Libraries
Is your password “123456”? Worst passwords list revealed…
In SplashData’s fifth annual worst passwords list, “123456” and “password” remained the top passwords in 2015. Does your password appear on the list? Thinking up a password for a new service (or changing your password ...
“A goal without a plan is just a wish” – the requirement for data plans
When Antoine de Saint Exupéry said “a goal without a plan is just a wish”, he probably wasn’t thinking about data management plans (DMPs), but he certainly knew the importance of planning. So does Cranfield ...
CORD and collaboration – dataset discovery
With the launch of CORD (Cranfield Online Research Data) in May 2016, Cranfield University has begun making its research data outputs available as widely as possible, (where commercial, legal, and ethical factors allow). This is a ...
Secondary referencing – citing an author cited by another… in the Cranfield Author-date style
So, you're doing some research and you come across a really great quotation. You want to use it in your own text but there's a problem. The quotation is not from the author of your article, but rather from ...
How do I reference a book… in the Cranfield Author-date style?
Probably the most simple of all bibliographic references, the book reference is one of the first you will learn in any referencing session and one you will use most often. What should your reference include? ...
Data documentation – what and why
Just as a map becomes much easier to read when you have a legend explaining the symbols, data is much easier to comprehend when you have descriptive and contextual information. For example, while you’re using ...