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CURRENT (or CURRENT1) limits your results to the current calendar year plus one back year. You can use CURRENT with your BEGIN command when you are searching single or multiple files, OneSearch categories, or a combination of both.

If you need to search back more than one year, you can specify a broader application of CURRENT:

The CURRENT command narrows your search to records most recently added to a file, so in some files that continuously add new and old material, you may see records with older publication dates in your retrieval. To display your records chronologically, SORT your set by publication year (PY) or publication date (PD) in descending order (e.g., SORT S1/ALL/PY,D).

At any point in your search, you can enter SHOW CURRENT to verify which version of the command is working. To cancel CURRENT, enter the word CANCEL after CURRENT (e.g., CURRENT CANCEL or CURRENT3 CANCEL).

The CURRENT option is not available in DIALINDEX with the SET FILES (SF) command. However, it is available when you leave DIALINDEX and BEGIN other files from a RANK FILES (RF) list, e.g., BEGIN HITS CURRENT or BEGIN Nn:Nn CURRENT.

To view an online list of files that offer the CURRENT feature, enter HELP CURRENT at the prompt.

Notes:

If you have a set alias named CURRENT stored in your Dialog profile, you will need to either delete it or rename it so it will not interfere with your use of the CURRENT feature (see SET ALIAS).

• To BEGIN <file number or OneSearch category> CURRENT:

?begin mktres current

SYSTEM:OS  - DIALOG OneSearch
  File   9:Business & Industry(R) Jul/1994-2010/May 01
         (c) 2010 Gale/Cengage
  File  15:ABI/Inform(R) 1971-2010/May 03
         (c) 2010 ProQuest Info&Learning
  File  16:Gale Group PROMT(R) 1990-2010/May 03
         (c) 2010 Gale/Cengage
  File  18:Gale Group F&S Index(R) 1988-2010/Mar 31
         (c) 2010 Gale/Cengage
  File  20:Dialog Global Reporter 1997-2010/May 04
         (c) 2010 Dialog
  File  54:FOODLINE(R): Market 1979-2010/May 02
         (c) 2010 LFRA
  File  93:TableBase(R) Sep 1997-2010/Apr W2
         (c) 2010 Gale/Cengage
  File 148:Gale Group Trade & Industry DB 1976-2010/May 03
         (c) 2010 Gale/Cengage
  File 160:Gale Group PROMT(R) 1972-1989
         (c) 1999 The Gale Group
  File 484:Periodical Abs Plustext 1986-2010/May 03
         (c) 2010 ProQuest
  File 545:Investext(r)Archive 1982-2007/MAR 31
         (c)2007 Thomson Fin.Network
For current investment reports, see File 745
  File 553:Wilson Bus. Abs. 1982-2010/Mar
         (c) 2010 The HW Wilson Co
  File 569:Decision Res Pharm Ind Rpts 1998/Aug 03
         (c) 2000 Decision Res, Inc
  File 570:Gale Group MARS(R) 1984-2010/Mar 31
         (c) 2010 Gale/Cengage
  File 583:Gale Group Globalbase(TM) 1986-2002/Dec 13
         (c) 2002 Gale/Cengage
  File 589:FI Defense Market Intelligence 2010/Apr 28
         (c) 2010 Forecast Intl/DMS
  File 608:MCT Information Svc. 1992-2010/May 04
         (c) 2010 MCT Information Svc.
  File 621:Gale Group New Prod.Annou.(R) 1985-2010/Mar 16
         (c) 2010 Gale/Cengage
  File 624:McGraw-Hill Publications 1985-2010/May 04
         (c) 2010 McGraw-Hill Co. Inc
  File 635:Business Dateline(R) 1985-2010/May 04
         (c) 2010 ProQuest Info&Learning
  File 696:DIALOG Telecom. Newsletters 1995-2010/May 03
         (c) 2010 Dialog
  File 745:Investext(R) PDF Fltxt 1999--2010/Apr 28
         (c)2010 Thomson Fin. Networks
 
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Usage Notes

DialogClassicWeb: CURRENT CANCEL is not supported in DialogClassic Web.

DialogLink 5: The CURRENT command is not supported in DialogLink 5.

DialogClassic: To cancel CURRENT, enter the word CANCEL after CURRENT (e.g., CURRENT CANCEL or CURRENT3 CANCEL).

DialogWeb—Command: To cancel CURRENT, enter the word CANCEL after CURRENT (e.g., CURRENT CANCEL or CURRENT3 CANCEL).

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