Starting a Search in ERIC on Dialog
•?BEGIN 1
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•or, in an abbreviated format:
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•?b 1
This should reinforce the “First Contact” tutorial a bit.  DIALOG uses the “?” (question mark) as the command prompt.  The command prompt is the symbol that the computer system uses when the searcher needs to supply input.  This slide shows the straightforward example of how to start in … or switch to … a database while you are connected to DIALOG.  This would be similar to clicking a checkbox to choose the database or databases that you want to search within a collection of databases like EBSCOHost or pointing your browser to the proper URL for a library’s online catalog.