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How do I reference interviews, surveys and questionnaires… in the Cranfield Author-date style?
Karen Stokes2023-02-20T20:34:49+00:0003/05/2017|Tags: harvard referencing, interviews, knl, mirc, muscat, qualitative research, questionnaires, referencing, SOMLibrary, surveys, thesis|
Many theses and internship reports will include some primary research, in the form of interviews, surveys or questionnaires. You may have carried these out yourself in the process of your research - or you may ...
The biggest lie on the internet
Georgina Parsons2023-02-20T20:34:58+00:0027/04/2017|Tags: barrington, cloud, google, knl, mirc, rdm, research data, SOMLibrary, storage, terms and conditions, ts & cs|
It is said that the biggest lie on the internet is "I have read and understood the terms and conditions". Can you honestly say that when presented with terms online, you read them carefully and ...
Unpaywall – find free (and legal!) open access papers
Emma Turner2023-02-20T20:35:24+00:0030/03/2017|Tags: barrington, knl, mirc, open access, SOMLibrary, unpaywall|
Wouldn't it be handy if you could easily check to see if there was an open access version of a paper that wasn't available to you through the Library's subscriptions? Well, Unpaywall could be just ...
Four tips for consent forms
Georgina Parsons2023-02-20T20:35:32+00:0028/03/2017|Tags: barrington, consent, cord, data, ethics, knl, mirc, rdm, research ethics, SOMLibrary|
Having recently looked at data protection in research data management (RDM) generally, and anonymisation more specifically, now let's take a look at participant consent, as that's another common area for questions. Ethics support at Cranfield ...
New University Referencing Guide!
Karen Stokes2023-02-20T20:35:41+00:0027/03/2017|Tags: harvard referencing, knl, mirc, muscat, referencing, SOMLibrary|
The University Library service recently updated its referencing guides. Download the latest author-date guide here and the guide to numbered referencing here. The guide covers how to reference the most common sources you will encounter on your ...
Anonymising your research data
Georgina Parsons2023-02-20T20:35:49+00:0017/03/2017|Tags: anonymisation, barrington, data protection, dpa, knl, mirc, personal data, rdm, research data management, SOMLibrary|
In our last RDM blog post we discussed data protection in general; now let's take a further look at anonymisation. The main message is to think about it early, planning well to ensure that data ...