By Corey S. Halaychik, MLIS, MS

I'm an electronic resource specialist librarian by day and a pop culture enthusiast by night. That means my favourite tipples run the gamut - I've listed everything from trivia sources to productivity tools below.

• MentalFloss: MentalFloss.com offers a fun way to take a cerebral break while still learning something. Spend 30 seconds of your lunch break perusing the Amazing Fact Generator, and all your co-workers will be fighting to have you on their team next time trivia night rolls around.
  
  
• Science Fiction and Fantasy Stack Exchange: The Sci-Fi and Fantasy Stack Exchange is a Q&A website based around one of my favorite genres of film and books. Have a burning question about Sith Lords, Hobbits or anything else in the geekdom kingdom? These guys have an answer.
  
  
• Amy Porterfield's Podcasts: Social media marketing is essential for getting the word  out about electronic resources. Amy Porterfield is an expert when it comes to addressing and engaging social audiences. Check out her podcasts for further information.
  
  
• Microsoft Office Web Apps: Between conferences, meetings and daily life, my workspace is everywhere and anywhere. Microsoft Office Web Apps make it easy for me to open a document saved to my SkyDrive and edit it on the go – from anywhere, on any device. It's a lot like Google Drive, only better.
  
  
• Feedly: Speaking of the search giant, I was ahead of the curve when Google Reader got the axe earlier this summer. Why? I'd already switched over to Feedly. This streamlined RSS reader is fast on any device with simple fluidity, perfect for saving relevant stories to read later or sending content to others.

Corey S. Halaychik, MLIS, MS, is an Assistant Professor and Electronic Resources Specialist at the University of Tennessee. He thrives on connecting users with resources and is always on always on the lookout for new ways to share and apply information. Corey can be contacted on: chalaych@utk.edu.

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  Business researcher Perrin Kerravala reviews Global Financial Data Inc. (GFD), a provider of financial and economic time-series data widely used by investment firms and academic organisations. GFD is unique in being able to provide rare data, including time-series that are several hundred years old, and data extensions on current series. The product empowers users to obtain reliable information to conduct analyses of company or market performance over several business cycles.
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• Biopharma Companies in a State of Flux
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  The biopharma industry faces some fundamental challenges, as highlighted in a recent PwC report. Yulia Aspinall looks at how industry professionals in the biotech and pharma field can help overcome these challenges through the use of big data, social media and networking.
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• Lowering the Cost of Compliance with Alacra Compliance Enterprise
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  Alacra Compliance Enterprise integrates a wide range of free and fee-based sources via a single platform helping organisations highlight various indicators of risk in relation to existing and potential clients in the areas of Anti-Money Laundering (AML), anti-terrorist financing and Know Your Customer (KYC). The latest release is fully customisable allowing a more consistent and thorough search process saving time and money.
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• FreePint Buyer's Guide, When you're in the Market for Content
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• Sales Intelligence Services Power CRM Insights: Introduction
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• Source Update August 2013: What's Happening with Nexis?
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• FreePint Report: Product Review of Global Financial Data
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• Source Update August 2013: What's Happening with Eureka.cc and Europresse.com?
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• FreePint Report: Information Services Management Monthly Update (July 2013)
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• Premium Access - Dispose of the Bathwater but Please Keep the Baby
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• Product Review of Global Financial Data: Introduction and FreePint's View
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• Collaboration in Cape Town: IATUL Annual Conference
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• Mini Review: Alacra Compliance Enterprise
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• What You Already Know about Value
  By Robin Neidorf on Friday, 26th July 2013
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• Due Diligence & Risk Management Made Easier - Thomson Reuters Launches New Products
  By Penny Crossland on Thursday, 25th July 2013
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• Sales Intelligence Services Power CRM Insights: A Survey of Six Vendors
  By Michael Levy on Tuesday, 23rd July 2013
  Over the past several years, sales intelligence products have extended from the desktop into Customer Relationship Management systems. As CRM applications, they deliver prospect insight to sales reps, enhance data quality, and reduce time spent entering data and performing basic research steps. This article introduces the CRM integrations of six vendors: D&B360, Data.com (SFDC), InsideView, LinkedIn Sales Navigator, OneSource iSell, and ZoomInfo.
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• Maintaining a Healthy Relationship with Your Intranet
  By James Mullan on Friday, 19th July 2013
  You might imagine that most intranet managers would love their intranets, well I'm here to tell you that in reality that's far from the truth. Many intranet managers will have a love/hate relationship with their intranet. They might love what the intranet offers in terms of functionality, but hate what it looks like - or they might hate the functionality, but love what it looks like. So the question is, how can you maintain a healthy relationship with your intranet?
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• PharmaTell: A One Stop Shop for Biopharmaceutical Competitive intelligence?
  By Yulia Aspinall on Thursday, 18th July 2013
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• Getting Law Librarians More Involved in Knowledge Management
  By James Mullan on Wednesday, 17th July 2013
  Knowledge management (KM) is a familiar term within the information profession and within law firms. However, whilst librarians in law firms are generally viewed as an essential resource, they are often overlooked when it comes to any involvement with KM initiatives. James Mullan discusses the many opportunities for law librarians to use knowledge management techniques and processes within their library and to become involved in KM projects and client-facing initiatives.
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• Mobile - Secure, Yes, But Usable Too?
  By Tim Buckley Owen on Wednesday, 17th July 2013
  FreePint's Community of Practice on the challenges of deploying mobile throughout the enterprise couldn't be more timely. Gartner is predicting that 60% of information workers will be interacting with content using a mobile device by 2015, and Forbes Insights reports that senior executives are increasingly abandoning the traditional PC for Bring Your Own Device (BYOD). But the difficulties of navigating small screen devices may partly explain the EPiServer finding that retailers are using mobile more as a means of securing customer loyalty than closing sales. Mobile security remains a growing threat, with Juniper reporting that Androids are especially targeted - although the Forbes respondents remain far more concerned about usability.
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