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There are a proliferation of AI tools that can help you organise your life, work and study. This post focuses on academic or scholarly tools that have been developed to enhance the literature searching process, whether for independent research, an assignment or thesis. Bear in ...

It’s always a good idea to look at examples of theses before you start work on your own.  You may find them valuable for reading previous research, and for looking at structure, style and methodology.

We suggest that you look at some that have been written by students on your course or your research area, or theses which have been supervised by your supervisor. Th...

As librarians, we get to see the full spectrum of reference lists in student work —from exemplary to … well, let’s just say, works still very much in progress! We are experts in spotting mistakes so as you prepare to submit an assignment or thesis, we share some of our top tips that can make a significant difference to the overall quality of your work.

So you have spent the whole year (or more) lovingly collecting references around the topics that matter to you and now you have a large, personalised library in Mendeley Reference Manager containing all that information.

To make sure that you can still access your Mendeley library and references after you leave Cranfield, complete these simple steps before<...