About WorldCat UM

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What does WorldCat UM include?

• Inventory of books, journals, musical scores, media, government publications, and more held by the UM Libraries, the University of Maryland System and partners, and libraries worldwide.
• Article citations from a growing list of databases including NLM Medline (medicine and health), ERIC (education), GPO (U.S. government publications), ArticleFirst and British Library serials.

What isn’t included?

• Some of the materials that are on order or are in the process of being added to the UM libraries’ collections.
• Individual titles included within most of the UM-licensed collections such as Eighteenth Century Collections Online and Early English Books Online.
• Article citations from databases other than NLM Medline, ERIC, GPO, ArticleFirst and British Library Serials.

What else does WorldCat UM do?

• Free registration within WorldCat UM allows you to mark, save, email and export citations, maintain your own file of citations, and contribute reviews, ratings, and lists.
• Provides links to full-text content as appropriate per licensing agreements.
• Allows you to easily share links with Facebook, Del.ic.io.us, Twitter, and other social networking tools.
• Integrates request and delivery from UM, UM System and partner libraries, and interlibrary loan.

Can’t find what you want?

If you don’t find what you want in WorldCat UM, try the UM only Catalog and Research Port. Or visit or contact the UM Libraries.

Credit: this page inspired by the “About UW WorldCat” page of the University of Washington Libraries.