Information to change the world

1. Information to change the world EAHIL WORKSHOP ITALY, Alghero june 2001 Silvia Quattrocchi Dialog Country Manager

2. The history cicle 1964….in Palo Alto, California, Roger Summit …. 1965….first interactive retrieval service 1968….he calls this new language, “Dialog.” 1972….Dialog offers the first publicly-available on-line…. 1982….“Radio Suisse” ….”DataStar” 1983….”Profound”, a product ahead of its time 1997….three of the most powerful brands in online information are united for the first time. 2000….another convergence as Thomson acquires Dialog

3. The cycle is complete New possibilities arise, as one of the most powerful information companies in the world joins with the company that started it all.

4. The tradition For almost three decades, Dialog’s brands have been known among librarians and information professionals for their breadth and depth of content, precision search tools, and speed.

5. The future Marching to the relentless rhythm of time and technology, our world is ever-evolving We believe our future success rests on the solid foundation of this heritage … the principles that have made us great

6. The strategy Dialog’s strategy is to develop products and services for our core customers — information professionals— that build on our traditional strengths, while leveraging the power of our brands, content, global sales and service organization, and leading-edge customization tools for the Internet. Roy Martin

7. The commitment Dialog’s strategies will lay the groundwork for meeting the evolving requirements of — information professionals— who need to organize and categorize ever-increasing amounts of data from multiple sources, while better leveraging the Web and their own intranets to efficiently and effectively manage knowledge and deliver internal services Roy Martin

8. The missionInformation to change the world Our products deliver theinformation that helps customers to develop world-changing products and support major industry-altering transactions in more than 100 countries. Roy Martin

9. 20,000 customers globally • Using content sources including: • BIOSIS, EMBASE, EPSICOM, Prous, AIDSLINE, MEDLINE… • Accessed through • Dialog, DataStar, Profound

10. Dialog Content Solutions • Our content collection: http://library.dialog.com/dbcat • Biomedical • Health Care • Pharmaceutical • Creating Solutions

11. New Pharmaceutical and Biomedical Content

12. Nutraceuticals International NUTR • Complete text of the monthly Newsletter Nutraceuticals International • News & Views related to: • Nutraceuticals, functional foods, dietary supplements, natural products industries • From 1998 on • Marketletter Publications, UK

13. MEDITEC:Medical Engineering BMED • Bibliographic database relating to scientific and economic aspects of medical engineering • Language: English (70%), German (30%) • Updated weekly - from 1986 onwards • subjects covered: biomedical measurements, medical imaging,instruments for diagnostics, optometry, ophtalmological instruments, clinical laboratory and dental technology, clinical engineering, prostheses and reabilitation engineering

14. Prous Science Daily Essential • Up-to-date drug R&D information from biomedical literature, patents, ongoing congresses, company communication, conferences, internet monitoring • Content from former Prous Science NME Express is included • Updating daily, with Images • DataStar DIALOG PREC 4 weeks 458 4 weeksPRES 1996 - 4 weeks 459 1996 - 4 weeks

15. New PJB Newsletters in PHIC/PHIN, 129/130 • Genomika • Uptodate market and business information for DNA, RNA protein analysis, Genomics... • Instrumenta • formerly Analytical Instrument Industry Report • News and business information about analytical devices and laboratory equipment

16. NLM Files in 2001 • No more separate data feed for Aidsline, Bioethicsline, HealthStar (closed files) • Medline includes Aidsline, Bioethicsline, HealthStar, TOXBIB of Toxline and In-Process records • Alerts from Aidsline, Toxline, HealthStar, Bioethicsline run in Medline • Dialog will rebuild Toxline (TOXNET)

17. Medline In-Process MEIP • Latest few weeks with no indexing • Daily updating from Monday till Thursday • Alerts for In-Process records only in MEIP • In-Process records in Medline too, same updatingas in MEIP • Medline QuicksearchINPROCESS=YES (Search for In-Process Records)COMPLETE=YES (Search only for Indexed Records)

18. Informa Global pharmaceuticals & HealthcareInforma Group plc • newsletters, strategic management reports for the global pharmaceutical industry • reports are written by independent experts and read by senior executives in the pharmaceuticals and healthcare industry worldwide. • Informa has experience of providing information to global senior management in the pharmaceutical and healthcare market.

19. Enterprise Solutions • Fully customisable • appropriate content • precision searching • your corporate look & feel • instant access to relevant information • Delivered into your corporate intranet • Tailored to the individual/department or corporation

20. Enterprise Solutions • Tailored to the individual/department or corporation • identify content for all users • create frequently-used enquiries (one click) • create customized search pages • create customized current awareness

36. Summary • For biomedical, healthcare, and pharmaceutical Dialog has the deepest content collection • Now you can customise this content for ALL users in your enterprise • You can focus on complex searches and, identifying most usual info need, use your expertise in creating the ‘click’ that delivers the right result

37. Welcome to come and see at Dialog stand