School of Public Policy Library Orientation

This page has been designed for graduate students in the School of Public Policy 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 easier access to the information most pertinent to you. Students enrolled in the University of Maryland's School of Public Policy may contact Gerri Foudy, the Public Policy Librarian, with any questions or to schedule individual research consultation appointments.

General Information

• Library hours

• Map of Campus Libraries

• Reference Hours

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

• Maryland Room
  The Maryland Room is the service point for Marylandia and Rare Books, National Trust for Historic Preservation Library Collection, and three units of the Archives and Manuscripts Department: Historical Manuscripts, Literary Manuscripts, and University Archives. The University of Maryland is a legally designated depository of all Maryland state documents, and the collection contains a comprehensive set of Maryland state publications.

• Periodicals Services

• Services for Patrons with Disabilities

• Information & Research Services
  Contact a librarian in person, via phone, email, or chat.

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

• Photocopying Information
  UM Libraries charge 10 cents a page to make copies using photocopy machines or computers. You can use your student ID card as your copy card and either use Terrapin Express or add money to your card at Copy Card ATM machines located in each of the seven libraries on campus. Copy Card ATM machines accept $1, $5, $10, or $20 bills...but no coins.

• Pay for Print Information
  Information on how to print from the libraries' computer workstations.

Accessing Library Online Resources from Home

• Due to licensing agreements, off campus access to most materials are restricted to current University of Maryland students, faculty, and staff. Therefore, when off-campus, access databases and electronic journals through ResearchPort. Log in using your last name and the number on the back of your student i.d. card.

• Downloading References into Bibliographic Management Software

• UM Libraries Catalog
  The catalog provides access to the holdings of the UM Libraries, listing records of its books, nonprint media, technical reports, government documents, periodical titles, videorecordings and more!
  Finding Books on a Topic, describes how to search the catalog.
  Using LC (or Library of Congress) call numbers helps you locate items in the library.
  Become familiar with the McKeldin Library Floor Plan.

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

• WorldCAT
  Combined catalog of books and other materials in libraries worldwide, including the Library of Congress. Items not owned by University System of Maryland libraries can be requested online for borrowing through Interlibrary Loan.

• RLG Union Catalog
  A union catalog with coverage across subjects and material types in almost 400 languages. Includes 42 million titles—43% for non-English materials, three million items published before 1900, and two million in microform format. Owning libraries are indicated. Items not owned by University System of Maryland libraries can be requested online for borrowing through Interlibrary Loan.

• Center for Research Libraries Catalog
  "CRL makes its vast collections of newspapers, microform, journals, dissertations and other materials available via interlibrary loan and electronic document delivery." Topic Guides are also available or you can search special collection databases.

Note: To access the databases on campus, simply click on the links below. Otherwise, click on the "Off-Campus Access" link below and log in to Research Port using your 14-digit campus identification number (on the back of your campus ID card) and your last name.

General Political Science Databases
• Worldwide Political Science Abstracts
  Provides references and abstracts from public affairs magazines, major newspapers, professional journals, and books devoted to politics and political analyis from 1975 to the present. Contains the merged backfiles of Political Science Abstracts for 1975-2000, and ABC POL SCI for 1984-2000.
  

• International Political Science Abstracts
  Indexes and abstracts from international periodicals, 1989 to the present.

• PAIS (Public Affairs Information Service) International
  Indexes a wide variety of journal articles, research reports, and government documents in the social sciences and public affairs fields. Indexing from 1972 with abstracts from 1985 to the present.

• PAIS Archive
  The PAIS Archive database comprises a retrospective conversion of the PAIS Annual Cumulated Bulletin, Volumes 1-62, published 1915-1976. At completion of this conversion, the PAIS Archive contains over 1.23 million records. The PAIS Archive database contains references to monographs, periodical articles, notes and announcements, and analytics. The original historical subject headings have been retained in the file.

