Product Review of Research Monitor (Value - Help & Training; Competitors; Development; Pricing)
29th January 2016

Concluding our product review of Research Monitor, Euromonitor's entry level business reference database, Sophie Alexander looks at its competitors including MarketLine's Advantage, Key Note, Bureau van Dijk's FAME, and Euromonitor's own Passport database. She also covers planned developments and pricing.

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Mini Review of Bloomberg Law App
29th January 2016

Continuing FreePint's collection of reviews of apps for legal research, John DiGilio looks at the Bloomberg Law app for iOS and Android devices. He considers elements such as ease of use, search, results presentation, standalone access and value and concludes that in designing its own mobile offering, Bloomberg BNA has taken a different route from its competitors, such as Westlaw, Nexis, HeinOnline and Fastcase.

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How Do You Ensure the Best Possible Relationship With Your IT Department?
28th January 2016

Building good working relationships between the information centre and IT department can be challenging. Tina Reynolds shares her tips for gaining mutual understanding, making expectations clear on both sides, and evolving a better appreciation of departmental and organisation-wide pressures and deadlines.

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Product Review of Research Monitor (Technology - Search & User Interface; Outputs & Alerts; Administration)
28th January 2016

We look at the technology behind Research Monitor, Euromonitor's entry level business reference database. In the third part of the review, Sophie Alexander describes how to search cross-comparable country and subject data. She details the range of countries, industries and data available to search across, languages, how to filter results, and provides examples of content available in the database.

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Product Review of Cortera Pulse
27th January 2016

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Product Review of Key Note (Value - Help & Training; Competitors; Development; Pricing)
27th January 2016

Concluding our product review of Key Note, UK publisher of comprehensive and reputable UK market research, industry reports and company data, Sophie Alexander looks at competitors including IBISWorld, Mintel and FAME, plus Key Note product developments and pricing.

Note: Full review (PDF) at /go/sub/report/2611

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Managing Difficult People
27th January 2016

People who are not adapting to a situation or do not understand what is required of them may be classed as "difficult". This is not always their fault. Shaida Dorabjee provides valuable tips for managers dealing with tricky situations or "difficult" people.

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Product Review of Research Monitor (Sources - Content & Coverage)
27th January 2016

We look at the content and sources in Research Monitor, Euromonitor’s business reference database which offers an affordable introduction to market research. Analysts based around the world conduct industry, country and consumer research. Reviewer Sophie Alexander summarises subjects covered and sources used for regions from Asia Pacific to Latin America and Western Europe.

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Product Review of Key Note (Technology - Search & User Interface; Outputs & Alerts; Administration)
26th January 2016

Key Note is a UK publisher of comprehensive and reputable UK market research, industry reports and company data. In the third part of the review Sophie Alexander considers the improvements made since a substantial overhaul of the service in 2015, including improved functionality, additional tools and new features. Also covered are outputs and administration.

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Product Review of Cortera Pulse (Value - Help & Training; Competitors; Development; Pricing)
26th January 2016

In the concluding part of his FreePint product review, Andrew Lucas looks at the subscription and report prices for Cortera Pulse. He also reports on the future development plans for the platform and how it distinguishes itself from its competitors which include Dun & Bradstreet, Hoover's, Equifax, Experian and Avention/OneSource.

Note: Full review (PDF) at /go/sub/report/2610

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