Academic Liaison Librarians: Joanne McPhie

Joanne is the Academic Liaison Librarian for Life Sciences disciplines, including supporting students and staff in the Departments of Biosciences, Psychology and Sport, Health and Exercise Sciences, as well as students on the interdisciplinary Life Sciences pathway. 

Each Department is supported by an Academic Liaison Librarian.

If you're a student, we can help you with:

• finding your way round the Library and accessing resources;
• searching for and finding literature for your course work;
• referencing enquires, including support with referencing software like RefWorks;
• troubleshooting access to resources;
• finding data.

If you're a member of staff, we can support you by:

• offering module/course specific information skills sessions;
• purchasing books and journals for your learning, teaching and research needs;
• helping you make the most of your library.

Please get in touch by email or LibSmart Chat. We can also arrange one to one meetings or online consultations to provide support and guidance. 

The LibSmart programme is the a series of workshops and training sessions designed to improve your academic and digital skills. Below are a selection of some of the upcoming workshops, but you can visit the main page for more information on what is coming up. 

Many more workshops coming up - see the LibSmart Guide for more information.

If I'm unavailable, you can contact the Library Customer Services team via library@brunel.ac.uk or through our other contact points. 

You can use the Library chat service and your query will be picked up by another member of Brunel Library staff or our friendly co-op support staff, who provide us with 24/7 chat coverage.You will find the Chat & FAQs widget available on the Library webpages. 

Or you can pick up top tips in our LibSmart workshop sessions. Take a look and book a session on our LibSmart pages.