• Alternative Press Index
  Citations from 380 alternative, radical, and left publications, which report and analyze the practices and theories of cultural, economic, political, and social change from 1991 to the present.

  American Government & Politics Databases

• Lexis-Nexis Congressional
  Access to Congressional documents from 1789 to the present, with much of the material from the 1980's forward available full-text. Also includes legislative histories, laws, regulations, and information about Congress, as well as full-text access to the U.S. Congressional Serial Set from 1789-1969. For access to materials not available full-text online, contact the Government Documents and Maps on the fourth floor of McKeldin Library.
  

• CQ Researcher
  Full-text coverage of the CQ (Congressional Quarterly) Researcher publication from 1992 to the present. Unique database that selects specific timely topics and presents comprehensive information. This information includes history and background information about the topic, a detailed report of the current situation, relevant pro & con arguments, bibliographies, and contact information.

• CQ Weekly
  Weekly legislative news and analysis, full text from 1983 to the present.

• CQ's Politics in America
  Profiles of all the current members of the U.S. Congress. Information includes biographical data, committee assignments, election results, CQ Key Votes, interest group ratings, CQ Vote Studies, and contact information; campaign finance, partisan caucuses, standing committees; detailed descriptions of each member's congressional district as drawn after the 2000 census, including updated maps and voting trends; and the vote for president in each of the House districts.

• National Journal Group's Policy Central
  Full-text, searchable database of the National Journal Group's publications (National Journal, Hotline, CongressDaily, Almanac of American Politics, and TechnologyDaily) plus markup reports, public opinion data, and an archive of television campaign ads with streaming audio and video.

• CQ Congress Collection
  Historical analysis of members of Congress, their legislative voting behavior, interest groups, and their interactions in crafting public policy.

• CQ Public Affairs Collection
  Organized by 22 key public affairs subject headings - like Environment, Health, International Affairs, National Security, and the U.S. Congress & Politics, plus a "Hot Topics" section - the CQ Public Affairs Collection features in-depth reporting on vital issues, statistical and historical analyses, historic documents and primary source materials, as well as a directory of key government, nonprofit, and private organizations in each of the major policy areas.

• CQ Voting and Elections Collection
  Research and reference tool on the American voter, major and minor political parties, campaigns and elections, and historical and modern races for Congress, the presidency, and governorships.

• Almanac of American Politics
  Analysis and data on every member of Congress and their states and districts. Part of the National Journal Policy Central database.

• Congress Daily
  Information on the key players and legislative process on Capitol Hill. Part of the National Journal Policy Central database.

• The Hotline
  Information about American politics and campaigns with coverage of each day's political news. . Part of the National Journal Policy Central database.

• Washington Information Directory
  Contact information, descriptions, and organizational charts for over 10,000 federal, congressional, and state government offices, nongovernmental organizations, policy groups, and foundations. Ability to export contact information into letter templates and other formats, and to create your own profile of saved favorite documents, document history, and searches.

• Digital National Security Archive
  Most comprehensive collection available of significant primary documents central to US foreign and military policy since 1945. Nearly 40,000 of the most important, declassified documents - totaling more than 250,000 pages - are included in the database. Many are published now for the first time.

• (Lexis-Nexis) Government Periodicals Universe
  Provides detailed subject and author indexing of approximately 170 magazines and newsletters published by U.S. government agencies.

• GPO Access
  Access to government publications and databases including the US Budget, Commerce Business Daily, GAO Reports, the Weekly Compilation of Presidential Documents, etc.

• America: History & Life
  Indexes articles, books, and dissertations on U.S. and Canadian history published since 1964.

• Historical Statistics of the United States Millenial Edition
  You can download tables in Excel or CSV, or download entire groups of tables as a zip file. Ability to create custom tables and merge columns from multiple tables to create custom tables, which can also be downloaded, printed, or graphed. Advanced searching of the tables, their documentation, and essays. Full citation downloading in RIS, text, or CSV format.

