Information Librarian: College of Science and Engineering

Departments/Schools: Chemistry, Geography, Geology, Physics and Astronomy

Office Hours: 9.00 to 5.30 Mon to Fri
Building: David Wilson Library
Email: KCF5@le.ac.uk
Twitter: katie_fraser
Telephone: +44 (0)116 252 2055
Fax: +44 (0)116 252 2066
Address: University Library, University of Leicester, PO Box 248, University Road, Leicester. LE1 9QD. England

Services for Learners

Katie provides help and advice on finding appropriate information for your assignments, and how to cite references. Email her to book an appointment. She also offers training in EndNote and RefWorks, improving your web searching techniques, accessing journal articles and using resources such as Web of Science and Scopus.

Services for Researchers

Katie provides help and advice 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 EndNote and 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 Departments of Chemistry, Geography, Geology, Physics and Astronomy in the College of Science and Engineering and is also currently acting contact for Criminology, Education and the Institute of Lifelong Learning in the College of Social Science.

Professional Interests

Katie is interested in emerging technologies, learning spaces and research support. She has a PhD in Learning Sciences, which looked at the use of new technologies to support children's homework.