Help with My Account

  1. Use the Accounts button at the top of any page of the UMD Libraries website to see your library accounts.
     
  2. Click on ‘My Account’
     
  3. Select your status/affiliation: Students, Faculty, or Staff (if you’re affiliated with UMD) or Community Borrower
     
  4. Enter your UMD directory ID and password (library barcode and password for Community Borrowers). 

The contact information that the Libraries have on record for you can be seen when you log into My Account. Once you have logged in, select the “Personal Details” tab to see your mailing address and email address. To update that information you need to do BOTH of the following

I. Contact a Library service desk to update your information in our system.

AND

II. Change your information with your campus Registrar and/or Human Resources office.

UMD students:

  1. Go to the Registrar's page on Testudo.
  2. Update your permanent and/or local addresses (if both are filled in, the local address will receive mail from the Libraries)
  3. Click Update Address Information and log out of Testudo
  4. Your '@terpmail.umd.edu', '@g.umd.edu', or '@umd.edu' email address cannot be changed

UMD faculty, staff, and affiliates:

Some contact information can be changed under your Worker Profile in Workday. For others, you may need to contact your department HR representative for assistance.

NOTE: Community borrowers only need to update their information at a UMD Libraries service desk

  • After logging in to My Account, change the filter from the default setting of “Choose from all Institutions” to “Choose from Institutions with Activity.” This will display only institutions with which you have active loans or requests. 
  • Select the first institution, then go to the Loans tab
    The books that you have borrowed are sorted by due date.
  • To renew a book, click the Renew button next to the due date. 
  • To renew multiple items, click the box next to the number of loans to select all, then click Renew Selected or Renew All. 
  • Items that have been successfully renewed will display as Renewed in green. If the item cannot be renewed, this will display in red*. 
    If you have borrowed items from multiple institutions, you will need to repeat these steps for each institution to renew all items.


*Note: If nearing the end of a semester (especially the short summer semesters) renewal due dates for USMAI items may seem shorter than expected. This is because many USMAI institutions use standard due dates like "End of Term/Semester" or "End of Year". If the item hasn't been requested by another user, renewal may be possible closer to the due date. 
 

  • After logging in to My Account, click on the Requests tab.
  • If your material is ready to be picked up, it will say “on hold until: (date)” in the status field.
  • You may cancel a request if an item is still in process. Click “Cancel” beside the title, then “Cancel it” to complete cancellation.

Note items requested from another institution via Interlibrary Loan will not show up in My Account until they have arrived. Please use your ILL Services Account to check the status of pending ILL requests.

You can save an item record by using the push-pin 📌 button.

You can save a search in UMD Discover by following these steps.

To view your saved searches and records:

  • Click on your name in the upper right.
  • Select “Search History” from the drop drown menu.
  • Click on Saved Searches or Save Records tab. 
     
  • For privacy reasons, remember to log out of all your accounts.
  • To log out of your ‘My Account’, click your name in the upper right, then Sign Out.
     
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