• United States Government Manual (1935 - )
  Title Varies: 1949-1972 as United States Government Organization Manual. As the official handbook of the Federal Government, the United States Government Manual provides comprehensive information on the agencies of the legislative, judicial, and executive branches. It also includes information on quasi-official agencies, international organizations in which the United States participates, and boards, commissions, and committees. The Manual begins with reprints of the Declaration of Independence and the U.S. Constitution.

• Roper iPoll
  This databank is a comprehensive, up-to-date source for questions asked on U.S. nationwide public opinion surveys since 1935. It provides question wordings, response percentages, and full survey-level citations. In order to start using iPOLL, click "iPOLL Login" and complete the "iPOLL New User Registration" page on the website.

• Gallup Brain
  Searchable database of Gallup Poll questions and responses back to 1935, plus current Gallup Poll News Service articles and replicas of news stories and press releases linked to the survey.

• NARA: Access to Archival Databases (AAD) System
  The AAD System provides online access to material from more than 30 series of electronic records at the National Archives, including biographical, geographical, and organizational records.

  International Relations/Comparative Politics Databases

• CIAO: Columbia International Affairs Online
  International affairs site that "publishes a wide range of scholarship from 1991 on that includes working papers from university research institutes, occasional papers series from NGOs, foundation-funded research projects, and proceedings from conferences."

• Historical Abstracts
  Information on articles, books, and dissertations about non-U.S. and Canadian history.

• Foreign Affairs Full Access
  Full digital archives of Foreign Affairs back to 1973.

• ABSEES: American Bibliography of Slavic & East European Studies
  Compiled continuously since 1956 under the auspices of the American Association for the Advancement of Slavic Studies (AAASS), ABSEES covers North American (U.S. and Canadian) scholarship on East-Central Europe, Russia, and the former Soviet Union. It contains bibliographic records for journal articles, books, book chapters, book reviews, dissertations, online resources, and selected government publications.

• Asia-Studies Online
  Thousands of full-text reports covering 53 countries on a multitude of business, government, economic, and social issues. Examples of specific subject coverage include finance, trade, environment, and best practices in government. The average study is 50 pages long, and contains statistics, research, analysis, and forecasts. Most contain statistical tables, charts, and/or graphs. Country coverage includes all of Asia, Australia/New Zealand, the Americas Pacific Rim countries, and Pacific islands. Users can browse by country to find country-specific annual statistical overviews. Multi-country and Asia-wide comparisons are also available. 1999 to the present

• BAS: Bibliography of Asian Studies Online
  Full content of the whole twenty years of the annual printed Bibliography of Asian Studies (from 1971-1991), plus citations for all articles from 1992 onward in over 100 journals in Asian studies, as well as numerous other citations from recent years.

• EBSEES: European Bibliography of Slavic and East European Studies
  Covers European scholarship on Eastern Europe, Russia, and the former Soviet Union. It contains bibliographic records for journal articles, books, book chapters, book reviews, dissertations, and selected government publications. 1991 -.

• Encyclopaedia of Islam
  Reference to people, history, institutions, and countries related to religious, political, and historical aspects of Islam. Online edition. of volumes 1 through 11 of the print encyclopaedia. Includes a search engine enhanced by the inclusion of two original indices (Index of proper names; Index of subjects).

• Handbook of Latin American Studies
  Conference papers and articles in the field of Latin American Studies from 1990 to the present.

• HAPI: Hispanic-American Periodicals Index
  Information on articles and other materials from key social science and humanities journals published in Latin America and throughout the world. Coverage includes Central and South America, Mexico, the Caribbean, the United States-Mexico border region and Hispanics in the United States.

• International Index to Black Periodicals
  IIBP Full Text includes current and retrospective bibliographic citations and abstracts from over 150 scholarly and popular journals, newspapers and newsletters from the United States, Africa and the Caribbean--and full-text coverage of 40 core Black Studies periodicals (1998 forward).

