Keith Nockels

Learning & Teaching Services Librarian (College of Medicine, Biological Sciences and Psychology)

Departments/Schools: Biology, Genetics, Health Sciences, Infection Immunity and Inflammation, Medical & Social Care Education, Operating Department Practice, Social Work.   Keith also works with the postgraduate courses in Drug and Alcohol Treatment, and is one of the team working with undergraduate medical and biological science students.

Office Hours with effect from Monday June 3rd 2013: Monday 9:00-12:30; Tuesday 9:00-5:15; Friday 9:00-5:15.
Building: David Wilson Library
Email: khn5@le.ac.uk
Telephone: +44 (0)116 252 3101
Fax: +44 (0)116 252 3107
Address: University Library, University of Leicester, PO Box 248, University Road, Leicester, LE1 9QD

Services for Learners

I can advise on finding appropriate information for assignments, and on citing references. I can help with EndNote, RefWorks, critical appraisal of the literature, improving your web searching techniques, accessing online journals and using bibliographic databases like Medline.  I teach on modules in medicine, biological sciences, operating department practice and social work, and on MSc courses in biomedicine and health sciences.  I am happy to meet with individual students: please email me or use "Book a Librarian" to book an appointment.

Services for Academic Staff

I can provide help and advice on literature searching, accessing library resources (journals and databases), keeping up to date with your research interests, improving your searching techniques, and using EndNote or RefWorks. I can provide training sessions on any of the above to you, or your students. I liaise with, and purchases library resources for, the departments and courses listed under "Departments/Schools" above.

Professional Interests

Keith is currently working towards Fellowship of the Higher Education Academy.  He has developed materials for teaching critical appraisal.   He firmly believes in the mutual benefit of links with other parts of the world, and has been able to visit Gondar, Ethiopia, three times as part of the University's link with the University there.  The first of these visits was to visit the Library, and the other two were to teach, with colleagues from Ethiopia and the UK, a module on evidence based practice, as part of the University of Gondar's MSc programme.  Keith edits the Health Libraries Group Newsletter's "Internet Sites of Interest" column, is a reviewer for the BMA's annual Patient Information Award and an occasional peer reviewer for Health Information and Libraries Journal.

Selected Publications

• Archdeacon C, Barbrook C, Nockels K. Report on visits to Gondar, Ethiopia to teach clinical audit and investigate library services. Practical Evidence. 2006 October;2(1):20-2.
• Nockels K. Evidence based medicine, the medical curriculum, and librarians: Rapid response. BMJ. 2008;337:a1253.
• Nockels K. Librarians can help prevent accidental plagiarism. Nature. 2005;438(7067):422.
• Nockels K. No access to data? Rapid response to Lenzer, J., US passes bill granting mandatory access to data. BMJ. 2007 2 November;335:906.
• Nockels K. Open access. Health Information on the Internet. 2008 October(65):6-8.
• Nockels K. Review of Bradley, P.: How to use Web 2.0 in your library. Health Libraries Group Newsletter. 2007 September;24(3):24-5.
• Nockels K. Search tools for databases. Science e-letters. 2007 10 July 2007.
• Nockels K. Supporting operating department practice students. Libraries for Nursing Bulletin. 2005 September 2005;25(3):21-9.