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Anyone looking to access doctoral theses will be interested in EThOS from the British Library. EThOS is the UK’s national thesis service and to this date (April 2023) it holds details for over 600,000 theses ...
Tags: british library, ethos, knl, mirc, SOMLibrary, theses|24/04/2023
As I sit here in Kings Norton Library at Cranfield University, I am filled with excitement and fulfilment for the academic adventure I have encountered so far. Studying at Cranfield University has provided me ...
Tags: energy and sustainability|21/04/2023
Writing a technical report is a little different to writing a lab report or an essay for your tutors, requiring a different approach, communication skills and format. What are technical reports? Technical reports are formal, ...
Tags: academic writing, barrington, group design project, group projects, knl, SOMLibrary, technical reports|20/04/2023
Hello, my name is Jason Rogers and I’m earning an MSc in Applied Bioinformatics. I was born and raised in Maryland, USA. I studied biotechnology at RIT in Rochester NY, obtained a PhD in Molecular ...
19/04/2023
Beta is the measurement of a company’s common stock price volatility relative to the market. If you’re trying to find a current beta for a company there are a number of places to look. These ...
Tags: beta, Bloomberg, capitaliq, factiva, fame, mirc, risk, SOMLibrary, web-mirc-finance|18/04/2023
We’re all aware of stress. But maybe not so aware of what to do with it. Turns out, playing basketball with (and against) your professors and course mates is a great way to meet people, ...
Tags: energy students, social life, stress awareness month, student journey, student mental health, SWEE, Wellbeing|14/04/2023
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If you are a new student, you have been studying at Cranfield for over a month now (doesn't time fly?!). If you borrowed print items from your library at the very start of term, you ...
Tags: barrington, books, knl, library search, mirc, new students, renew, SOMLibrary|04/11/2019
The Kings Norton Library on the Cranfield campus is open all day, every day for the benefit of our students, so they are able to study at the times that are best for them. We ...
21/10/2019
Fame provides financial and company data for UK and Irish companies, both public and private. Fame allows you to generate a report on a single company or to combine multiple criteria to generate a list ...
Tags: company financials, fame, knl, mirc, SOMLibrary, web-mirc-finance|20/09/2019
If you’re tasked with researching a company, your first port of call might be to search Fame or EBSCO Business Source Complete. Your immediate reaction might not be to look at Factiva. However, for larger ...
Tags: company information, dmda, ecbs, factiva, knl, mirc, muscat, news, newspapers, SOMLibrary, web-mirc-company|13/09/2019
In July 2019 I was fortunate to attend a conference called 'Playful Learning.' The delegates (around 120 of us) were from a variety of different backgrounds. Some worked for companies, some were in education, some ...
Tags: barrington, games, infinite possibilities, knl, library games, mirc, playful learning, SOMLibrary|08/08/2019
You are nearly there! Many of our current 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 ...
Tags: advice, binding, formatting, guidelines, IT, knl, mirc, printing, SOMLibrary, stress, template, thesis|11/07/2019