  Political Philosophy/Theory Databases

• Philosopher's Index
  Provides indexing and abstracts from books and journals of philosophy and related fields. 1940 to the present.

• Arts & Humanities Search
  An index to articles published in over 1,100 arts and humanities journals and selected articles from related science and social science journals.

• L'Année Philologique
  Index to journal articles, books, articles in collections, and conference papers on multiple aspects of ancient Greek and Roman civilization. Indexing from 1959 to 2002.

• SocIndex with Full Text
  Contains full text for 242 "core" coverage journals dating back to 1895, and 72 "priority" coverage journals. This database also includes full text for 547 books and monographs, and full text for 6,711 conference papers.

• Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy
  The Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy provides authoritative, peer-reviewed articles on hundreds of subjects in all fields of Philosophy. More than 850 authors and 90 subject headings.

• ATLA Religion Database
  Provides information on topics such as biblical studies, world religions, church history, and religion in social issues. 1949 to the present.

  News & Current Events Databases

• Lexis-Nexis Academic Universe
  Wide range of news, political, legal, business, and reference information in full-text format, including full-text of the Washington Post and the New York Times. International news sources, federal code, regulations, and case law, plus state codes and case law are also included.

• National Newspapers
  Includes the full-text of the Baltimore Sun (1990- ), Washington Post (1997- ), New York Times (1999- ), Wall Street Journal (1984- ), and Christian Science Monitor (1990- ).

• New York Times Historical
  Historical (1851-2001) offers full page and article images with searchable full text back to the first issue. The collection includes digital reproductions.

• Washington Post Historical
  The Washington Post Historical archive (1877-1988) offers full page and article images with searchable full text back to the first issue. The collection includes digital reproductions providing access to every page from every available issue.

• Keesing's Record of World Events Online
  Culled from the world's press and information services, Keesing's distills political, economic and social events into concise, detailed reports for the years 1960 to the present.

• World News Connection
  Online version of the federal government's Foreign Broadcast Information Service (FBIS); full-text summaries and translations from foreign newspapers and news services.
  

• Ethnic Newswatch
  Bilingual (English/Spanish) database of 200 publications of the ethnic, minority and native press. From 1990 to the present.

  General/Multidisciplinary Databases

• Academic Search Premier (EBSCOhost)
  Information about articles from 3000 general, humanities, social science, and science periodicals, including over 1700 peer-reviewed journals. About one-third of the articles are available fulltext.

• Ingenta
  Multidisciplinary index to over 26,000 periodicals. Full-text is available for those journals to which the Libraries subscribe.

• Periodical Contents Index Fulltext
  Information on articles published in more than 2,000 humanities and social sciences periodicals, from as early as the eighteenth century to the early 1990s.

• Social Sciences Citation Index
  Indexes articles written from 1956 to the present. Also ability to conduct a "cited reference search" by author or work. Select "Web of Science" from the pull-down menu at the top of the page.

  Development/Economics Databases

• EconLit
  1969- Current. Provides citations and abstracts for articles from more than 400 journals, books, and the Cambridge University Press Abstracts of Working Papers in Economics (AWPE).

• Source OECD
  The online library of the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development. Comprises 20 book collections by theme, containing all OECD monographs and reports, most OECD periodicals, and the OECD statistical databases. From 1998 to the present.

• World Development Indicators
  Provides direct access to more than 550 development indicators, with time series for 208 countries and 18 country groups from 1960, where data are available. Data export options in Excel or ASCII.

• NBER (National Bureau of Economic Research) Working Papers Online
  NBER concentrates on four types of of empirical research: developing new statistical measurements, estimating quantitative models of economic behavior, assessing the effects of public policy on the U.S. economy, and projecting the effects of alternative policy proposals.

• ABI/Inform
  1996-present; 1979-1995 backfile. Covers over 1000 US and international business journals and magazines. Research topics include management, advertising, marketing, economics, finance, taxation, and more.

