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 Free Internet sources vs charged info.
Author:Razia Nazir
Date:Thursday, 26th Jul 2001 11:33
Views:2,232 (excluding Digests and RSS feeds)
Category:Information Issues
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Can anyone help with sources where I can get pros and cons of using both free internet sources and charged info. from providers.

I have to put a case before management as to why they should consider subscriptions to hosts such as Lexis, Datastream,etc when info is freely available on the net.

Many thanks

Razia

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  Free Internet sources vs charged info.
Can anyone help with sources where I can get pros and cons of using both free internet sources and charged ...
Razia Nazir 26/07/01 11:33 11486
   Re: Free Internet sources vs charged info.
One way would be to look through your past enquiries and show what you could not answer, or took a ...
Diana Nutting 27/07/01 13:24 11511
   Re: Free Internet sources vs charged info.
I wrote a white paper for Factiva.com on this very subject. You can download a copy from http://www.factiva.com/infopro/BusIntelA4.pdf (for ...
Mary Ellen Bates 26/07/01 14:52 11499
   Re: Free Internet sources vs charged info.
Dear Razia, Although there is a lot of really useful and free information available via the Web, any serious research unit ...
Martin De Saulles 26/07/01 14:48 11498

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