Legal purchasing in the UK - Comparing satisfaction of LexisPSL and Practical Law
4th December 2020

UK law firms rely on two key products to support their workflow, these include Practical Law from Thomson Reuters and LexisPSL from LexisNexis. As part of Jinfo's yearly survey on UK legal purchasing needs and trends, we find out how both products fared in terms of content, technology and features and overall value.

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Make-do current awareness
3rd December 2020

Current awareness is a vital part of the service you provide to your organisation. But how can you best pull together information from multiple sources without a huge budget? This "make-do current awareness" guide gives you the hints and hacks that will allow you to stay in front.

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Legal purchasing in the UK - Comparing satisfaction of LexisLibrary and Westlaw UK
2nd December 2020

This is the second article of a three-part report on Jinfo's survey findings on the satisfaction levels amongst information managers in the top 200 law firms by revenue. Part two focuses on user satisfaction with content, technology and features and overall value of LexisLibrary and Westlaw UK.

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Legal purchasing in the UK - needs and trends
30th November 2020

Jinfo has been surveying the UK's top law firms in relation to their purchasing needs for more than 10 years. In the first of a three-part report, we take a look at this year's results, which reflects the significant impact of M&A activities within the industry. We look specifically at user comfort, integration of a product into their workflows and vendor relationships.

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Product review of InfoNgen (value - help & training; competitors; development; pricing)
27th November 2020

In the final part of Jinfo's product review of InfoNgen, a semantic web discovery platform that provides content discovery and text analytics solutions, we look at the help and training available, including the addition of its new full-service support portal. We also identify its competitors, including Digimind Intelligence, Market Logic, and Northern Light's SinglePoint as well as Nexis Newsdesk and Dow Jones' Factiva.

Note: Full review in Subscription Report (PDF)

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Product review of InfoNgen (technology - search & user interface; outputs & alerts and administration)
26th November 2020

In the third part of Jinfo's product review of InfoNgen, a semantic web discovery platform that provides content discovery and text analytics solutions, we look at its new user interface and latest search features. We also find out about its advanced sentiment analysis feature, its new mobile app and administrative rights.

Note: Full review in Subscription Report (PDF)

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Product review of InfoNgen (sources - content and coverage)
25th November 2020

In part two of Jinfo's product review of InfoNgen, a semantic web discovery platform that provides content discovery and text analytics solutions, we look at its vast number of sources, ranging from company and industry information to blogs and social media websites. We also explore its use of natural language processing and machine learning.

Note: Full review in Subscription Report (PDF)

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Product review of InfoNgen (key advantages; introduction; contact details)
24th November 2020

InfoNgen is a semantic web discovery platform that provides content discovery and text analytics solutions for a wide range of industries. In this first part of our updated review we take a look at the company and product, and its key advantages. We also find out what's changed since our last review in 2018 and focus on future development plans.

Note: Full review in Subscription Report (PDF)

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Evaluating information products (step four - outcome and learning points)
24th November 2020

In this last article in a series of five, we look at the output of the final evaluation stage of the project. It covers aggregating and analysing data, and presenting recommendations and learning points. As with the previous articles, we use the example of a comprehensive comparative analysis of patent research projects conducted by the InfoCenter at Cargill and present activities and examples of best practice.

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Evaluating information products (step three - testing the products)
23rd November 2020

In this fourth article in a series of five on the product evaluation process, we look at what needs to be done to test the products. We look at how to identify a list of products, how to create an initial review of them, as well as user testing of the products and capturing data. We focus on a comparative analysis of patent research projects conducted by the InfoCenter at Cargill, along with activities and examples of best practice.

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