Techniques discussed include using CAS Registry Numbers, the RANK and MAP commands, searching synonyms and locating toxicological, environmental, chemical, business, and patent information. This half-day seminar was specially developed to introduce Dialog's chemical databases to searchers without scientific backgrounds. The seminar covers the various ways to search chemical names, whether systematic, generic or trade names, CAS Registry Numbers, and the MAP command. Simple techniques for searching for Chemical Information in toxicity, environment, chemical business and patents are also given. It includes an overview of the processes, databases, and intermediate search techniques for searching the patent files on Dialog.
Online practice is included.
This seminar is designed for advanced Dialog searchers who are researching technical, business, and intellectual property aspects of the pharmaceutical industry. The seminar provides an overview of the drug development and regulatory review process and illustrates practical techniques for locating comprehensive information about a single drug or categories of drugs. Cost Effective Dialog Searching Find out how to get the most from your searches on Dialog. This one-and a half hour briefing will review Dialog's new pricing based on use of system resources, DialUnits. Sample searches will be presented to illustrate the effect of using specific commands, search strategies and techniques.