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 access 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 tharrod@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

• Library Home Page


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

• Library hours

• Map of Campus Libraries

• 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 ID. You need it to borrow books from the Libraries.

• 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

• Reference Hours
  During these hours you can visit the McKeldin library information desk to receive individual help

• 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
  Tom Harrod, tharrod@umd.edu, 301-405-7253 - for help with other subjects, please consult the library subject specialist guide

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

• WorldCAT
  Contains records for materials in libraries worldwide.

Electronic Resources

• Public Health Resources in Research Port

• Subject Guides
  These guides will help you to locate information resources on a variety of topics - some of our public health-related guides include: Health and Medical Statistics on the Internet, Consumer Health, Nutrition and Food Science, and more.
• 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

  • Also try CINAHL and/or PubMed, which extensively cover Public Health topics

• Off-Campus Access to Library Resources

• Citing Electronic Resources
  This resource features guides to help you cite electronic resources in a variety of styles (i.e. MLA, Chicago, etc.)
• Using EndNote Web
  EndNote Web is reference management tool which is available to all UMCP graduate students - to access this, simply go to the databases Web of Science and click on "My EndNote Web" to register.
• Computers for word processing

Borrowing Materials

• Interlibrary Loan

If you can't find a book or article here on campus you can submit an Interlibrary Loan request
• 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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