Three New Databases Extend DIALOG Business and Sci-Tech Data Lead.

The article presents information about three new business databases announced on DIALOG during 1996. Two of them, D&B European Financial Records and Kompass Eastern Europe, enrich DIALOG's large collection of company databases. The third, International Business Directory, fits with DIALOG's strengths in both business and science and technology information. DIALOG and Dun & Bradstreet (D&B) have long been one of the strongest online service/database producer partnerships. DIALOG was the first external supplier for D&B and remains a major third party host for D&B databases. European company information is also the focus of the latest in the Kompass series. Unlike the D&B files, which concentrate on financial data, the Kompass databases emphasize product information with detailed product listings from thousands of companies worldwide. The Kompass databases are produced by an international consortium of business directory publishers. The International Business Directory is misnamed, since it is actually a directory of technologies for transfer from both profit and nonprofit organizations.