Public and Community Health Graduate Student Orientation

This page has been designed for graduate students in the Department of Public and Community Health, 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

• McKeldin 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 adding money to a print/photocopy card. 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. 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

• Librarian Specializing in Public and Community Health
  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

• Public and Community Health Databases in Research Port

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

  • Science Citation Index Expanded AND Social Sciences Citation Index

• Off-Campus Access to Library Resources

• Citing Electronic Resources

• Computers for Word Processing

Borrowing Materials

• Special Borrowing Rules for UM Graduate Students

• Joint UM Faculty / UM Graduate Assistant Card

• General Borrowing Information From UM and USM Campus Libraries

• General Borrowing Information From Libraries Beyond USM
  Includes information on interlibrary loan, reciprocal borrowing from regional libraries, and borrowing or purchasing dissertations.

• D.C. Area Health/Medical Libraries

• Course Reserves

• Where to Get Your ID Card
  You need your student ID to borrow library materials and may use it as a photocopy card.

Other Services

• Thesis, Dissertation, and Personal Binding

• Carrels and Lockers
  Submit application to the Public Services Office, 4119 McKeldin Library

• McKeldin Copy Shop

• Information for People with Disabilities

Other Important Service Sites and Collections

• Government Documents and Maps
  The UM Libraries are a Regional Depository Library for federal documents. 4^th Floor, McKeldin Library

• Periodicals Services

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