This may also sound obvious but anyone with experienced with Dialog searching should understand why this is an important element. Know how much you want to spend on the search. Again, this is an important question to answer at the outset of the search because these searches can be quite expensive. Incidentally, the cost of this search was left to the reader to calculate. If you want information on a defense expert, and are working for the defense, contact IDEX .
Members can search directly from the website.
Budget an hour of time for a basic search to include search preparation and execution, post-processing search results and report preparation. A Standard search. This includes results from a basic search plus a list of articles by the expert from relevant Dialog databases and major news items about the expert. A Detailed search. This search includes all of the above.