• Business Source Premier
  Provides full text for nearly 1,400 scholarly business journals covering management, economics, finance, accounting, international business and much more.

• EIU Country Finance
  A comprehensive full-text database that covers the world's main financial systems, including banking and associated services, government policies and regulations for 47 countries.

• Oxford Encyclopedia of Economic History
  Fully searchable text of the encyclopedia, including over 900 articles from leading scholars with extensive bibliographies. Covers all time periods of human history and includes strong coverage of individual countries, regions, industries and economic concepts.

  Legal Databases

• WestLaw Campus Research
  Full-text access to cases from the courts of all 50 states and federal courts, statutes from all 50 states and federal statutes published in the United States Code Annotated, American Jurisprudence 2d legal encyclopedia, American Law Reports, federal regulations, law reviews and legal periodicals, plus the ability to update case law using West's KeyCite system.

• Lexis-Nexis Academic Universe
  Under "Legal Research" section - federal and state code and case law, federal regulations, Shepard's Citations, and some international legal materials.

• HeinOnline Law Journal Library
  Full-text images of over 1,100 journals back to issue 1 of volume 1 of the each title. The goal of the Hein company is eventually to scan every law review title ever published. To see the current holdings of HeinOnline, click the "Collection Index" link on the top left-hand side of the screen.

• HeinOnline U.S. Statutes at Large
  Full text, 1789-2004. Browse by volume or popular name.

• HeinOnline Federal Register Library
  Full-text access to the Federal Register (1936 -), Federal Register Indexes (1939-2006), Compilation of Sections Affected (1949-2000), List of Sections Affected (1960-1980), Weekly Compilation of Presidential Documents (1965-2007), United States Government Manual (1935-2007), and the Administrative Procedure Act (1944-1946).

• HeinOnline U.S. Supreme Court Library
  Full text: U.S. Reports, Vols. 1-542 (1754-2004); U.S. Reports Preliminary Prints, Vols. 535-546 (2002-2006); and U.S. Reports Slip Opinions, 2002- to date.

• HeinOnline U.S. Attorney General Opinions
  Full text, 1791-2005. Browse by volume.

• CQ Supreme Court Collection
  Search for Supreme Court cases by case name or citation or browse for cases on interesting or controversial public policy topics. Also includes a Supreme Court Enyclopedia, Documents of America, 100 country constitutions, a chronology, plus citation information.

• United Nations Treaty Collection Online
  This publication contains the current status and full text of 522 (as of 1 January 2007) multilateral treaties deposited with the Secretary-General.
  

• HeinOnline Treaties and Agreements Library
  Full text of all published treaties & agreements to which the US has been a party. Includes: US Treaties & Other International Agreements (UST); Treaties & Other International Acts Series (TIAS); Treaties in Force (TIF) and Guide to Treaties in Force; International Legal Materials (ILM); KAV Agreements; Bevans; Malloy; and Miller.

• Lexis-Nexis Congressional Universe
  Comprehensive access to US legislative information including legislative histories and an index of congressional publications from 1970 to the present, congressional hearing testimonies, bill tracking, and full-text versions of the Federal Register, CFR, and the Congressional Record.

• COMAR: Code of Maryland Regulations
  Maryland State agency regulations are compiled in the Code of Maryland Regulations (COMAR). COMAR contains 33 Titles, with each Title usually corresponding to a department or agency. Each regulation is assigned a unique four-part codification number. For example, 09.12.01.02, represents Title 09, Subtitle 12, Chapter 01, and Regulation 02.

• Maryland General Assembly
  Information about the General Assembly's activity, including bills and proceedings (1996-) and budget information (2002 -).

• Maryland Attorney General Opinions
  Online access to the text of Attorney General Opinions. 1993 to present.

  Environmental Studies Databases

• Agricola
  Information about articles and other materials on all aspects of agriculture. 1970 to the present.

