Find Known Items
If you are trying to find an article and you have the title, author, or journal name and date, or the full citation that might look like this:
Rocha, J.P., Laster, J., Parag, B. et al. Multiple Health Benefits and Minimal Risks Associated with Vegetarian Diets. Curr Nutr Rep 8, 374–381 (2019). https://doi.org/10.1007/s13668-019-00298-w
There are several ways to determine whether UMD Libraries have the full-text of an article:
- On the Libraries Homepage Click on UMD Discover or Articles
- From the homepage search box click on WorldCat
- Enter the title of the article (ex. "Multiple Health Benefits and Minimal Risks Associated with Vegetarian Diets")
- If the article is available online, you will see the Available Online link.
- We do not own the article? You should see the option to Check for available services:
After singing in, you will see a link to Request a Scan
Print only? Find it on the shelf or use the Request a Scan option to receive a scanned copy.
- Reload button
Doing research off-campus? Try out the UMD Libraries reload button! Add the button to your browser's bookmark toolbar and whenever you come across a journal you think you should be able to access, click the button to reload the page and get access. - Google Scholar
Do you have a book citation that might look like this:
Wells, W., & Vermeer, K. (Eds.). (2020). Blueprint for greening affordable housing (Revised). Island Press.
Or do you have a book chapter citation that might look like this:
Converse, P. (1990). Popular representation and the distribution of information. In J. Ferejohn & J. Kuklinski (Eds.), Information and democratic processes (pp. 369–388). Chicago, IL: University of Illinois Press.
From the homepage search box click on WorldCat and enter the book or chapter title.
Find it?
- Is it an eBook? Click on Available Online
- Is it a print book?
- Is it available to check out? Note the call number and library location to find it on the shelf
- Is it already checked out? You can request the item through Interlibrary Loan or a University System of Maryland and Affiliated Insitutions (USMAI) library.
- Only need a chapter? You can request chapter scans through Interlibrary loan.
Found it, but we don't own it? You will see options to request from our USMAI partners and InterLibrary loan
Didn't find it?
On the left-hand side, under "Can't find what you need? You can try to search in WorldCat UMD.
If you have the title (ex. Nature) or ISSN (ex. 0028-0836), click Journals on the Libraries homepage
Find it?
- Is it an e-journal? Click on the "Available Online" link
or scroll to the list of links under the "View Online" header - Is it a print journal?
- Note the call number and library location to find it on the shelf
- You can request scans of articles held by the library using the "Request Scan" option
Still can't find it?
One the left hand side, under "Can't find what you need?" click on "WorldCat UMD" and try your search again.
