Q&A with Acquire Media - Visualisation Delivers the Insight You Need
16th February 2015

FreePint interviews Larry Rafsky, chairman and chief scientist at Acquire Media. The conversation covers why not all visualisation tools are equally powerful, and how visualisation can make the difference between basic current awareness and getting an advantage out of news content through exposing interrelations and correlations previously hidden.

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FreePint Report: Subscription Update for Information Services Management
13th February 2015

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Source Update for Eureka.cc and Europresse.com
12th February 2015

This month's additions and takedowns in Eureka.cc and Europresse.com, researched and compiled by Anne Jordan. Europresse.com is the European version of the Eureka.cc solution.

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Product Review of AdisInsight (Drugs - Content and Coverage)
10th February 2015

In Part 3 of his nine-part product review of AdisInsight, Springer's new database of scientifically curated drug information, Ashish Shukla looks at its coverage of information on drugs in commercial development worldwide. He gives a detailed assessment of how the platform consistently organises its drug profiles, which are updated daily.

Note: Full review (PDF) at /go/sub/report/2468

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Creating a Knowledge Management Tool for Tomorrow
10th February 2015

On the face of it, capturing, managing and disseminating information as part of a knowledge management strategy sounds like an easy win.In reality the process of capturing information, especially personal experiences and tacit knowledge, can be an extremely difficult undertaking. So what can information professionals do to build on and improve an existing knowledge management solution - and what does the future hold for knowledge management solutions?

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Product Review of AdisInsight (Trials - Content and Coverage)
5th February 2015

In Part 2 of his nine-part Product Review of AdisInsight, Springer's new database of scientifically curated drug information, Ashish Shukla looks at coverage of key clinical trials, and search features including the Query Builder function and strong referencing.

Note: Full review (PDF) at /go/sub/report/2468

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Product Review of Nexis
4th February 2015

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Preventing Knowledge Loss When Employees Leave
3rd February 2015

How often has someone left the organisation you work for and the next day you have a question that they would have been able to answer? Once a week, once a month, less often? It's likely that you have had to manage this situation and sometimes that has meant contacting the person who has just left to ask them a question. James Mullan says this seems like an avoidable situation given the tools that we now have to hand plus many ways in which individuals can share knowledge - so why does it still happen?

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Eight Steps to Good Management for Visible Information
3rd February 2015

The focus of the information lifecycle is to ensure that every item of information in an organisation can be trusted because it is clear when the information needs to be either defined as a record, or discarded. There is no agreed "standard" for the designation of the stages in this lifecycle nor is there agreement on the number of stages. The important consideration is that there is a lifecycle and a document may become more, rather than less, valuable in the course of its useful life. The term "document" is a place holder for any creative act. It could represent, for example, a video, an infographic or a presentation. Martin White looks at each element of a typical lifecycle from the viewpoint of making information more visible.

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Product Review of AdisInsight (Introduction; Contact Details)
3rd February 2015

Ashish Shukla introduces his nine-part product review of AdisInsight, a new endeavour by Springer to bring its three drug information databases together, encompassing profiles of clinical trials, R&D, drug safety studies and regulatory news, written by scientists. Users can find trusted results via a single search.

Note: Full review (PDF) at /go/sub/report/2468

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