Includes key sources for MARKETFULL and other market research databases.
Lesson 4: Locating Analyst
Reports
Explains how to conduct searches to find company, industry, and country analyst reports.
Lesson 5: Finding Information
on Products
Explains how to use product names and codes to search for product information effectively. Describes Dialog's Product Code Finder file. Includes key sources for products.
Lesson 6: Locating Information
on Mergers, Acquisitions, Alliances, and
Partnerships
Identifies key databases and using Dialog OneSearch to find information about mergers, acquisitions, alliances, and partnerships.
Exercises throughout the course will reinforce material covered in the lessons, and help you to practice Dialog searching. To gain the most from the course, it is important to complete the practice exercises included with each lesson. Contact the if you have questions.
