Leaving Cranfield soon? Have you heard about Alumni Library Online?
02/07/2026
We are proud to offer one of the UK’s leading university library services for alumni.
Alumni Library Online gives you instant access to thousands of top quality journal articles and the latest thinking to support your professional and personal development.
With Alumni Library Online you can:
- Find information to support job hunting and interview preparation.
- Keep up-to-date in your chosen topic.
- Learn about new areas of research and current trends.
- Develop your employability skills.
- Keep in touch with what Cranfield are doing.
- Seek advice on conducting your own research.
- Organise useful research articles you have found and want to keep.
Your Alumni Library Online gives you:
- Free access to a number of top-quality subscription databases which have been specifically licensed for the benefit of our alumni.
- Premium open access online resources – thousands of free full-text articles, reports and theses.
- Links to subject-specific resources – a collection of links to free, high quality websites selected by our librarians to support your personal development.
- Mendeley – a free library reference-building and storage tool.
- Access to CERES and CORD – Cranfield’s repository collections of articles, papers and research data.
- Online support for conducting your own research via SAGE Research Methods Online.
What does it cost?
Your Alumni Library Online service is free for you to use for the rest of your life! This is one way we can thank you for being part of the Cranfield community.
Which databases are available?
Whilst we can’t offer access to all the databases that you had access to when you were a student, our current offering covers a wide range of subjects and themes. If you want to know whether a specific database is on our Alumni Library Online list, please contact us.
The legal bit – terms and conditions
The Alumni Library Online service is provided to support you in your individual personal and professional development. It must not be used for commercial purposes, or your access details shared with others.
Like the sound of it?
You can access Alumni Library Online within your alumni portal. If you have forgotten your portal login, please contact the alumni team. And if you have any questions about using the ALO services, please contact your library team.
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