Newswire ASAP Reloaded on DIALOG with Predicasts Product Codes.

The article reports on an announcement by Information Access Co. (IAC) that IAC Newswire ASAP has been reloaded on DIALOG with Predicasts Product Codes to enhance searching capabilities. Also, as part of the Newswire ASAP reload, the file is now available to non-North American searchers. Newswire ASAP provides the full text of wire stories from key worldwide news sources. Among the wire services currently covered are Business Wire, Newsbytes, and PR Newswire. It becomes the sixth IAC database on DIALOG to be reloaded and standardized with DIALOG's uniform fields this year. Uniform field tags facilitate cross-file searching across the entire DIALOG system. Newswire ASAP offers both current and retrospective information on companies, industries, products, people, trends, and technologies. It provides historical perspective and current awareness on worldwide events, helpful for tracking global political and economic news, conducting competitive intelligence, and monitoring worldwide industry and technology. The complete text and indexing of wire stones are usually available for searching within 36 hours of transmission, according to IAC.