EXPAND Command

DialogWeb Help: The EXPAND Command

Example: Display a list of authors, from the Additional Index, whose last names begin with einstein.
Command: e au=einstein

Example: EXPAND the term education in the Basic Index.
Command: e educat

The EXPAND command displays a database-specific alphabetical index of terms around the term you EXPAND. You can EXPAND search terms in the Additional Index or the Basic Index of a database.

To EXPAND a search term in an Additional Index, enter the EXPAND command followed by the prefix and the term. To EXPAND a search term in the Basic Index, enter the EXPAND command followed by your search term. You can also EXPAND a field prefix code, for example, e dt=, to display a complete listing of the contents of the field.

The EXPAND command displays a list of terms. You can use the list to:

locate and SELECT terms from the index
display a list of Related Terms found in an online thesaurus.

Note:
When you enter an EXPAND command on Dialog Web, 50 index terms display.