Q&A with Tim Aitken - Creating analytical tools from a discovery database
Tuesday, 3rd September 2019

Inspec Analytics is the authoritative resource for accessing scientific literature across engineering, physics and computer science, serving numerous prestigious institutions and tens of thousands of users around the world. Jinfo recently spoke to Tim Aitken, senior product manager at Inspec, about Inspec Analytics, the analytics tool that the company built on top of their renowned abstract and indexing database. 

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APIs - what are they and what do they do?
Friday, 30th August 2019

If you're an information manager working with content, you'll need to know about APIs. This article looks at what APIs are, how they can be used, what propelled their growth, and the benefits of using APIs from an information manager's perspective. Plus, we examine what to look out for when considering their use within the organisation, along with some useful resources to learn more about them.

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Product review of Article Galaxy (help & training; competitors; development; pricing)
Friday, 12th July 2019

The final part of our product review of Reprints Desk's Article Galaxy, a platform that provides access to full-text scientific literature, looks at the value provided by the product, along with the help and training available, the competitive landscape, including Mendeley, EndNote, RefWorks and Zotero, its pricing options and future development plans, including most notably the launch of the Article Galaxy Scholar academic platform.

Note: Full review (PDF) at /go/sub/report/3219

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Product review of Article Galaxy (technology - search & user interface; outputs & alerts; administration)
Thursday, 11th July 2019

In the third part of our product review of Reprints Desk's Article Galaxy, a platform that provides access to full-text scientific literature, we look at the technology behind the product, including its search and user interface, with a particular focus on PubMed Searcher, Altmetric Trending Articles Finder, and Journal Article Searcher. It also highlights the gadget store, a customisable dashboard of over 100 cloud-based applications that can be used to support the discovery, collection, and management of research articles within Article Galaxy. We also take a look a how users can export documents.

Note: Full review (PDF) at /go/sub/report/3219

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Product review of Article Galaxy (sources - content & coverage)
Wednesday, 10th July 2019

In the second part of our product review of Reprints Desk's Article Galaxy, a Software as a Service platform that provides access to full-text scientific literature, we look at its huge collection of resources, including over 70 million full-text documents, from leading global publishers such as Elsevier, Springer Nature, John Wiley & Sons, SAGE, Taylor & Francis, and Wolters Kluwer. We also touch on its wide range of gadgets from its gadget store and how they enable users to access Article Galaxy's content.

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Product review of Article Galaxy (key advantages; introduction; contact details)
Wednesday, 10th July 2019

Reprints Desk's Article Galaxy is a Software as a Service (SaaS) platform that provides access to full-text scientific literature. In the first part of our full product review, we take a more detailed look at the company and product, its key advantages, who uses it and its most recent developments, including its Reference Manager gadget and the Article Galaxy gadget store.

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Alteryx - applying technology to real world problems
Friday, 31st May 2019

This article looks at some of the issues explored in a recent webinar held by Alteryx, the data science and analytics software company, and presented by Nick Jewell and Sumit Paul-Choudhury. It looked at the history of computing and artificial intelligence and some of the issues that have started to emerge from its use. It also focused on the use of Robotic Process Automation (RPA) and ends with a useful checklist for AI projects.

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Take our 10 minute survey to get a free report on how to keep up with technology
Wednesday, 22nd May 2019

Take our survey on discovery systems and project priorities and receive a copy of the resulting report upon publication.

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My Favourite Tipples from a patent and biotech information specialist
Wednesday, 20th March 2019

My Favourite Tipples are shared by Anne Barker, an information specialist in the legal department at Genentech. Anne shares some of her preferred resources in areas from patents to healthcare conference posters and human gene databases.

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Market landscape - IFIS food science and health databases
Wednesday, 6th March 2019

In this market landscape we look at two products from IFIS: FSTA: sources and research, relating to the sciences of food and health Escalex: database of international, national and regional food regulations. We provide a brief description of products, a link to the vendor's...

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