Information Librarian: College of Medicine, Biological Sciences and Psychology

Departments/Schools: Biology, Genetics; Health Sciences; Infection Immunity and Inflammation; Operating Department Practice.   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: Monday 9:00-5:15; Tuesday 9:00-5:15; Friday 9:00-12:30.
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, England

Services for Learners

Keith provides help and advice on finding appropriate information for your assignments, and on citing references. He offers training and advice relating to EndNote, RefWorks, critical appraisal of the literature, improving your web searching techniques, accessing online journals and using PubMed, Ovid Medline, Web of Knowledge. He teaches on modules in medicine, biological sciences, operating department practice and on MSc courses in biomedicine, but is always happy to meet with individual students: please email to book an appointment.

Services for Researchers

Keith provides help and advice on literature searching, accessing library resources (journals and databases), keeping up to date with your research interests, copyright, citation data, Web 2.0 technologies, improving your searching techniques, and using EndNote or RefWorks. He can advise you on impact factors, open access publishing, depositing items in the Leicester Research Archive (LRA) and on where to find information on the best places to publish your research. He can provide training sessions on any of the above to you, or your students. He liaises with, and purchases library resources for the departments and courses listed under "Departments/Schools" above.

Professional Interests

Keith is particularly interested in teaching critical appraisal of the literature.   He blogs occasionally on the Library's blog.   He firmly believes in the mutual benefit of links with other parts of the world, and has been able to visit Gondar, Ethiopia, twice as part of the University's link with the University there.  The first of these visits was specifically to the Library, and the second was 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, and is a reviewer for the BMA's annual Patient Information Award.

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.