• Chem-Bio Web
  Provides continuous news and information on the threats posed by chemical and biological agents as well as other weapons of mass destruction, and on the treatments and technologies being developed in response.

• Columbia Earthscape Online
  A comprehensive aggregation of resources in the Earth and Environmental Sciences. Divided into four sections: Teaching; Learning; Research; and Policy.

• DOSE: Dictionary of Substances and their Effects Database
  Data for the accurate assessment of the risks associated with the use of over 4, 100 chemicals. Data include physical properties, occupational exposure limits, mammalian and avian toxicity, genotoxicity, ecotoxicity, environmental fate, plus regulatory requirements including risk and safety.

• Ecology Abstracts
  Index to current ecology research across a wide range of disciplines, reflecting recent advances in light of growing evidence regarding global environmental change and destruction. Ecology Abstracts focuses on how organisms of all kinds - microbes, plants, and animals - interact with their environments and with other organisms. Included are relevant papers on evolutionary biology, economics, and systems analysis as they relate to ecosystems or the environment. 1982 to the present.

• EDTE World Energy Database
  Information on the environmental impact of energy production and use, including climate change; energy R&D; energy policy; nuclear, coal, hydrocarbon and renewable energy technologies and more. Includes over 953,500 bibliographic records from early 1995 forward.

• Environment and Energy (E&E) Daily
  Information for people who track environmental and energy action in Congress. Reporters follow legislative action and interview members of Congress, senators, and their staffs, as well as industry lobbyists, environmental advocates, lawyers, key staffers at the White House, and in federal agencies. Published daily except during extended Congressional recesses. Include access to E&E News PM and E&E TV News. 1996 to the present.

• Environmental Sciences & Pollution Management Abstracts
  Multidisciplinary database with abstracts and citations drawn from over 5980 serials including scientific journals, conference proceedings, reports, monographs, books and government publications.

• GEOBASE
  Information about articles and other materials on geography, geology, ecology, and related disciplines.

• Greenwire
  Comprehensive, daily coverage of environmental and energy politics and policy, includes summaries of important energy and environmental policy coverage from hundreds of print, broadcast and online sources, including editorials. Greenwire's archive of key documents provides direct links to reports, analyses, memos, court cases and over 30,000 Greenwire stories. Includes new video and transcripts. 1996 to the present.

• Land Letter: The Natural Resources Weekly Report
  A Washington, D.C.-based weekly newsletter on natural resource policy issues. 1996 to the present.

• Nature Journals
  Full-text access to Nature and other Nature Publishing Group journals and reviews. To access these titles from off campus, go through Research Port. Click on the e-journal link.

• NTIS
  NTIS is the central source for the sale of unclassified and publicly available information from federal sources. Indexes and abstracts technical research reports, journal articles, data files, computer programs and audio-visual products. Information is also available from some foreign governments. Additionally, NTIS includes some technical reports from international agencies such as NATO and AGARD. 1964 - current. Updated biweekly. The Technical Reports Center, located in the basement of the Engineering & Physical Sciences Library, has many of the reports listed in the NTIS database.

• Oceanic Abstracts
  Worldwide technical literature related to marine & brackish-water environments. 1981 to the present..

• Pollution Abstracts
  Information on scientific research and government policies. 1981 to the present. Monthly updates.

• TOXLINE
  Covers all areas of toxicology Including chemicals and pharmaceuticals, pesticides, environmetal pollutants, mutagens & teratogens. Rolling 5-year database, consists of records from the last 5 years plus current year.

• TRIS: Transportation Research Information Services
  Access to almost 500,000 bibliographic records covering research in the transportation field including references to books, journal articles, technical reports, and conference proceedings.

• Water Resources Abstracts
  Provides summaries of the world's technical and scientific literature on water-related topics covering the characteristics, conservation, control, pollution, treatment, use and management of water resources. Abstracts are drawn from journals, books, conference proceedings, and technical reports in the physical and life sciences, as well as from engineering, legal and government publications.

