How to Search

It will help you to print out this guide.

1. On the Search page, option 1, choose one or more of the four quarters available to search. Quarters are when the data was published in the journal, e.g., 01Q1 (Jan., Feb., Mar.). An asterisk (*) indicates current and previous quarters available through our other services.

2. Type in search terms. Here are some commonly used terms. There are four ways to search, each with its own logical operator. These four ways can be used in combination.

"with any of the words" - the logical operator is OR.

"with all of the words" - the logical operator is AND.

"with the exact phrase" - searches for all of the words in the exact order

typed.

"without the words" - the logical operator is NOT.

Click "Search" to view the search results.

3. Search Results present you with a list of descriptive sentences linking to each data entry. View a full data entry by clicking on a sentence. Or for viewing multiple data entries click boxes to the left of sentences and then click "Open" at bottom of page. The number of additional data entries for your search term in the four most recent quarters is shown. The quarters searched, terms used, and the number of matches are given. Note, terms used may not appear in descriptive sentence but are in full data entry. Use navigation bar at top of page to return to Free Search.

4. The more quarters chosen the greater the number of search results. Using the logical operator of AND - "with all of the words" - limits the number of results. Choosing more than one quarter may help to find infrequently reported information.

5. Data entries may contain the following information:

1. Product category

2. Descriptive sentence of event reported

3. DAG+ indicates additional estimates computed by Data Analysis Group

4. Units, dollars, market share, percent, etc.

5. Time period reported

6. Market data being reported

7. AGR, annual growth rate

8. Journal, date, page of article/graph

9. Information origin, when given (usually a market research firm)

10. Article title - asterisk (*) indicates graph, table, or sidebar

11. Download link

6. The "Download" link at the bottom of each entry enables you to download an individual entry as an Excel spreadsheet. If you have problems check your browser settings. If necessary talk with your systems administrator. Because browsers differ, as well as settings on each computer, it is very difficult to us to help you.

7. Tips for understanding data entries:

In a "forecast" that contains past as well as future years the data for past years will generally be actual.

The term current refers to the approximate time period of the article.

Entries that appear to be duplicates, i.e. forecast shipments of PCs, may be for different time periods, geographic area, units instead of dollars, different market research firms or journals, etc.

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