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Staying Alert to FreePint Content
16th April 2013
FreePint has added two new features to its site to make sure you never miss articles or reports: one which gives users an even easier way to search the site; and the second which allows users to set up alerts so that when new content is published which matches your keywords, you're automatically notified.
ReportLinker: A Comprehensive Deep Web Crawler
12th April 2013
Claiming the largest online collection of industry, company and country reports, ReportLinker uses semantic search technology to pull results from the deep web. This allows researchers to trawl around 200,000 public sources at once - along with premium content, reports from around 450 private publishers including World Market Intelligence, The Economist Intelligence Unit and Global Markets Direct.
The Competitive Intelligence War Goes Mobile with GPS and Smartphones
11th April 2013
Smartphones, GPS, apps and our love of sharing information, personal as well as private, has created a new opportunity for professionals in the field of competitive intelligence. Rachael Elliott discusses how deployment of mobile devices allows insights to be gleaned from everyday apps such as Foursquare and why we should be wary of new developments such as Google mapping inside buildings.
FreePint for Information, Insight and Analysis
4th April 2013
As information professionals we spend considerable time and resources evaluating and selecting the best sources to support business research and to allow us to provide high-quality information, insight and analysis to other parts of the business. With the explosion in sources both free and chargeable, keeping up with the most appropriate and most authoritative can be a tough challenge. Taking time to scan the FreePint database of articles and reviews every week can reap dividends in highlighting trends, surfacing new definitive resources for your area and identifying new ways of working.
More Places to Access FreePint Content: Research & Markets Website
2nd April 2013
FreePint's research is now available from Research & Markets, a specialist reseller of market research reports. Product reports and other original research documents from FreePint are available for purchase from the Research & Markets website and announcements on additional outlets for FreePint articles and reports will follow soon.
FreePint and BST America Tackle the Key Issues for Information Professionals
28th March 2013
In collaboration with BST America, FreePint is launching a new series of webinars and articles focusing on the key issues and challenges for information professionals and suppliers to the industry. The topics tackled in the articles will range from identifying ROI on content to negotiation with vendors; the webinar series will focus on identifying and measuring value.
just-auto's QUBE Offers In-Depth Analysis for the Automotive Sector
27th March 2013
If you're seeking a source for the automotive sector then QUBE from just-auto could meet the bill, offering news and analysis on specific sectors, the OEM market and suppliers, and offering highly configurable reporting options.
FreePint Subscription Case Study: Cargill
26th March 2013
At global company Cargill, the information centre's team of 20 provides a range of services from procuring information sources to bespoke research and preparing for the impact of developments such as mobile devices and changes in information-seeking behaviour. We interviewed Anne Rogers, director of Research and KM, to find out how their FreePint Subscription helps them to deliver a superb service to the Cargill businesses and how they market the information service internally.
Is Video Now a Credible Source?
25th March 2013
All videos are not created equal... and this might not be a bad thing. However, each video produced should have a clear purpose for its respective audience - whether it's to entertain, to convert prospective customers, or for information/educational purposes. As with any social media, if video is used as a resource, knowing how to distinguish the legitimacy of the video will lend credibility to your research.
Practical Business, Digital World
21st March 2013
Are we battling technology or leveraging it? Far from solving our problems, technologies such as intranets often seem designed to frustrate. And as for big data, that's the latest and, some would argue, "biggest" challenge to date. Find out about how FreePint is launching a series of articles, case studies, reports and webinars (Big Data in Action) to help info pros turn big data into bold insights and knowledge gains.
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