Support : Search Aids : DataStar

Search Aids — DataStar
(Web and classic products)

The following resources will supplement the information found on DataStar datasheets. Consult the materials listed below for in-depth tips and techniques for refining your search strategies.

User Guides

• DataStar New User Guide

• DataStar Quick Guide

• DataStar Classic Search Guide—describes in detail all of the DataStar Classic commands. The Search Guide can be used as a reference tool by both beginners and experts. It does not cover particular features of individual databases. Readers should consult the BASE database online or the Datasheets for more information on database content and specific search strategies.

• ERA^SM (Electronic Redistribution and Archiving) Service — electronically store and redistribute copies of DataStar search results to coworkers in your organization.

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Tutorials & Quick Reference

• Alerts: Publish Alerts Using AlertsManager—PDF, 2 pages, 1.42MB

• Alerts: Subscribe to Alerts Using AlertsManager—PDF, 2 pages, 179KB

• Dialog eLinks Manager Tutorial — a tutorial that shows you how to:

• Log on to the Dialog eLinks Manager
• Create subscriptions groups and subgroups
• Assign DataStar User IDs to subscription groups and subgroups
• Select eJournal subscriptions by publisher
• Grant eJournal subscription access to groups and subgroups
• Set administrative rights for subscription management

• Dialog^® and DataStar Quick Comparison, a chart comparing commonly used commands on the Dialog and DataStar systems

• DataStar StarSearch Quick Reference Sheet—how to use StarSearch™ to save time when conducting a search in more than one file.

• DataStar Alert Quick Reference Card—how to set up an Alert on DataStarWeb.

• DataStar Alert Quick Reference Sheet—how to set up an Alert using the DataStar SmartAlerts menu-driven options.

• DataStar RANK Quick Reference Card.

• DataStarWeb Alert Delivery Tracker Quick Reference Card

• DataStarWeb Thesaurus Mapping Quick Reference Card

• DataStarWeb Post Processing Quick Reference Card

• Database Selection Aid for Searching Pharmaceutical Topics on Dialog and DataStar

• Fast Start to DataStarWeb — designed to help familiarize you with the basic features and content of DataStarWeb. After reviewing this guide you will be able to use DataStarWeb to find valuable strategic information to meet your professional needs.

• Generate a Report Using ReportAid Quick Reference Card

• Smart Tools — search aids that help you select databases. There are individual Smart Tools for Biomedicine & Pharmaceuticals, Chemistry, Company Intelligence, Engineering & Technology, Environment, Intellectual Property, and Products & Markets

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Database-specific Search Aids

• BIOL—BIOSIS® Previews Biosystematic Codes and the Organism Classifier Term Conversions

• BIOL—BIOSIS® Previews Quick Reference Card

• FOLE—How the Foodline Databases Can Help You Cater to Special Food Markets

• Nursing Resources on DataStar

• PHAR—Pharmaprojects: Major Events in the Update Information

• PHAR—Pharmaprojects (Dialog Files 128, 928; DataStar PHAR) Therapeutic Class Codes

• RAPR—Using the Rapra Classification Code to Find the Most Relevant Information on the RAPRA: Rubber and Plastics Database

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