At the Commercial Frontier with Text and Data Mining
22nd July 2015

Text and data mining (TDM) is becoming essential in many industries but licensing and securing the rights to use content in this way remains a challenge - at least with some publishers. FreePint's director of research, Robin Neidorf highlights some platforms which help publishers and researchers who want to apply TDM to their content. She explains what you need to take into account if planning a commercial data mining project - and where there are likely to be sticking points.

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Database Development from a User Perspective
17th July 2015

Co-producer of the FreePint Topic Series "All About Usage - From Content Sharing to Data Mining", Anja Thygesen, looks at the transformation of information databases over the last 30 years. She highlights advances such as automated indexing, speech to text, Google-like search, and the rise of the end-user researcher. Anja explains what this means for information professionals in terms of training, complex searching and database selection - and what actions they should take.

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Product Review of FirstWord Pharma PLUS (Competitors, Development & Pricing)
15th July 2015

In the final part of her product review of FirstWord Pharma PLUS, the news, analysis and expert opinion service for pharmaceutical industry professionals, Robyn Smith analyses competitors Scrip Intelligence and The Pink Sheet (Informa); BioCentury; EP Vantage (EvaluatePharma); and Factiva. She also looks at FirstWord's development and pricing.

Note: Full review (PDF) at /go/sub/report/2522

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Source Update for Nexis
14th July 2015

The latest additions and takedowns in Nexis, researched and compiled by Anne Jordan.

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Product Review of FirstWord Pharma PLUS (Technology - Search & User Interface; Outputs & Alerts; Administration & Help)
13th July 2015

In the third part of her product review of FirstWord Pharma PLUS, the news, analysis and expert opinion service for pharmaceutical industry professionals, Robyn Smith looks at the technology and admin tools. She tests search functionality, custom news alerts, and considers display, export features and help.

Note: Full review (PDF) at /go/sub/report/2522

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Respecting the Ownership of Knowledge
13th July 2015

Would you hire a thief? Probably not, but many global companies unknowingly do so every day. Freely sharing intellectual knowledge damages everyone - knowledge providers, knowledge intermediaries and knowledge end-users. So how can you ensure that your employees and your service providers don’t violate any copyright laws and threaten future knowledge building efforts?

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Source Update for EBSCO
10th July 2015

The latest additions in EBSCO, researched and compiled by Anne Jordan.

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Product Review of FirstWord Pharma PLUS (Sources - Content & Coverage)
9th July 2015

In the second part of her product review of FirstWord Pharma PLUS, Robyn Smith looks at coverage of the news, analysis and expert opinion service for pharmaceutical industry professionals. She considers the breadth of the information platform's news sources and topics covered, and value-added & customisable features such as editorial input and quality checking.

Note: Full review (PDF) at /go/sub/report/2522

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Mini Review of Fastcase HD
8th July 2015

John DiGilio reviews the popular Fastcase HD mobile app. A free, virtual library of US primary source materials available via smartphone, it is ranked as one of the most downloaded apps for legal research. John finds out why this standalone solution and complement to Fastcase on the web is so popular.

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Source Update for Factiva
7th July 2015

The latest additions and takedowns in Factiva, researched and compiled by Anne Jordan.

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