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Subscription Services Continue to Innovate
11th November 2015
Andrew Grave, co-producer of the FreePint Topic Series "News, and Other Commodities" reviews the latest articles in the series and selects some future highlights. If you're interested in sources covering business, company, financial, industry and people research, discover more and register to ensure you receive regular Topic Series updates.
Exploring East Africa - Expert Tips for Researchers
10th November 2015
Africa's changing political landscape has been the focus of much news coverage over the past 20 years. We ask Colin Smith about his recent article which concentrates on five countries in the East African region that will be of most interest to researchers: Ethiopia, Kenya, Rwanda, Tanzania & Uganda.
Alacra Premium - High Quality Company Information
6th November 2015
Alacra Premium is Alacra's business and financial information aggregator. Sophie Alexander recently carried out an in-depth review of the product and describes how the web-based platform enables searching across more than 100 licensed premium databases.
FreePint Newsletter 434 Published
5th November 2015
FreePint Newsletter 434 has been published. Register now for the Topic Series "News, and Other Commodities"; and take part in our 8th Annual News Needs and Preferences survey.
FreePint for Manufacturing
4th November 2015
Information centres in manufacturing environments are often more lightly staffed than their counterparts in biopharma or legal environments. This makes it all the more crucial to make effective use of resources, whether controlled by the information centre or not. Libby Trudell highlights items of interest to information professionals in the manufacturing field from the recent FreePint Series "All about Usage", including best practices for working across the organisation, enabling authentication and managing usage rights.
Subscription Update - What's New and What's Coming
4th November 2015
FreePint's Topic Series "News, and Other Commodities" is now well underway, read articles on fee vs free company data and news, the increasingly significant role of private equity investment in the information and publishing markets. Learn about our latest in-depth product reviews and about the webinars and Community of Practice sessions upcoming - and the work we do with our consulting customers.
My Favourite Tipples from a Freelance Content Specialist
4th November 2015
My Favourite Tipples are shared by Dale Moore a freelance content specialist and long-time information manager. He shares his favourite online resources around electronic resources, IT news and project management.
Eighth Annual News Survey Now Collecting Responses
4th November 2015
Participate in FreePint's annual Survey of News Needs and Preferences - complete the questions and we'll send you a copy of the research as a thank you.
Purchasing Preferences & Needs - Views from UK Top 200 Legal Firms
3rd November 2015
Legal firms invest considerable sums in purchasing high quality content. We ask Robin Neidorf, FreePint's director of research, why organisations should read FreePint's 2015 research into purchasing preferences and needs from our survey of the top 200 law firms.
"News, and Other Commodities" - a Thorough Look at Premium Sources
27th October 2015
Series co-producer, Anja Thygesen, reviews content published recently in the FreePint Topic Series "News, and Other Commodities" as well as what's upcoming. If you're interested in sources covering business, company, financial, industry and people research, find out more and register to ensure you receive regular Topic Series updates.
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March 2026 update
3rd March 2026
- How is AI reshaping the role of information teams?
17th March 2026 - How AI is changing research work – but not reducing it
11th March 2026 - March 2026 update
3rd March 2026
- Jinfo Community session (TBC) (Community) 19th May 2026
- Training users in AI (Community) 23rd April 2026
- Licensed content and AI (Community) 24th March 2026