Libraries
Using Factiva to research a company
Angela Sparks2026-02-04T15:14:16+00:0029/01/2026|Tags: company information, dmda, ecbs, factiva, knl, mirc, muscat, news, newspapers, SOMLibrary, web-mirc-company|
If you’re tasked with researching a company, your first port of call might be to search Fame or EBSCO Business Source Complete. Your immediate reaction might not be to look at Factiva. However, for larger ...
How do I write a secondary reference … in the NLM style?
Jade Millar2026-01-16T16:34:02+00:0022/01/2026|Tags: barrington, knl, NLM, referencing|
Secondary referencing is used when you’re reading a work which includes a quotation from another author, and you – the researcher – can’t obtain the original source. We always advise, where possible, to try to ...
How do I reference…when delivering a presentation?
Karyn Meaden-Pratt2026-01-19T15:26:13+00:0019/01/2026|Tags: barrington, knl, referencing|
Just as you cite and reference sources in written work, you should also acknowledge the sources you use or quote in oral presentations. Citing your sources in presentations provides your audience with information about the ...
How do I reference a blog post… in the NLM style?
Jade Millar2025-12-16T15:37:45+00:0015/01/2026|Tags: barrington, knl, NLM, referencing|
Whilst blog posts do not fall into the scholarly material category, they can be useful for providing personal insights into a particular area. For example, there may be a high-profile member of an industry who ...
Creating and using constituent lists in Datastream
Helen Holmes2025-12-08T14:29:18+00:0008/01/2026|Tags: company financials, data, datastream, finance, knl, lseg, web-mirc-finance, workspace|
Whether you're analysing industry performance, or comparing company financials, Datastream is a powerful tool. One of its most useful features is the ability to work with constituent lists — collections of companies grouped by index, ...
Study better and smarter in 2026
Karyn Meaden-Pratt2026-01-06T15:45:53+00:0006/01/2026|Tags: barrington, Bloomberg, knl, linkedin learning, mendeley, referencing, searching, SOMLibrary, study skills|
Happy new year! Now is the perfect time to reflect on your studies so far, thinking about what you’re doing well and where you need to focus a bit more attention. Getting back into ‘study ...
