Information Librarian: College of Medicine, Biological Sciences and Psychology

Departments: Psychology; Social Work; also member of the team working with undergraduate courses in medicine and biological sciences.

Office Hours: 9:00 - 5:30
Building: David Wilson Library
Email: jh118@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. England

Services for Learners

Jenny provides help and advice on finding appropriate information for your assignments, and how to cite references. She also offers training in RefWorks, improving your web searching techniques, accessing journal articles and using resources such as PsycINFO, ASSIA, Criminal Justice Abstracts, Medline, Cochrane Library, Web of Science, Scopus plus other resources for clinicians. Jenny supports both on-campus students and distance learners. Phone or email her for help or to book an appointment.

Services for Researchers

Jenny can help and advise you on literature searching, accessing library resources, keeping up to date with your research interests, copyright, citation data, Web 2.0 technologies, improving your searching techniques, and using RefWorks. She can advise you on impact factors, open access publishing, depositing items in the Leicester Research Archive (LRA) and where to find information on the best places to publish your research. She can provide training sessions on any of the above to you, or your students. She liaises with, and purchases library resources for, the Schools of Psychology and Social Work, and Dept of Medical and Social Care Education.

Professional Interests

Jenny is interested in information literacy, research support, teaching and learning, with particular emphasis on support for distance learners and mature students.