Books & eBooks

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The main database used to find books at UMD is UMD Discover. UMD Discover searches all of UMD's collections as well as thousands of other libraries' collections.  If we don't have a book here, we can almost always get it for you.

UMD Discover Links to an external site.:  an online catalog that includes books, ebooks, journals, magazines, etc.

If we do not have the book or resource that you want, you may need to place an Interlibrary Loan (ILL) request.  You can simply select "Request" in the record of the resource that you want and you will automatically be taken to place a request, or you can place a request HERE Links to an external site..

Doing research off-campus? Try out the UMD Libraries reload button ! Add the button to your browser's bookmark toolbar (see instructions here Links to an external site.), and whenever you come across a journal you think you should be able to access, click the button to reload the page through the UMD Libraries proxy.