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An Explorer's Spark “There is an explorer’s ‘spark’ that is felt at these events”, said National Geographic CEO Jill Tiefenthaler at the Explorers Festival in London on April 20; it was a spark felt by ...
Tags: HeritageCrime, student journey|05/06/2023
If you're using newspaper content in your work, you may be wondering how to reference it. Is it exactly the same as a journal article reference? Well, it's pretty similar. Here's a short guide. To ...
Tags: APA7, knl, newspapers, referencing, SOMLibrary, web-mirc-news|02/06/2023
Throughout June, Library Services are running a trial for Writefull which provides tools to help with academic writing. Writefull's support includes proofreading, spelling and grammar checking your work. It can also help you craft your ...
Tags: barrington, knl, resource trial, SOMLibrary, study skills|01/06/2023
Everything we own, use or interact with in life starts with a material or materials. But even we in the industry admit that materials are a huge part of what has led us to ...
31/05/2023
'Hubert Ovie Madise, what have you been up to the past ten weeks?' The Cranfield School of Water, Energy and Environment (SWEE) Group Design Project (GDP) module - that's what! The SWEE GDP module ...
31/05/2023
Every year the Bettany Centre for Entrepreneurship hosts our annual entrepreneurship conference VentureDay. We are proud to have some small and medium enterprise (SME) owners on staff, including Heni Cloake and Gabriela Pearson, who share ...
Tags: bettany centre, cranfield bettany centre, entrepreneurship, school of management, smallbusiness, Sustainability MSc, sustainable business, VentureDay|30/05/2023
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Mergers and acquisitions are never very far from the news. But if you need to find out about a transaction in depth, where can you source the details you might not find in the papers? M&A Specifics Capital ...
Tags: Bloomberg, capitaliq, company financials, m&a, mergers, mirc, SOMLibrary, web-mirc-finance|30/03/2021
If you are using the new Mendeley Reference Manager, you will need to install the Mendeley Cite add-in to Word. Occasionally there are problems with the add-in when it asks to be updated. So, if ...
Tags: barrington, knl, mendeley, mendeley cite add-in, mendeley reference manager, mirc, referencing, SOMLibrary|12/03/2021
With VCIC running this week, we felt a little something on due diligence might be in order... If you’re researching a company with a view to an investment or acquisition, due diligence will be of utmost importance. Although much ...
Tags: Bloomberg, capitaliq, FitchConnect, ibisworld, mintel, mirc, passport, SOMLibrary, web-mirc-company|09/03/2021
SAE standards are unique sources of information that are very important to Cranfield students and researchers alike. I am very excited to share the news that we now have access to the whole aerospace series! ...
Tags: aerospace, barrington, knl, SAE, standards|22/02/2021
The Early Careers Researchers Network and the CDS Doc Com would like to invite you to join and participate in our Journal Club. Why would a Journal Club be of interest to me you may ...
Tags: barrington, critical evaluation, journals, knl, mirc, research publishing, research support, SOMLibrary|18/02/2021
“(...) and so with too little sleep and too much reading his brains dried up, causing him to lose his mind.” Don Quixote Are you suffering from information overload? How will you evaluate the quality ...
Tags: academic writing, barrington, education, information literacy, knl, mirc, SOMLibrary|01/02/2021