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.
Not a customer? Please contact us for more information about ProQuest Dialog.
Get Familiar with ProQuest Dialog
There is a wealth of training and documentation material to help you learn about the new service. Find out more about new system features and precision search capabilities under the tabs for Training and Customer Support on this page.
Migration Planning for Dialog Customers
The schedule for migrating Dialog customers to ProQuest Dialog is in development. Please check this page for future updates on timing and process for Dialog customer migration.
If you are the Dialog account administrator for your organization, you can begin preparing for migration now by learning more about the tools which will be available to you on the new service. Check the administrators page for information on setting up passwords, setting preferences for user groups and more.
Working with Alerts and Saved Searches
If your organization has Alerts on Dialog, you can begin preparing for migration now by learning more about how to edit and manage alerts and saved searches. Check the Alert Management page for more information
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 Basic Search, Part 1
View module | View Transcript - ProQuest Dialog Basic Search, Part 2
View module | View Transcript - ProQuest Dialog Advanced Search
View module | View transcript - My Research on ProQuest Dialog
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ProQuest Dialog At A Glance On-Demand Modules
- Citation Look Up
View module | View transcript - Command Line Searching
View module | View transcript - Creating a Database Shortcut in ProQuest Dialog
View module | View transcript - Creating and Modifying Alerts
View module | View transcript - The Language Preference and On-the-Spot Translation Features
View module | View transcript - Limiting with Dates
View module | View transcript - Online Help
View module | View transcript - Post-Processing
View module | View transcript - The My Research Administrator
View module | View transcript - Use the Thesaurus
View module | View transcript - Using Truncation and Boolean operators
View module | View transcript
Search Aids
- ProQuest Dialog Fast Start Guide 75 KB, 2 pp
- ProQuest Dialog Search Guide 708 KB, 26 pp
- ProQuest Dialog Quick Reference Guide 1.5 MB, 12 pp
- FAQs 839 KB, 36 pp
- ProSheets
Search Solutions
ProQuest Dialog Search Solutions supply concise, step-by-step instructions for how to find the most-requested information on ProQuest Dialog. Easy to reference and easy to follow, each application in the series illustrates every step with just the right amount of explanation. Feel confident knowing these applications, prepared by our subject experts, are the most effective strategies for the topic — no experimenting or guesswork necessary!
- Find reported adverse effects of a particular drug
Advanced Search 604 KB, 7 pp | Command Line 348 KB, 6 pp - Find a specific citation using the Citation Look Up feature 484 KB, 5 pp
- Locate clinical trials being conducted in a particular year on a specific drug 260 KB, 5 pp
- Search for a biomedical subject 412 KB, 7 pp
- Search for a comprehensive list of an author's publications in an engineering field 252 KB, 4 pp
- Search for drug names in Embase® 608 KB, 6 pp
- Search for an engineering subject 276 KB, 4 pp
- Search for an expert in an engineering field 299 KB, 7 pp
- NEW! Search for market share information on a drug 524 KB, 5 pp
- Search for new drug approvals (NDA) and abbreviated new drug applications (ANDA) 512 KB, 5 pp
- Use drug link subheadings in Embase® 344 KB, 7 pp
- Use the MeSH online thesaurus in MEDLINE® 492 KB, 5 pp
Support
Dialog offers a wealth of support for our new service, ProQuest Dialog™.