  Social Policy Databases

• Social Work Abstracts
  Covers social work and related topics such as aging, AIDS, child and family welfare, homelessness, substance abuse and more. 1977 to the present.

• SocIndex with Full Text
  Contains full text for 242 "core" coverage journals dating back to 1895, and 72 "priority" coverage journals. This database also includes full text for 547 books and monographs, and full text for 6,711 conference papers.

• Family & Society Studies Worldwide
  Source documents include related websites, professional journals, conference papers, books, government reports, and working papers. 1970 to the present.

• Criminal Justice Abstracts
  Topics include crime trends, prevention projects, corrections, juvenile delinquency, police, courts, offenders, victims, and sentencing. 1968 to the present.

Alternative Press Index
Citations from 380 alternative, radical, and left publications, which report and analyze the practices and theories of cultural, economic, political, and social change from 1991 to the present.
• Criminal Justice Periodicals
  Full-text coverage for 45 of the titles most frequently accessed by criminal justice researchers, and complete indexing and abstracts for another 140 relevant U.S. and international journals. 1981 to the present.

• MEDLINE
  Provides abstracts and indexing using Medical Subject Headings (MESH) for about 4,600 biomedical journals published in the U.S. and 70 foreign countries. 1966 to the present.

Did you search a database and found only the citation to an article? Search the catalog to determine if the library has the journal or magazine and volume you need. A sample citation:

Tiersky, Ronald. " Mitterand's Legacies." Foreign Affairs. 74 (January/February 1995): 112-21.

1. Start at the Libraries’ home page. Click on Catalog then click on JOURNALS.
2. Do a title beginning with... search on the name of the journal. e.g. Foreign Affairs
3. Your search will produce an Alphabetical list of results screen. If the title you need is listed, click on its name.

4. On the Full View of Record screen, write down the library location (e.g. McKeldin Library Periodical Stacks) and the call number (e.g. HF5801.J6). Click on Availability to determine if the library has the volume you need. .

5. If the journal is in McKeldin Library, examine the floor plan to determine where to go to. If located elsewhere, review the map of library locations.

Dissertations and Theses

• Dissertations and Theses at the University of Maryland
  Guide to finding dissertations and theses published by University of Maryland students.

• DRUM: Digital Depository at the University of Maryland - UM Theses and Dissertations
  Beginning in 2004, UM theses and disserations are published electronically in this online collection.

• Digital Dissertations
  Covers a complete range of dissertations and theses in all disciplines, from participating institutions. Dates covered: 1861- (Indexing); 1980- (Abstracting Dissertations); 1988- (Abstracting Theses). Full text of UM dissertations and theses are available from 1997-. In addition, 24 page previews of dissertations and theses from other institutions are available from 1997-.

• Foreign Doctoral Dissertations Database
  CRL has more than 750,000 uncataloged foreign doctoral dissertations, of which approximately 20,000 are included in this database.Not finding a match does not mean CRL does not hold the dissertation, soif you do not find the title you seek here, it is recommended that the CRL catalog also be searched. If the title does not appear in the database or catalog, contact CRL directly to inquire if it is held. To obtain a copy of a dissertation, fill out a request with the UM Interlibrary Loan Office.

Borrowing Materials

• From UM and USM Campus Libraries

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

• Reserve Materials

• Student ID Card
  If you want immediate access to library resources: After you register, take your registration form to the Information counter/desk in the Mitchell building for a Student ID card. You will need your Student Identification number or Social Security number. You need this Student ID card to obtain your email account and to use campus facilities such as shuttle bus, library and campus recreation services.

• Binding Theses & Dissertations

• GIS Workshops

• Study Carrels
  For faculty and graduate students, there are a limited number of assigned study carrels available. More information and applications are available through the Public Services Office, Room 4119, McKeldin Library.
  Study Carrel Application Form