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Prajwal Gote completed the Connected and Autonomous Vehicle Engineering (Automotive) MSc in 2022. Here, he talks about why he chose his programme, what he most enjoyed about studying at Cranfield, and his job at ...
01/08/2023
You may find it helpful to look at examples of past Cranfield theses when you are writing your own. They may be valuable for reading previous research, and for looking at the structure, style and ...
Tags: barrington, ceres, knl, library search, mta, SOMLibrary, theses|28/07/2023
If you have never investigated it before, Knovel is a handy resource created for engineers by engineers. A new Engineering Newsfeeds feature has been added which makes it easy to keep track of industry news. ...
Tags: barrington, keeping up to date, knl, Knovel, news|27/07/2023
University life involves a serious amount of reading and writing. We study the work of other people to inform ourselves about a topic. When we then re-use that knowledge to create our own work, we ...
Tags: academic writing, APA7, referencing, SOMLibrary|27/07/2023
Undertaking an MBA during a period of economic uncertainty may seem like a daunting prospect, even though you may completely understand that having an MBA ‘under your belt’ will only enhance your future employability prospects. ...
Tags: “Cranfield”, cranfield school of management, cranfield university, entrepreneurship, mba, school of management|25/07/2023
We are running a Lunch+Learn webinar on using DMPonline on Monday 31 July, 1-2pm. A data management plan (DMP) is a written document that outlines how research data will be collected, organized, stored, shared, and preserved ...
Tags: barrington, data management planning, data management plans, DMP, knl, rdm, SOMLibrary|25/07/2023
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Following on from our previous posts about referencing books, let's now have a look at how to reference journal articles. Journal articles are pretty simple too. They require the following elements to create a bibliographic ...
Tags: APA7, ejournals, journal articles, knl, mirc, referencing, SOMLibrary|15/03/2022
For anyone receiving UKRI funding, a new policy will apply for peer-reviewed research articles submitted for publication from 1 April 2022. Read the full policy now to ensure you know what your responsibilities are. Did ...
Tags: barrington, creative commons, knl, licence, mirc, OA, open access, research publishing, SOMLibrary|11/03/2022
So, in our last referencing post we looked at referencing books in APA7. This one goes a little further. This post is for you if you are referencing a single chapter within an edited book. ...
Tags: APA7, books, knl, mirc, referencing, SOMLibrary|08/03/2022
For anyone receiving UKRI funding, a new policy will apply for peer-reviewed research articles submitted for publication from 1 April 2022. Read the full policy now to ensure you know what your responsibilities are. Did ...
Tags: barrington, green open access, knl, mirc, OA, open access, research publishing, SOMLibrary, ukri|04/03/2022
Book references are very simple in APA7 and tend to be one of the first reference formats you will learn in a referencing session. What should your reference include? Author(s) of the book (Surname, Initials.) ...
Tags: APA7, books, ebooks, knl, mirc, referencing, SOMLibrary|28/02/2022
For anyone receiving UKRI funding, a new policy will apply for peer-reviewed research articles submitted for publication from 1 April 2022. Read the full policy now to ensure you know what your responsibilities are. Did ...
Tags: barrington, knl, mirc, OA, open access, research publishing, SOMLibrary, ukri|25/02/2022