ProQuest Dialog Search Guide: 708 KB, 26 pp
- Provides a tool to help you understand how search works on ProQuest Dialog
- Explains how to accomplish research tasks on the new platform
- Offers specific search scenarios with how to find results
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
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Aerospace & Defense
- British Library Inside Conferences
- Current Content Search®
- Ei Compendex®
- Gale Group PROMT®
- Inspec®
- NTIS: National Technical Information Service
- PASCAL
- SciSearch®: a Cited Reference Science Database
Automotive
- British Library Inside Conferences
- Current Content Search®
- Ei Compendex®
- Gale Group PROMT®
- Inspec®
- NTIS: National Technical Information Service
- PASCAL
- Polymer Library
- SciSearch®: a Cited Reference Science Database
Chemistry
- Analytical Abstracts
- British Library Inside Conferences
- Chemical Business Newsbase
- Chemical Engineering & Biotechnology Abstracts
- Chemical Safety Newsbase
- Current Content Search®
- Gale Group PROMT®
- HSELINE: Health and Safety
- NTIS: National Technical Information Service
- PASCAL
- SciSearch®: a Cited Reference Science Database
- Toxfile®
Education
Energy & Environment
- BIOSIS Previews®
- British Library Inside Conferences
- Current Content Search®
- Gale Group PROMT®
- GeoRef
- Inspec®
- NTIS: National Technical Information Service
- Paperbase
- PASCAL
- PIRABASE
- SciSearch®: a Cited Reference Science Database
- TULSA™ (Petroleum Abstracts)
Engineering & Technology
- British Library Inside Conferences
- Current Content Search®
- Ei Compendex®
- Gale Group PROMT®
- Inspec®
- NTIS: National Technical Information Service
- Paperbase
- PASCAL
- PIRABASE
- Polymer Library
- SciSearch®: a Cited Reference Science Database
- TULSA™ (Petroleum Abstracts)
Food & Agriculture
- British Library Inside Conferences
- CAB ABSTRACTS
- Current Content Search®
- FDAnews
- Foodline®: MARKET
- Foodline®: PRODUCT
- Foodline®: SCIENCE
- Food Science & Technology Abstracts
- Gale Group PROMT®
- IMS Pharma Trademarks
- MEDLINE®
- PASCAL
- SciSearch®: a Cited Reference Science Database
Healthcare
Healthcare (cont'd)
- DH-DATA: Health Administration, Medical Toxicology & Environmental Health
- Drug Information Fulltext
- Ei Compendex®
- Embase®
- Embase® Alert
- EMCare®
- Gale Group Health Periodicals Database
- Gale Group PharmaBiomed Business Journals
- Gale Group PROMT®
- HSELINE: Health and Safety
- Incidence & Prevalence Database
- International Pharmaceutical Abstracts
- King's Fund
- Lancet Titles
- MEDLINE®
- New England Journal of Medicine
- PASCAL
- Prous Science Drug Data Report
- PsycINFO
- SciSearch®: a Cited Reference Science Database
- Social SciSearch®
Pharmaceutical & Biomedical
- Adis Clinical Trials Insight
- Adis Pharmacoeconomics & Outcomes News
- Adis R&D Insight
- Adis Reactions Database
- Allied & Complementary Medicine™
- Analytical Abstracts
- BIOSIS Previews®
- British Library Inside Conferences
- British Nursing Index
- CAB ABSTRACTS
- Chemical Engineering & Biotechnology Abstracts
- Chemical Safety Newsbase
- Current Content Search®
- Derwent Drug File
- Derwent Drug Registry
- DIOGENES® FDA Regulatory Updates
- Drug Information Fulltext
- Ei Compendex®
- Embase®
- Embase® Alert
- EMCare®
- ESPICOM Pharmaceutical & Medical Device News
- FDAnews
- Gale Group Health Periodicals Database
- Gale Group PharmaBiomed Business Journals
- Gale Group PROMT®
- IMS Company Profiles
- IMS New Product Focus
- IMS Pharma Trademarks
- IMS R&D Focus
- IMS R&D Focus Drug News
- Incidence & Prevalence Database
- International Pharmaceutical Abstracts
- KOSMET: Cosmetic Science
- Lancet Titles
- MEDLINE®
- MEDLINE®, 1996 to date
- New England Journal of Medicine
- PASCAL
- Pharmaceutical and Healthcare Industry News Database*
- Pharmaprojects*
- Prous Science Daily Essentials
- Prous Science Drug Data Report
- Prous Science Drugs Of The Future™
- PsycINFO
- SciSearch®: a Cited Reference Science Database
- Social SciSearch®
- Toxfile®
Telecommunications & Computing
*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.
Core Platform Enhancements
November 2011
Workflow
Command Line
Search History and Pricing
Author Searching
Thesauri
Saving Searches
Sets
De-Duplication
Frequently Asked Questions
View the ProQuest Dialog FAQs for details about this new product. Linked FAQs can be found at the top of the document. The document is divided into the following sections:
- Background
- Technical Requirements
- Login and Pricing
- Databases and Content
- Searching
- Viewing Results
- My Research
- Logging Off
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