Andrew Tattersall
Andy Tattersall is an information specialist at The School of Health and Related Research (ScHARR). Andy writes, teaches and gives talks about digital academia, technology, scholarly communications, open research, web and information science, apps, altmetrics and social media. Andy received a Senate Award from The University of Sheffield for his pioneering work on MOOCs in 2013 and is a Senior Fellow of the Higher Education Academy and named in Jisc"s Top 10 Social Media Superstars for 2017. He edited a book on Altmetrics for Facet which is aimed at researchers and librarians. Andy also delivers private consultancy: https://www.andytattersall.com/ Twitter: @Andy_Tattersall
Articles by Andrew Tattersall:
Product review of Springer AdisInsight (value - help & training; competitors; development; pricing)
Tuesday, 16th June 2020
In the final part of our product review of AdisInsight from Springer Nature, a database of international drug research offering a single access location for current evidence on drug developments and treatments, we find out what help and training is available to users as well as competition in this area, including Cortellis from Clarivate Analytics, Trialtrove from Pharma Intelligence and Orbit Intellixir from Questel. We also find out about its plans to improve end-user privacy and introduce content visualisation.
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Product review of Springer AdisInsight (technology - search & user interface; outputs & alerts; administration)
Monday, 15th June 2020
In the third part of our product review of AdisInsight from Springer Nature, a database of international drug research offering a single access location for current evidence on drug developments and treatments, we explore the technology behind the product. We focus on the options available to search, share and export its five content sets and how administrators can better monitor usage.
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Product review of Springer AdisInsight (sources - content and coverage)
Friday, 12th June 2020
In the second part of our product review of AdisInsight from Springer Nature, a database of international drug research offering a single access location for current evidence on drug developments and treatments, we look at its content. In particular, its five content sets; drugs, clinical trials, deals, safety reports and patents. We also find out about its extensive editorial process.
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Product review of Springer AdisInsight (key advantages; introduction; contact details)
Thursday, 11th June 2020
AdisInsight from Springer Nature is a comprehensive scientific database of international drug research, offering a single access location for current evidence on drug developments and treatments. In the first part of Jinfo's updated product review, we take a look at the company behind the product, its key advantages, what's changed since our last review in 2017, and the product's value to those organisations working within the healthcare sector.
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Shedding light on emerging technologies
Thursday, 12th September 2019
Emerging technologies such as AI, text mining and machine learning are increasingly affecting the information environment and have a huge range of potential uses, particularly for current awareness. However, definitions of these technologies aren't always clear and in this article we attempt to explain them and how they can be used to improve processes.
Reports by Andrew Tattersall:
Product review of Springer AdisInsight
Thursday, 11th June 2020
AdisInsight is a comprehensive scientific database of international drug research. It holds curated, evidence-based records of drugs at all stages of...
Product review of Article Galaxy
Wednesday, 10th July 2019
Reprints Desk"s Article Galaxy is a Software as a Service platform that provides access to full-text scientific literature and is used by a range of p...
Product review of Altmetric
Monday, 26th June 2017
Altmetric is a data science company and part of Digital Science. It provides tools to enable research organisations, publishers and funders to track t...
Product Review of Mendeley
Wednesday, 22nd June 2016
Mendeley is a reference management tool and scholarly collaboration network, acting as a complete research platform and now offering discovery, analyt...
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