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FreePint Newsletter 414 Published
8th January 2015

Announcement of the publication of FreePint Newsletter 414.

My Favourite Tipples from a Market Research Specialist
8th January 2015

My Favourite Tipples are shared by Jan Knight, an independent market research consultant. She shares her favourite online resources in areas from market research to tech tools and tips for entrepreneurs.

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Subscription Update - What's New and What's Coming
7th January 2015

Find out what's new and upcoming in FreePint's Content, Community, and Consulting - including reviews of Factiva and BBC Monitoring Library, the full report on FreePint's 2014 research into news needs and preferences, and an update on FreePint's Community of Practice and consulting services.

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Subscription Update for Professional Services
7th January 2015

Professional service firms make up a significant portion of FreePint's customer base, and we work closely with our customers in this industry to produce resources that speak to their particular needs for information strategy, procurement, skill development and collaboration with other parts of their businesses. We highlight recent items from FreePint's Content, Community and Consulting.

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Defining "Visibility"
6th January 2015

As we launch the FreePint Topic Series: Making Information Visible, Robin Neidorf reflects on the concept of visibility, its three key components, and how to participate on FreePint's research into defining visibility and addressing its challenges.

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Subscription Update for Information Services Management Published
5th January 2015

The monthly FreePint Report: Subscription Update for Information Services Management has been published, which highlights product reviews, source updates and news & analysis relevant to those responsible for information service management, information strategy and content procurement.

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Concluding the FreePint Topic Series - News, and Beyond
31st December 2014

Chris Porter concludes the FreePint Topic Series: News, and Beyond by highlighting key themes in the use of news, both for current awareness and for research, that have emerged from the series that he and Shimrit Janes have co-produced over the last three months.

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Copyright Risk - Why It Matters and What To Look Out For
24th December 2014

Clare Painter describes why it is important to address copyright issues and manage the risks that can come from redistributing content within your organisation or online across the world. She outlines key factors you need to take into account when sourcing and selecting copyright material, and looks at how you can use high-quality content whilst reducing copyright risk.

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News in the Pharma Landscape
23rd December 2014

Ashish Shukla outlines the four major categories of information needs in the pharmaceutical industry and debates the value of general news sources vs specialist.

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Factiva Listens to its Customers
23rd December 2014

Andrew Grave highlights the new Query Genius function, one of several enhancements to news aggregation service Factiva that he discovered during his recent product review. What makes this enhancement particularly noteworthy is that it is aimed at information professionals and not end users.

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