Search options on the UMD Libraries website
Our website offers two main search tools for content and Library materials: UMD Discover and Search All. UMD Discover is best for items in the collections of UMD Libraries, our partner libraries in the University System of Maryland and Affiliated Institutions, and other libraries. Search All is best for getting a preview of results from many of the University Libraries’ research tools displayed in separate boxes on a single page. We also link to other research tools and UMD Libraries’ websites that might interest researchers.
UMD Discover
Find print and electronic books, journals, articles, book chapters, and more from the University of Maryland and our partner libraries in the University System of Maryland and Affiliated Institutions. UMD Discover can also help you find and request materials using our Interlibrary Loan Services.
Search All
Search All provides a preview of results from many of the University Libraries’ research tools displayed in separate boxes on one streamlined page.
What does “Search All” search?
Shows results from UMD Discover, which you can use to conduct basic or advanced searches of UMD's collections, access your account, see what other USMAI libraries own, request items from other libraries, and more.
Searches the Libraries' collection of Research Guides created and maintained by our librarians to assist you with subject-specific research.
Searches the Libraries’ main website with information on our spaces, programs, and services.
Searches the Libraries' collection of Research Guides created and maintained by our librarians to assist you with subject-specific research.
Searches Ask Us!, a collection of answers to common questions about research and using the Libraries' services.
Other Resources
The history of slavery is inextricably linked to the story of America and to the history of the University of Maryland.
UMD Libraries collects and preserves archival and manuscript collections of groups and individuals.
Part of the UMD Libraries' efforts to make many of our holdings more ubiquitously available in digital form.
Online exhibitions showcasing items from the rare and archival collections of the Libraries.
The digital archive for collecting, preserving, and providing access to works produced by university researchers.
Provides holdings information for items outside of UMD, links to Open Access materials, and detailed item metadata.