Setting Strategy with FreePint Research - Looking at the Big Picture
21st August 2015

Getting time to think strategically about the "big risks" and focusing on how to drive the value and visibility of information in organisations can be challenging. FreePint Research regularly explores these issues and here we offer an insight how our research findings can inform and equip organisations to think more strategically, to enable them to better succeed in the digital world.

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Results from FreePint Research into Authentication, Part 1 - Background and Methodology
20th August 2015

Information managers are moving authentication higher up the agenda, fuelled by increased mobile working, new ways of using content, and potential security breaches. In the first section of results of FreePint's research results we look at the methodology, respondents... and at the factors which make authentication such a unique challenge.

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We Want To, But Can We? Usage Needs and Contractual Conditions
19th August 2015

The interplay between requests from customers to use information in new ways and the underlying contractual conditions relating to content is a shifting field as developments such as the move from print to digital distribution and new ways of consuming information filter through. Chris Porter provides insights into how vendors including Acquire Media, Avention and Elsevier are tackling new forms of licensing and permissions.

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Product Review of EditorEye
19th August 2015

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Mini Review of Thomson Reuters ProView
18th August 2015

The legal sector lags well behind the consumer sector in the use of ebooks but could this change with the ebook application Thomson Reuters ProView? In his mini review of the app James Mullan assesses whether it could be the key to a transition in lawyers' ways of working.

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Product Review of EditorEye (Competitors, Development & Pricing)
14th August 2015

The fourth part of Sophie Alexander's product review of unified intelligence provider EditorEye looks at particular areas of excellence, such as the bespoke "top down" taxonomy system which gives control and flexibility to clients. She also covers how the product is developed with the support of users, and the platform's competitors such as Northern Light and Alacra.

Note: Full review (PDF) at /go/sub/report/2535

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RightFind XML for Mining - a Q&A with Copyright Clearance Center (CCC)
13th August 2015

FreePint interviews Lauren Tulloch, director of corporate products and services for CCC about the organisation's RightFind XML for Mining solution which enables researchers to identify and download full-text article collections including content from multiple publishers in XML format and import those results into their preferred text mining software. We ask about the development process of the new offering and the challenges it solves for information professionals and publishers alike.

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Product Review of EditorEye (Technology - Search & User Interface; Outputs & Alerts; Administration & Help)
12th August 2015

The third part of Sophie Alexander's product review of unified intelligence provider EditorEye looks at the technology, including search and analytics features. She analyses flexibility in outputs and content distribution to fit different audiences and business workflows.

Note: Full review (PDF) at /go/sub/report/2535

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Mini Review of HeinOnline App
11th August 2015

Continuing his collection of articles reviewing mobile apps for legal research, John DiGilio assesses the HeinOnline app for iPhone and iPad. The app puts more than 2,000 legal periodicals at the user’s fingertips, in a simple, intuitive way. He examines whether the historical depth of coverage and ease of use for which its web-based flagship is well known is fully replicated here. He also looks at search (including image search), results presentation, billing, value and competitiveness.

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Product Review of EditorEye (Sources - Content & Coverage)
10th August 2015

In the second part of her review of knowledge management platform EditorEye, Sophie Alexander, describes the unified intelligence provider's three content types, and how the personalised taxonomy, controlled by the client, generates unique business intelligence for the client company. Languages and other features offered are also discussed.

Note: Full review (PDF) at /go/sub/report/2535

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