Information for Faculty and Graduate Students
Help from Librarians
Research and Publishing Support
Faculty Document Delivery through Interlibrary Loan Services (login required)DRUM: Digital Repository at the University of Maryland
Theses and Dissertations at University of Maryland Libraries
RefWorks: Online Tool for Managing Citations
Downloading References into Bibliographic Management Software
My Research Port: Access your saved database searches and e-journal lists (login required)
Borrowing from the UM Libraries
My Account: See due dates for items you have checked out; renew items
Special Borrowing Rules for UM Faculty and Staff
Special Borrowing Rules for UM Graduate Students
Joint UM Faculty/UM Graduate Assistant Special Borrower's Card
Borrowing from Other Libraries
Other Maryland campuses. You can request items from other University System of Maryland and Affiliated Institutions (USMAI) campuses using the Catalog.
Interlibrary Loan: You can request items NOT owned by any of the USMAI campuses.
Privileges at Other Research Libraries
Center for Research Libraries (CRL)
Provides membership to this consortium of North American universities, colleges, and independent research libraries. The consortium acquires and preserves newspapers, journals, documents, archives, and other traditional and digital resources for research and teaching. Once you identify an item, you may request it through Interlibrary Loan Services.
Chesapeake Information and Research Library Alliance (CIRLA)
Provides direct, reciprocal, in-person borrowing privileges to UM faculty and graduate students at a number of local libraries.
Library of Congress/University of Maryland Libraries Partnership
Facilitates access to the on-site Library of Congress collections for University of Maryland faculty and students.
OCLC Reciprocal Faculty Borrowing Program
Provides UM faculty members with borrowing privileges and on-site access to the collections of Association of Research Libraries (ARL) members which are some of the most important research libraries in North America.
Using the Libraries on Campus
Library Locations: Map of library locations on campus
Study Carrel Application Forms: Graduate students and faculty are eligible
Library Bulletin: News of the UM Libraries for the College Park Faculty
Course Reserves (electronic & print)
Linking to Research Port: How to create links to individual databases, articles, etc.
Library Instruction
Benefits of Faculty-Librarian Collaboration: Instruction
Directory of Librarian Subject Specialists
Collaborate with a librarian to schedule & develop targeted research classes with student learning outcomes.
Instruction Programs & Teaching Materials
For First-Year and Gateway Programs (i.e., ENGL 101, GEMS 100) and CORE Courses (Professional Writing Program).
Course Related Web Pages
In collaboration with teaching faculty, librarians can build customized research pages (to be used in conjunction with library instruction classes).
Creating Effective Research Assignments
Effective research assignments have clear learning objectives, relate to the course subject matter, & reinforce habits of ethical scholarship.
Graduate Student Orientations
Information about library services & resources for graduate students.
GIS (Geographic Information Systems) Workshops
GIS applications allow researchers to capture, analyze, & display geographic data. Government Documents librarians teach introductory sessions on GIS technology.
Link the following resources to your course pages in Blackboard:
- The Assignment Calculator
- Research Guides by Subject Discipline
- Research and Library Skills
- Academic Integrity and Plagiarism
- Ask Us!
Library Collections
What's Happening with the Collections
Building the General Collections
Suggestion of a Title for Purchase
