High quality specialist resources
You can search over 100 academic and leading commercial databases, enabling you to find current, relevant information and explore applied subjects in great depth. This will not only help you succeed at Cranfield; potential employers will value your familiarity with the specialist resources widely used within their industry as well.
Key resources include: Bloomberg, British Standards Online, IEEE Xplore, IMechE Conference Proceedings, Mintel reports, ABI/Inform, ScienceDirect, Scopus, Springer and Wiley.
We also provide access to over 35,000 eJournals, as well as core collections of books, journals and reports, and a range of current awareness services to ensure you stay up to date in your area of expertise.
One-to-one support
You will have a dedicated Librarian for your subject area, who will work closely with your academic team and spend time in your department to ensure they can help you as and when you need them. They will offer group teaching and one-to-one support so you can learn how to use our services and resources to suit your needs. Our Research Support Librarians work closely with our PhD students to provide tailored advice on publishing Open Access, managing your research data, measuring your scholarly impact and keeping up to date.
Study skills and research support
We will help you understand the resources available to you, how to use them effectively and, most importantly, how to critically evaluate them. We also offer a range of online support, webinars and in-person workshops to enhance your success at Cranfield, covering topics such as referencing and avoiding plagiarism, research methods, conducting a literature review, networking, presenting, time management and assessment.
Our buildings
We never lose sight of the importance of the library as a physical space, and its role in your overall learning experience. We aim to create a welcoming, comfortable environment in which to study, and offer areas for individual and group work as well as silent study. We are also happy to make adjustments to our services to ensure everyone, no matter their ability, can make the most of our libraries.
