Lesson 8: Wrapping up the Course

Congratulations! You have completed the Introduction to Trademark Searching Using DialogWeb. We hope that you have enjoyed working through the course in your own time. Remember that the practice that you do will reinforce your learning in the course. Below is a summary of the Dialog commands and techniques you learned in this course.

Command	Example	When to Use It
BEGIN B	begin 226 b 226 b 226,246 b eurotmks	Use BEGIN with a file number to specify the database(s) to be searched.
EXPAND E	expand et=direct hit e ow=lego	Use EXPAND to verify the spelling of a term and to view similar entries.
SELECT S	select tr=react? s tr=direct? and tr=hit? s s1 and s2 s direct? and hit?	Use SELECT to create a set of records (e.g., s1) that contains the specified terms.
SELECT STEPS SS	ss tr=(lego? and land?)	Use SELECT STEPS to create separate sets for each search term.
TYPE T	type s1/free/1-3 t s3/full/1,3 t s2/free,k/1-5,8	Use TYPE to display search results in a specified format.
LOGOFF	or logoff	Use LOGOFF to end the search and disconnect from the Dialog system.

Other Dialog Techniques

Technique	Examples
Using truncation	s communicat?
Using proximity connectors	s fiber?(n)optic? s in(w)flight s central(3n)line?
Using logical operators	s s1 and s2 s gs=(computer(2n)program? or software?)

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