Libraries
Macroeconomic metrics – How to find Gross Domestic Product (GDP) and Gross Value Added (GVA) data
Penny Robertson2025-09-25T16:44:05+01:0014/08/2025|Tags: barrington, data, gdp, gme, gva, knl, macroeconomics, SOMLibrary, web-mirc-economics|
There is a wealth of information on a range of global macroeconomic topics within our Library resources. This information ranges from statistics and reports to forecasts, insight, analysis and metrics. Two commonly used macroeconomic metrics ...
Getting ready to hand in your thesis?
Cranfield University2025-08-08T15:56:21+01:0011/08/2025|Tags: academic writing, advice, formatting, guidelines, IT, knl, SOMLibrary, stress, template, thesis|
You are nearly there! Many of our students are starting to think about finishing their theses. If you are one of them, then you might find this post useful as you write up your masterpiece ...
Finding credit ratings for companies
Tracey Nunn2025-08-07T11:23:03+01:0007/08/2025|Tags: Bloomberg, capitaliq, company financials, company information, credit ratings, fame, mirc, OrbisBankFocus, SOMLibrary, web-mirc-finance|
A credit rating (or score) is a measure of a company or corporation’s ability to meet their financial commitments based on their previous dealings. It can also be viewed as a measure of a company’s ...
How to publish open access (for free!)
Karyn Meaden-Pratt2025-08-04T10:58:09+01:0004/08/2025|Tags: barrington, data availability statement, gold open access, knl, open access, research data, research data management, research publishing|
Many funders and institutions, including Cranfield University, require their authors’ outputs to be made open access (OA). It is no secret that most publishers charge authors a fee, known as an article processing charge (APC), ...
Make Google Scholar work even harder for you!
Katie2025-07-23T17:48:26+01:0031/07/2025|Tags: barrington, eresources, google scholar, knl, literature search, resources, SOMLibrary|
Google Scholar can be a great place to start your search on a topic as it is easy to use and searches a huge range of sources. However, it does not search everything, and it ...
Too much to do? Can’t get your thoughts down on paper?
Karyn Meaden-Pratt2025-07-17T14:32:28+01:0028/07/2025|Tags: academic writing, barrington, knl, mirc, SOMLibrary, study skills, time management|
Our Study Skills Hub has two sections that may be able to help you! In Time Management we have some great tips on how to manage your time, to prioritise, and de-stress. First of all, ...
