Hearing and Speech Sciences Graduate Student Orientation

This page has been designed for graduate students in the Department of Hearing and Speech Sciences, with the intent of providing quick acess to information about library services and resources. While much of the information on this page may be found on the UM Libraries' home page, it is consolidated here to provide One-Stop-Shopping to the information most pertinent to you. Your comments and suggestions for additions to this page are welcome. Send them to bnailchi@umd.edu .

Table of Contents

• General Information
• Research Assistance
• Library Catalogs
• Electronic Resources
• Borrowing Materials
• Other Services
• Other Important Service Sites and Collections

General Information

• Lost in the Libraries?
  A quick guide to library policies and procedures

• Library hours

• Map of Campus Libraries

• Reference Hours

• Work Stations at Maryland (WAM) account information
  Free e-mail service and dial-up access to online resources

• How the Pay-for-Print System Works (in UM Libraries)

When you are ready, gather a few items and bring them with you:

• Student photo ID. You need it to borrow books from the Libraries, to access some of the online services, and for printing and photocopying with your Terrapin Express account.

• Small bills ($1, $5) for printing and photocopying. Change for large bills can be made at the Photocopy Center during regular business hours (currently 11-4, M-F).

• A 3 1/2" floppy disk or flash drive. You can download article citations, abstracts and text from the Libraries' electronic databases.

Research Assistance

• Ask Us
  In-person, phone, e-mail, and online chat

• Library Guides
  These guides suggest both print and electronic resources to use in your research

• Evaluating Web Sites
  Guidelines and a checklist for evaluating Web sites.

• Downloading References into Bibliographic Management Software
  Move citations from library databases into Endnote, ProCite, and Reference Manager

• RefWorks
  RefWorks is a Web-based bibliographic management tool that allows you to build your own online personal database, manage your references, and generate in-text citations and bibliographies in various citation styles.

• Librarian Specializing in Hearing and Speech Sciences
  Barbara Nail-Chiwetalu, bnailchi@umd.edu, 301-405-9546

Library Catalogs

• UM Libraries Catalog
  Web Access to UM Libraries Catalogs

• CIRLA: Chesapeake Information and Research Library Alliance
  UM students and faculty have reciprocal borrowing privileges with CIRLA libraries. You must hand in a request form at the Interlibrary Loan office to receive a library card which will allow you to borrow materials from CIRLA libraries.

• Other Libraries' Catalogs

• RLIN Bibliographic File
  Lists materials in major research libraries, archives, and museums.

• WorldCAT
  Contains records for materials in libraries worldwide.

Electronic Resources

• Hearing and Speech Sciences Databases in Research Port

• Multidisciplinary Databases
  • Digital Dissertations / Dissertations and Theses at University of Maryland

  • Science Citation Index Expanded AND Social Sciences Citation Index
    Find out who has cited a particular work