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A definitive directory of crucial information sites and search engines, pronetuser brings together the very best information sites the internet has to offer into a set of independent and concise reviews targeted at business professionals and information users seeking information.

Business & Legal

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Research new markets, track rivals, understand the law and check official document
The changing face of business information

The changing face of business information

Bobby Pickering explains how the business and legal information market has changed to meet the internet's challenges
IWR smart choice

Emerald sparkles but needs a little more polish

Daniel Griffin is impressed with the content of Emerald Management First, but the presentation could be slicker
Euromonitor's vision of lifestyles and spending

Euromonitor's vision of lifestyles and spending

Daniel Griffin get the facts and figures on consumers around the globe
Execblueprints' sound advice

Execblueprints' sound advice

Daniel Griffin listens to some expert business advice from Books24x7's podcasting service
Factiva tracks the characters and companies that matter

Factiva tracks the characters and companies that matter

Factiva delivers easy to use functionality without a drop in ability, says Kim Thomas
MyICC personalises tracking to business

MyICC personalises tracking to business

Daniel Griffin looks at a site that brings business information to financial and legal users – and justify the cost on to clients
Telegraph moves with the times

Telegraph moves with the times

One national newspaper is rising to the challenge to its traditional markets, writes Mark Chillingworth
LexisNexis is a serious player who means business

LexisNexis is a serious player who means business

New platform enhancements mean the online search pioneer is still on top of its game, says Davey Winder

Social sciences

Sponsored by  ProQuest CSA logo
Today's academic is web savvy and uses MP3s, image libraries and databases
Business is booming for humanities

Business is booming for humanities

The humanities and social sciences sector is every bit as vibrant as STM publishing, says Mark Chillingworth
British Library's blast from the past

British Library's blast from the past

Daniel Griffin cocks an ear to a century's worth of music, speech and sounds from around the world
Histpop's view of Britain's past

Histpop's view of Britain's past

The free access to census data from the 19th and 20th centuries will appeal to researchers. Laura Smith delves with delight
IWR smart choice

What life was really like under the Nazi jackboot

Thomson Gale and the National Archives have created an archive of life in Occupied Europe, as Mark Chillingworth discovers

Digital economy bill rushing through parliament

The House of Lords approved the Digital Economy Bill yesterday [Tuesday] and the legislation now moves back to the House of Commons despite strong attacks from critics who accuse the government of rushing through ill-thought out legislation

Bloomberg and Wiley in a book publishing agreement

Information provider for businesses and professionals, Bloomberg, has appointed Wiley as an exclusive global publisher and distributor of Bloomberg and Bloomberg businessweek branded books under “Bloomberg press, a Wiley imprint”

Over two million scientific and medical images available on SpringerImages

Global scientific publisher Springer Science+Business Media has added more than 500,000 images to its online image database SpringerImages within eight months since its launch in July 2009

Innovations in collective licensing boost payments for UK publishers

This month, the Publishers Licensing Society (PLS), the not-for-profit society representing UK publishing industry is distributing £4.3m to publishers from the business sector, up from £3.4m for the previous equivalent distribution

BCS experts attack Digital Economy Bill

Rushing through the Digital Economy Bill is a real danger to the society because it could huge consequences for online activity that are currently poorly understood, experts warned today at the panel discussion held by the BCS, the chartered institute for IT
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Library search and
information management

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Discovering and organising information is easier if you have the right rools
Searching for the Google effect

Searching for the Google effect

Web search is dominated by Google, but Bobby Pickering discovers it doesn't rule the roost in information management
Publishers and searchers find an e-pal in BookStore

Publishers and searchers find an e-pal in BookStore

If any site can help publishers keep control of online retail, BookStore can. Daniel Griffin has a browse
Come and join Google's experts

Come and join Google's experts

Mark Chillingworth discovers why individual input can have huge benefits for search technology
Microsoft aims to liven up academic search

Microsoft aims to liven up academic search

The software giant offer academic search with a very personal touch. Kim Thomas reports
IWR smart choice

Just follow your nose and Liberty3 will take you there

Liberty3 has set an impressive precedent for other web-based library management systems to follow

Scientific

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As the pace of science increases so does the development of information sources
The appliance to science

The appliance to science

Bobby Pickering spoke to a range of major scientific information suppliers about the technological trends
Quosa's makes sharing simple

Quosa's makes sharing simple

Is this the simplest way yet to let colleagues share, organise and analyse STM information services? asks Mark Chillingworth
IWR smart choice

Scopus refines scientific searching

Kim Thomas finds a useful ally in tracking authors and citations
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