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Search Essentials

Dialog Bluesheets: Essential documentation for searching Dialog® databases. Bluesheets provide details about database content, search features, sample records, and output options for individual databases.


DataStar Datasheets: Basic reference sheets for searching DataStar™ databases. Datasheets include information on database content, search fields, print options, and a sample document.


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

Additional Search Aids

• Successful Searching on Dialog®, a comprehensive search manual that contains descriptions and examples of how to use all the commands available for use on Dialog.

• Dialog Database Catalog–detailed descriptions of the databases available on Dialog and DataStar.

• Pocket Guide to Dialog, a brief summary of the Dialog commands and features that you are likely to use most often.

• DataStar Quick Guide, a brief summary of the most common DataStar commands.


Consult the Search Aids page for more documents designed to increase your search efficiency.

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