The Intellogist Blog makes a case for why you should add a second monitor to your workstation.

http://intellogist.wordpress.com/2011/03/30/better-patent-search-with-two-monitors/

Here's a preview: it's great!

Our most popular posts in one location for all our new readers (or for old readers to check out if they missed them!).

Also: what topics do you want us to cover in the future?

http://intellogist.wordpress.com/2011/03/24/greatest-patent-hits-most-popular-intellogist-blog-posts/

We're back with another of our Gear Grinder series entries: having fun and complaining about the day to day struggles of being a patent searcher!

Come check out Danny Rooney's biggest pet peeves when it comes to search systems:

http://intellogist.wordpress.com/2011/03/17/top-5-patent-search-system-annoyances-gear-grinder-4/

The Intellogist Blog shows you what the new features are and how to use them! Get your patent information in Excel format with this handy feature.

http://intellogist.wordpress.com/2011/03/16/the-new-espacenet-how-to-export-patent-data/

We have a new blog that details changes to FreePatentsOnline, IEEE Xplore, Rospatent, GenomeQuest, USGENE, and a fun crossword!

http://intellogist.wordpress.com/2011/03/15/patent-information-updates-to-intellogist/

Find out how to apply for the award and why it's important to all of us. New Intellogist Blog post:

http://intellogist.wordpress.com/2011/03/11/why-the-piug-brian-stockdale-award-is-important/

The Intellogist Blog examines an update to IEEE Xplore that increases the quality of it's data, plus a bit of an overview for those of you looking to find a good niche resource.

http://intellogist.wordpress.com/2011/03/10/prior-art-search-news-roundup-ieee-xplore-updated/

Our new Intellogist Blog post: how Excel could be made better!

http://intellogist.wordpress.com/2011/03/03/gear-grinder-3-complaints-in-the-patent-world-using-excel/