Experience the all-new ProQuest Dialog service — right now!

Content from the world's most authoritative publishers, and the tools to search it with speed and precision — ProQuest Dialog is your resource for information to drive innovation.

ProQuest Dialog delivers critical information to help your organization uncover new opportunities and develop innovative products. Offering ease of use for information professionals and knowledge workers across industries, ProQuest Dialog combines authoritative sources with an intuitive new interface and powerful tools to maximize your research and results. It's a fresh approach to precision searching based on relevancy, transparency, control, and completeness.

To get started, go to the Fast Start Guide. 75 KB, 2 pp

To register for training, please visit http://support.dialog.com/training/proquestdialog/.

For other questions about searching ProQuest Dialog, you can contact Dialog Knowledge Centers around the world by telephone for live assistance from our expert Information Consultants — 24 hours a day, Monday through Friday, or contact us by e-mail at for a timely response to your query.

Dialog customer? Check here for updates on migration to ProQuest Dialog in 2013.

Not a customer? Please contact us for more information about ProQuest Dialog.

Account Administration
If you manage contracts, user IDs and service access for your organization, you will be pleased with the powerful tools which are available to you on ProQuest Dialog. Go to the administrators page for information on setting up passwords, setting preferences for user groups, customizing the interface, reviewing usage reports and more.

Working with Alerts and Saved Searches
Delivering regular updates on key topics is an important aspect of information services for most organizations. Learn how to set up, edit and manage alerts and saved searches on the Alert Management page.

Migration Planning for Dialog Customers
Dialog customers migration to ProQuest Dialog will start in Q3 2013. For information on planning and preparation, go to the Migration page.

Training

Sign up for live Web-based training to develop your search and content expertise on ProQuest Dialog™, whatever your skill level — novice to power searcher. Or browse a variety of self-paced eLearning opportunities and search aids below.

ProQuest Dialog — Free Live Training

Live Webinars

To view the schedule of courses and to register, please select from below:

• New ProQuest Dialog Service (English Language Webinars)
• New ProQuest Dialog Service (French, German & Italian Language Webinars)

ProQuest Dialog — eLearning

ProQuest Dialog Search Screencasts

ProQuest Dialog At A Glance On-Demand Modules

Search Aids

• ProQuest Dialog Fast Start Guide 75 KB, 2 pp
• ProQuest Dialog Quick Reference Guide 1.5 MB, 12 pp
• NEW ProQuest Dialog Search Syntax Conversion Guide 157 KB, 4 pp
• ProSheets

Support

Dialog offers a wealth of support for our new service, ProQuest Dialog™.

ProQuest Dialog Support Center covers a variety of Hot Topics:

• Background and What's New in the Latest Release
• Transactional Pricing
• Available Databases and Content
• Technical Requirements
• Auto Functions
• Duplicate Detection
• Basic Search
• Viewing Results
• Searching — Search Options
• Using Boolean Operators

Contact the Dialog Knowledge Center

Our experienced Information Consultants provide expert assistance in conducting Pharmaceutical and Biomedical, Engineering and Technology, Intellectual Property, and Business and Market research as well as technical support for Dialog products. Please email your questions to .

Databases

ProQuest Dialog™ Databases A-Z is available for download:

DOWNLOAD ProQuest Dialog Databases A-Z 43 KB, 1 page

View Database descriptions here.

View ProSheets here.

*Subscriber access only.

Pricing

The pricing options available for ProQuest Dialog are designed to provide more value at the same approximate cost as legacy systems. A choice of pricing plans are available to meet the needs of different types of users. The plans include:

• Standard Transactional Plan — retail price for output and alerts on a pay-as-you-go basis
• Commitment Plan — discounts on output, based on an making a commitment to a minimum annual contract value
• Choice and Site License Plans — flat rate subscriptions for specific databases or groups of databases

Customers with existing pricing plans on legacy systems will migrate to the new service with minimal change.

• Transactional customers continue to pay for service as used on a monthly basis.
• Existing discount plans and subscriptions migrate at current annual commitment, monthly payment, discount levels and renewal dates.

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