The Library provides you with access to Semester 1 and Semester 2 exam papers from the last 5 years, to help with revision. If you can't find the paper you are looking for it may be because:
• The unit code has changed
• It has been restricted by your Department
Please be aware that older papers might not be relevant to current course content.
A guide to research software online courses from O'Reilly Learning. Courses cover Excel, Git and GitHub, LaTEX, MATLAB, Python, R and RS Studio, SAS, SPSS, Stata and SQL.
Covers international news including business, company and industry news. It gives full-text access to the international press, including major world newspapers and the trade/advertising press. IMPORTANT: Please note that business and news databases are licenced for education and research purposes only and cannot be used for University business.
News coverage includes the Financial Times from 1982 with a 30 day embargo. Note that the FT is not in the UK newspapers group search (filter) in the Power Search.
Reading lists
The Library has a central reading list management software called Library Lists. We are working with academics to create and share reading lists in this system. See department Moodle pages for Library List links and reading lists in other formats.
Archive of free web resources collated from subject specialists. The Intute platform has ceased but the resource links are archived here, including for all areas of engineering
From the publishers of the print Barbour Compendium this is a fully searchable database of products and suppliers for the construction industries. It includes images, case studies, technical data, catalogues, news and project data.
Provides a free facility to search for business to business product and company information, including importers, exporters, manufacturers, wholesalers and distributors.
Linkedin Learning provides access to a huge range of video tutorials on key software e.g. CAD, as well as personal and professional skills, business, marketing, web design, programming and more. Access for current students and staff from Engineering & Design and School of Management only.
E-books, articles, videos and case studies about research methods (quantitative, qualitative and mixed: including data analysis, interviews, focus groups, literature reviews and systematic reviews).
Library training sessions provided through the Doctoral Skills programme. These cover a range of topics from literature searching to research data management.
Description: Interactive tutorials with activities and tests covering: reading and note making, critical thinking skills and referencing and understanding plagiarism.
A collection of technical books from a number of publishers including Pearson and O'Reilly Media. The titles include many computing topics, programming and software guides and a range of business and management titles.
