Settings for Guided Search and Command Mode

• Logon Preferences
  Logon to
  The default logon search mode for most DialogWeb customers is Guided Search. To change the default, select Command Search.

Alias Password
You can specify an alias password in place of your Dialog-assigned password, however, your Dialog-assigned password always remains active and unchanged. To specify or change your existing alias password

1. In Settings, Current Session, click Change Alias Password.
2. On the Change Alias form enter your Dialog assigned password in the Original System Password text box.
3. Enter an alias password (3-8 characters) in the New Alias Password text box.
4. Enter the alias again in the New Alias Password (again) text box.
5. Click Save Changes.

In Command Search, you can also use the SET PASSWORD command to specify an alias password. To use the SET PASSWORD command,  enter set password followed by your Dialog assigned password, a space, and an alias password (3-8 characters). For example, enter set password abcd12345 mere to specify mere as the alias password for the Dialog-assigned password abcd12345.

Settings for Guided Search Only

• Display Preferences
  Categories
  To display only the search categories that are associated with Targeted Search, check the Dynamic Search box to remove the checkmark. To display only the search categories that are associated with Dynamic Search, check the Targeted Search box to remove the checkmark. The default is to display the search categories for both Targeted Search and Dynamic Search.
  
  Cost Display
  If you want cost estimates to display, select the Costs checkbox. The default is to show cost estimates and price information.
  
  Notify if Cost Exceeds
  To specify a dollar amount which will automatically display a warning message if record display or send costs exceed the specification, enter a dollar amount in the Notify if Costs Exceed text box. The default is $100.00.
  
  Database Lists
  If you do not want database list displays to include file numbers, check the Show Database File Numbers box to remove the checkmark.
  
  Search History
  You can specify the number of search sets that display when you click the Refine Search option in Dynamic Search, by entering a number (1-400) in the Search History text box. The default is the 5 most recent sets.
  
  Picklist
  You can specify the number of titles (1-999) to include in a single Picklist display by entering a number in the Picklist text box. The default is ten records.
  
  Record Format for Picklist Links
  To specify a format for displaying and sending records from a Picklist, select a format from the drop-down list. The default is Full Record. Format options include:
  
  • Free - all the available information that can be provided at no cost
  • Full Record Format - displays the full record including the text or abstract and images when available
  • Short -
  • Medium - displays a bibliographic citation and a word count or equivalent summary information, or an equivalent summary
  • Long - displays the entire record without additional indexing fields or an executive summary format
  • Key Word in Context - displays in 30-word sections (approximately the 15 words preceding and the 15 words following) the parts of the record that contain your search term (not available for all databases)

Market Research Titles Link to
To specify a format for display and sending records from a Report Picklist, select either the Table of Contents of Section Headings option from the drop-down list. The default is Table of Contents. The default is Browser (with options).

Display Records
You can specify how records from the Picklist display by selecting either Browser (with options) or Browser ('clean copy' for Print/Save). Browser with displays the records and the DialogWeb interface. Browser ('clean copy' for Print/Save) displays only the text of the selected records.

• Searching
  Note: These settings apply to Dynamic Searches only, not to Targeted Searches.

  Restrict Results to
  When available, you can restrict the results of your search to English Language Only, Fulltext Articles Only, and/or the last two years by selecting the appropriate checkboxes.

  Sort Results by
  You can have your search results automatically sorted by publication date or relevance by selecting the appropriate option.

  Automatic sorting by date gives you a representative sampling of records from each database, most recent first. The sample will include a maximum of 500 records total. If your search retrieves more than 500 records, a link appears which you can use to display all the records. (If you request that all records be displayed and the search retrieved more than 50,000 records, the results will be unsorted.)

  Automatic sorting by relevance gives you a maximum of 50 records displayed in order by relevance.