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ADD

The ADD command is designed to increase your flexibility in searching across files. To use the ADD command, BEGIN in one or more databases that contain similar fields and search terms. At any point in your search, you can ADD one or more files, up to the maximum number of files allowed in a OneSearch. The new files are brought into your search without erasing the search results and strategy you've created in your original files.

You can then simply REPEAT the search in the new files, which will regenerate your previous sets so that they include the new files, or you can customize it to fit the structure and vocabulary of the new files.

In the following example, a search is begun in MEDLINE^®, File 154. Gale Group Health & Wellness Database^SM, File 149, is then ADDed, and the search is continued with a modified strategy to fit the search terms in File 149. The resulting sets from each file (S2 and S4) are ORed together, and REMOVE DUPLICATES is used to eliminate any duplicate records from the final set.

• To ADD <file number>:

?b 154
   File 154:MEDLINE(R) 1990-2008/Mar 11
       (c) format only 2008 Dialog

      Set  Items  Description
      ---  -----  -----------
?select health maintenance organizations(L)trends
            9638  HEALTH MAINTENANCE ORGANIZATIONS/DE
          147385  TRENDS/DE
      S1     501  HEALTH MAINTENANCE ORGANIZATIONS(L)TRENDS

?s s1/2006:2008
             501  S1
         1486404  PY=2006 : PY=2008
      S2       7  S1/2006:2008

?add 149
SYSTEM:OS  - DIALOG OneSearch
You have   2 files in your file list.
(To see file names, coverage dates, and copyright notices, 
enter SHOW FILES.)

      Set  Items  Description
      ---  -----  -----------

Added File(s): 149
Previous sets have been retained; enter DISPLAY SETS to 
view them.

?select (health maintenance organizations and forecast?)/de
           28021  HEALTH MAINTENANCE ORGANIZATIONS/DE
           70375  FORECAST?/DE
      S3     672  (HEALTH MAINTENANCE ORGANIZATIONS AND 
                  FORECAST?)/DE

?s s3/2006:2008
             672  S3
         2234298  PY=2006 : PY=2008
      S4     121  S3/2006:2008

?ds
Set     Items   Description
S1        501   HEALTH MAINTENANCE ORGANIZATIONS(L)TRENDS
S2          7   S1/2006:2008
S3        672   (HEALTH MAINTENANCE ORGANIZATIONS AND 
                FORECAST?)/DE
S4        121   S3/2006:2008

?s s2 or s4
               7  S2
             121  S4
      S5     127  S2 OR S4

?rd s5
      S6     126  RD S5  (unique items)

?t s6/ti,so,de/1 from each
6/TI,SO,DE/1 (Item 1 from file: 154) 
DIALOG(R)File 154: MEDLINE(R)
(c) format only 2008 Dialog. All rights reserved.

'Survival of the fittest' the rule for California IPAs. 

Capitation rates & data   Jun 2007 ,   12 (6) p68-9 , 
Descriptors: *Efficiency, Organizational; *Independent 
Practice Associations--economics --EC ; California; Health 
Maintenance Organizations--economics--EC; Health Maintenance 
Organizations--trends--TD; Hospital Design and Construction 
--trends--TD; Independent Practice Associations--
organization and administration--OG; Prospective Payment 
System--legislation and jurisprudence--LJ 

6/TI,SO,DE/11 (Item 11 from file: 149) 
DIALOG(R)File 149: TGG Health&Wellness DB(SM)
(c) 2008 The Gale Group. All rights reserved.

Clinics, insurers report strong health: Publicly traded 
HMO leads heavily populated sector.(health maintenance 
organization)(Financial report) 

Hispanic Business , 29 , 6 , 52(1) 
June , 
2007 

Descriptors: Health maintenance organizations--Company 
forecasts; Health maintenance organizations--Company 
sales and earnings; Hispanic American business 
enterprises--Company sales and earnings; Hispanic 
American business enterprises--Company forecasts

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