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Source: Information Today NewsBreaks
A New Scoop for Business Information Makes Its Debut
Paula Hane offers up an overview of Scoop.com a new fee-based resource ($29.95/month) from NetContent. Content from open web and proprietary sources. Paula concludes, “In my admittedly limited testing of the service, the Scoop service seemed more like a beta release. Although it let me choose publication type and publications, it then didn’t show me what I had chosen on the search page or in the results. And, the searches were not iterative — I couldn’t search within the results; instead, “refine search” dropped me back to the initial search box. The service could benefit from some user interface work and search refinements. It does offer both basic and advanced search options, including a handy “Search Builder” function that helps users create structured Boolean queries. Tabs offer easy access to specific functions, including company searches, alerts, and publishing. Another tab presents users with a Topic Library with subject categories so they can drill down to more specific topics to create a search or alert.”

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