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British Library service EThOS provides easy access to full-text doctoral theses
Karen Stokes2023-04-21T16:33:03+01:0024/04/2023|Tags: british library, ethos, knl, mirc, SOMLibrary, theses|
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 ...
Do you know what makes a Technical Report special?
Katie Abranson2023-04-18T16:28:23+01:0020/04/2023|Tags: academic writing, barrington, group design project, group projects, knl, SOMLibrary, technical reports|
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, ...
A beginner’s guide to sourcing a company beta
Tracey Nunn2023-04-14T14:26:23+01:0018/04/2023|Tags: beta, Bloomberg, capitaliq, factiva, fame, mirc, risk, SOMLibrary, web-mirc-finance|
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 ...
A visit to the Sidney Martin Library, University of the West Indies
Karyn Meaden-Pratt2023-04-17T18:47:56+01:0017/04/2023|Tags: barrington, knl, SOMLibrary|
In March a member of our Library Services staff, Alex, visited the Sidney Martin Library, at the Cave Hill Campus of the University of the West Indies in Barbados. She describes her visit: "I was ...
Introducing… Factiva
Karen Stokes2023-04-14T10:36:30+01:0014/04/2023|Tags: factiva, knl, mirc, newspapers, SOMLibrary, web-mirc-news|
Do you need access to international press? Take a look at Factiva. Factiva provides access to over 100,000 full-text international press sources in 25 languages. Both local and national newspapers are included, along with a ...
How to present well as a group
Karyn Meaden-Pratt2023-04-11T18:04:48+01:0013/04/2023|Tags: barrington, group projects, knl, presentation skills, SOMLibrary, study skills|
You will have put a lot of work into your research or project and want to show everyone what you have achieved or discovered, so you need to impart this knowledge as clearly as possible. ...