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4 Reasons Why Information Managers Should Use Specialized Ontologies Across Structured and Unstructured Text

Topic: Information Management Search & Discovery

Many information managers are changing focus from supporting Boolean searching of a data collections to enabling text mining and increasing discoverability.

14 July 2020

By Molly Tainter

How Does Aggregated Search Work?

Topic: Information Management Search & Discovery

The goal of aggregated search is to provide integrated search across multiple, heterogeneous sources. There are broadly two technology approaches that have been used to achieve this; federated search and web-scale indexing, but those aren’t the only options.

7 July 2020

Making Data FAIR – What Information Managers Can Bring to the Table

Topic: Information Management Search & Discovery

Information managers can have important consultative roles to play in every aspect of creating and maintaining FAIR data and workflows. Mary Ellen Bates outlines how here.

30 June 2020

By Molly Tainter

4 Key Reasons Why Information Specialists and Research Scientists Should Search Patent Databases

Topic: Information Management Search & Discovery

It behooves information specialists to semantically search patent information in addition to scientific literature review. Jill Shuman shares why.

23 June 2020

By Jill Shuman

Vocabularies, Text Mining and FAIR Data: The Strategic Role Information Managers Play

Topic: Information Management Search & Discovery

How can information managers find strategic roles to play in their organization’s AI and data analysis projects?

9 June 2020

By Molly Tainter

Velocity of Content and the Coronavirus Outbreak

Topic: Information Management Pharma & Healthcare Search & Discovery

Could the velocity of scholarly content published be a measure of innovation in the fight against Coronavirus infections?

11 March 2020

By Peter Revill

What is the Difference Between a Taxonomy and an Ontology?

Topic: Information Management Search & Discovery

Ontologies and taxonomies are in many ways similar – they describe types of things, and are arranged in a hierarchical structure. Here’s how they differ.

11 February 2020

By Molly Tainter

What Are FAIR Data Principles?

Topic: Search & Discovery

FAIR data principles allow R&D intensive organizations to maximize the value of their digital assets. This blog post explores FAIR data in action at a specialty biopharmaceutical company.

14 January 2020