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Mini Review: Statista
Wednesday, 8th May 2013
If you love statistics and quantitative data, you need to check out Statista. Statista, Inc. is a leading online statistics provider covering a wide range of industries and topics and whose product provides an almost dizzying array of statistical charts, tables and reports on a large number of industries and topics from administration and agriculture to travel and tourism.
Source Update May 2013: What's Happening with Nexis?
Wednesday, 8th May 2013
This month's additions and takedowns in Nexis, researched and compiled by Anne Jordan.
Source Update May 2013: What's Happening with Eureka.cc and Europresse.com?
Tuesday, 7th May 2013
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.
Source Update May 2013: What's Happening with Factiva?
Monday, 6th May 2013
This month's additions and takedowns in Factiva, researched and compiled by Anne Jordan.
Big Data... And the Information Professional
Friday, 3rd May 2013
Big data undoubtedly presents opportunities for information professionals. Victor Camlek looks at FreePint's recent articles on the topic to examine how info pros can demonstrate that their skill sets make them ideally suited to a career involving big data.
Searching Biomedical Literature: An Alternative Way
Thursday, 2nd May 2013
Yulia Aspinall introduces GoPubMed, a free tool from PubMed which aims to bring statistical and visualisation features into research results to help speed up literature evaluation, conclusions and concept building for researchers in the biomedical field. Users benefit from using Gene Ontology and MESH classification in a more refined way and GoPubMed offers the potential to significantly speed up the process of literature evaluation.
Imaginative and Interactive Research Resource: Infographics
Thursday, 2nd May 2013
Even experienced researchers will benefit from paying closer attention to infographics and infoposters. They often present solid facts and statistical data in an "At a Glance" format, which is at once easy-to-understand and pleasing to the eye. Plus these non-text resources are seemingly everywhere you turn, so why not use them?
Has LinkedIn Got its Finger on the Pulse of its Contacts?
Wednesday, 1st May 2013
There have been a number of very interesting announcements from LinkedIn recently. Amongst these was their purchase of Pulse, a newsreader application that aggregates news sources. How will this acquisition and other announcements such as the new LinkedIn Contacts App enhance our LinkedIn experience?
Infographics: The "At a Glance" Research Source
Tuesday, 30th April 2013
One might think incorporating non-text sources into a research strategy of any sort would be almost a given considering the large amount of visual data available both online and in print but it does remain a neglected area. Infographics can be a valuable source for identifying and visualising trends, obtaining a quick picture of a situation, determining a starting point for research and much more. Jan Knight also highlights some of the popular tools for creating your own infographics.
Defining Big Data: The Four Vs
Friday, 26th April 2013
Security and speed of data transmission, accuracy of information stored and where to store vast amounts of data are just some of the issues that need to be tackled when considering big data projects. In his second article on the topic, Victor Camlek looks into the detail of the four Vs: Volume, Velocity, Vaulting and Validation and how they define the essence of big data.
Sourcing Engineering Products & Services with ThomasNet.com
Tuesday, 23rd April 2013
Designed for those in the manufacturing and supply side of engineering, ThomasNet.com offers a supplier directory, a product search, CAD search and product news components. Recent developments have ensured that the database is vital to the engineering and procurement needs of enterprises across numerous vertical markets - and it's free to use.
Mini Review: ThomasNet.com
Tuesday, 23rd April 2013
Victor Camlek reviews ThomasNet.com, a free resource for those in the manufacturing and supply side of engineering. The comprehensive resource offers a supplier directory, a product search, CAD search, plus product-related news, IMT (Industry Market Trends) journals and a forum for engineers.
LinkedIn Purchases Pulse & Moves Closer to Being a Publishing Platform
Wednesday, 17th April 2013
LinkedIn's purchase of the Pulse news app is the company's latest move in news aggregation, building on its introduction of LinkedIn Today and the Influencer discovery tool over the last couple of years. The acquisition of mobile news specialist Pulse is the next step towards the business networking site becoming "the definitive professional publishing platform".
Staying Alert to FreePint Content
Tuesday, 16th April 2013
FreePint has added two new features to its site to make sure you never miss articles or reports: one which gives users an even easier way to search the site; and the second which allows users to set up alerts so that when new content is published which matches your keywords, you're automatically notified.
The Competitive Intelligence War Goes Mobile with GPS and Smartphones
Thursday, 11th April 2013
Smartphones, GPS, apps and our love of sharing information, personal as well as private, has created a new opportunity for professionals in the field of competitive intelligence. Rachael Elliott discusses how deployment of mobile devices allows insights to be gleaned from everyday apps such as Foursquare and why we should be wary of new developments such as Google mapping inside buildings.
Alternatives to Google Alerts - Is it Next for the Cut?
Monday, 8th April 2013
Google is the topic of conversation for the wrong reasons at the moment, from its copyright battles to disgruntlement over the recent cull of Google Reader. Now it seems free web monitoring service Google Alerts is providing poor results, leading to speculation about its closure. Penny Crossland looks at some alternative free alerting services and puts them to the test.
Source Update April 2013: What's Happening with EBSCO?
Thursday, 4th April 2013
This month's additions and takedowns in EBSCO, researched and compiled by Anne Jordan.
Source Update April 2013: What's Happening with Nexis?
Wednesday, 3rd April 2013
This month's additions and takedowns in Nexis, researched and compiled by Anne Jordan.
Data Visualisation with AuthorMapper - Making Sense of Scientific Data
Tuesday, 2nd April 2013
Yulia Aspinall offers a glimpse into AuthorMapper, a data visualisation tool for the scientific community which allows users to view the geographical locations of authors, subjects or other keyword searches based on data from the Springer Journals and Springer Books collections plus SpringerLink. One of the few free data visualisation tools, it can also help researchers to identify scientific trends using timeline graphs, statistics and regional data.
Source Update April 2013: What's Happening with Factiva?
Tuesday, 2nd April 2013
This month's additions and takedowns in Factiva, researched and compiled by Anne Jordan.
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