McKeldin Library

Several campus units provide services within McKeldin, each with their own hours of operation: 

• Adaptive Technology Lab (1st floor, Accessibility & Disability Service)
• Footnotes Cafe (1st floor, Dining Services)
• Graduate School Writing Center (5th floor, Graduate School)
• Undergraduate Writing Center (4th floor, Department of English)

McKeldin is home to several collections, including:

• General Collection (Stacks and Folio)
• East Asia Collection (Chinese, Japanese, and Korean language print materials)
• Government Documents and Maps
• Juvenile Collection (children’s books)
• Media collection (Bluray, DVD, VHS, and Laserdisc)
• Periodicals (journals, magazines, newspapers, and microform)
• Popular Reading Collection (novels and audiobooks)
• Reference Collection

Need help finding books or other items?

• Search UMD Discover -- you can refine search results to limit to McKeldin, if desired
• Use the floor plans to find items on the shelf using their collection and call number [link]
• Ask for help at the Library Services Desk

Learn more about the Libraries’ collections.

McKeldin has lots of places to study, including: 

• Family Study Room 
• Graduate Student Rooms 
• Group Study Rooms 
• Reading Room 
• Study Carrels
• Terrapin Learning Commons 

As well as other specialty spaces to serve a variety of needs:

• Instruction Labs*
• Faculty Office 
• Lactation Room
• Portico Room*
• Reflection Room 
• Special Events Room
• TLC Meeting Rooms

*Students are also welcome to study in these spaces when there are no scheduled classes/events.