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Dialog Online Courses
Convenient, Self-Paced—and Free
Dialog presents a variety of free Online Course options
for new and experienced users. Each course is made
up of several lessons offering extensive information
about content and search techniques. You begin and
end the courses lessons at your convenience. You can
even choose which lessons you wish to complete, although,
to get the maximum benefits, we suggest you review
all the lessons in the sequence they are presented.
At the beginning of each lesson you will find introductory
pages. Please do not skip these pages as they contain
information about the course content, navigation, and
links to each lesson.
Dialog presents a variety of free Online Course
options for new and experienced users:
- On-Demand Recorded Online Courses
- Web-Based Online Courses
On-Demand Recorded Online Courses are
self-contained presentations, made up of a series
of slides, with audio, delivered via Brainshark using
Flash. Use the control panel buttons, located at
the bottom of every slide, to pause, backup, or skip
to the next or previous slide. Jump to any slide
using the index in the left-hand sidebar. Timings
appear next to each slide in the index, so you can
judge how much time each lesson will take. Can't
finish it in one session? Just return to the course
at your convenience and click on the slide where
you left off. Each recorded online course has a total
running time of approximately 1.5 hours. See
descriptions of current list of recorded courses.
Web-Based Online Courses
are made up of a series
of Web pages, organized into separate lessons. You
navigate through the course via hyperlinks at the
bottom of the screen, or jump to a specific lesson
using the index in the left-hand sidbar. Practice
exercises in each lesson test your understanding
of the topics covered. To perform your practice searches
without incurring any online charges, use the free
ONTAP
user numbers and passwords to access Dialog.
Plan on spending approximately 30-45 minutes for
each lesson, or about 4-5 hours to complete each
entire course.
Technical Requirements
To participate in Online Courses, you will need the following:
- Internet access
- Flash plugin (required for recorded courses only) available free from Adobe
- Adobe Acrobat Reader plug-in
 For
information on obtaining and configuring
the free Adobe Acrobat Reader software,
please visit the Adobe
Web Site.
More Information
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On-Demand Recorded Courses
Introduction to Searching:
• DialogClassic
Web
• DialogLink
5
• DialogWeb
Pharmaceutical Information:
• Selecting
Databases
• Introduction
• Tracking
a Pharmaceutical Product through the Discovery Process
• Tracking a Pharmaceutical Product through R&D
• Tracking
a Pharmaceutical Product through Clinical Trials
• Tracking a Pharmaceutical Product Through the Marketing and Post-Marketing Surveillance
Web-Based Courses
Intro to DialogWeb for:
• Business
• Patents
• Engineering
• Life Sciences
• Trademarks
Intro to Classic Dialog for:
• Business
• Patents
• Engineering
• Life Sciences
Advanced Courses
Dialog:
• Key Drug Pipeline Databases
DialogWeb:
• Competitive Intell
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