Source Update December 2012: What's Happening with Factiva?
5th December 2012

This month's additions and takedowns in Factiva, researched and compiled by Anne Jordan.

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Trusted Sources in the Digital Age - Who Will be Your Guide?
4th December 2012

The topic of last week's TFPL Connect event, entitled "The changing balance of power in communication and information delivery" is one discussed by FreePint contributors almost every week and has a significant impact on the way that information professionals go about their business. Jonathan Charles, a distinguished former BBC foreign correspondent and now director for communications at the European Bank for Reconstruction & Development, gave a fascinating presentation on the importance of good research and accurate information sources to communication professionals.

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What Libraries Can Learn From the Businesses: How to Improve Services, Efficiency and Value
4th December 2012

Libraries are facing tough times: budget cuts combined with competition from easy to access web resources. Aileen Marshall discusses what library professionals can do to ensure their library services are valued and to prove the library's worth to users and funders.

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Product Review of PI Private Company Data: Executive Summary
3rd December 2012

Private Company Data, from Perfect Information, is a database of UK, and Republic of Ireland, private company company filings and reports. The product significantly reduces the time taken to retrieve original company filings, financial performance and credit scores providing valuable information to business analysts and anyone involved in due diligence and risk assessment.

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Email: Our Greatest Enemy or Best Friend?
3rd December 2012

Much is made of how email distracts us from our real work and disrupts our lives, but love it or hate it email is here to stay. It's time we acknowledged that actually we couldn't live without it. But what is it about email that makes us compulsively check it each time we see that little notification icon?

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FreePint Report: Information Services Management Monthly Update (November 2012)
3rd December 2012

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The Future is Financial for McGraw-Hill
29th November 2012

As the global economy continues to struggle, or stands at best on shaky ground, accurate financial information is crucial and publishers in that sector will likely always be in demand. One of the leading publishers in the industry, McGraw-Hill, is about to change its name to reflect that trend. It is selling off its education division, while competitor Pearson is contemplating becoming a pure-play education publisher.

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Product Review of CisionPoint: Executive Summary
29th November 2012

Cision's platform CisionPoint pulls together many of Cision's tools for marketing/communications professionals. It essentially covers all aspects of launching and running a marketing/PR campaign, pulling together many of Cision's offerings in one convenient place. It has a number of sophisticated workflows for those in this area and, for the more robust account level, project spaces that can be used by teams. 

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PI Private Company Data: Help and Accounts
29th November 2012

Dale Moore concludes his review of Perfect Information's PI Private Company Data with a look at the help facilities available for users of the database. Help is available 24 hours a day Monday-Friday from the helpdesk as well as through a variety of self-serve options such as PDFs and pop ups.

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PI Private Company Data: User Interface
29th November 2012

Continuing his review of PI Private Company Data, Dale Moore looks into the user interface and identifies what makes it a unique and useful product. The database returns results speedily and provides detailed documents such as original filings at Companies House along with reports from Experian, which are re-keyed and analysed and supplement the other documents, thereby giving a full picture of a particular company.

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