After downloading: enhancing the value of your data

The use of commercial, online search services has increased dramatically in recent years. This reflects both an increasing awareness of their potential value on the part of end‐users and the technological advances which have improved access and availability. This paper examines the driving forces for improving the manipulation, presentation and management of downloaded bibliographic data to enhance its information content and value to the user. A number of opportunities for data post‐processing are highlighted and discussed.