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Library Resources

UMCES Virtual Library

How to use:

All faculty and registered students have full access to UMCP and UMCES library journals and books. Each library has separate login methods.  Visitors can access UMCES library resources only.

UMCES library: (for some journals specific to UMCES library only

  • ON-CAMPUS:  Full access to UMCES online journals, books and databases.
  • OFF-CAMPUS:  VPN for direct access to UMCES library e-journals.
  • Access to e-journals and books requires 14 digit barcode:
  • UMCES:  2610xxxxxxxxxx   assigned by librarian OR

UMCP:     2143xxxxxxxxxx  assigned upon registration and ID card pick-up

UMCP library:-   https://www.lib.umd.edu/ 

  • requires CAS/MFA credentials
  • great resources on library research – see FIND & CITE tab

Start Search Here

http://umces.worldcat.org/

IF YOU…….

  • Know journal name you are looking for?  Scroll down to E-journals
  • Know article you want?  Scroll down to Fetch Item below
  • Can do same at UMCP library site:  
  • DOI view

     
  • Know which database you want?  Ex. Web of Science  (scroll down)

Borrowing Books From Other Libraries

  1. From within Univ. of Maryland system, go here.  ​Follow steps for delivery to UMCES campus
  2.  From non UMD libraries, go to Inter Library Loan (ILL).  This must be initiated through UMCES ILL link, as UMCP libraries will not ship directly to UMCES locations (this may change in the fall of 2019)

E-Journals

eJournals A-Z list
This link contains all of our eJournals. 

Fetch Item (Citation Linker)
This link enables you to find a specific journal article, a journal or book by citation information. 

Databases

UMCES is subscribed to the following databases:

  • American Chemical Society journals
  • Aquatic Sciences & Fisheries Abstracts ASFA 1950-current  (Also PROQUEST  Earth, Atmospheric &  Aquatic Science Database)
  • ASFA Database information and search guide 
  • Biological Science Collection 1946-current (PROQUEST Biology Journals)
  • BioOne - Journals focused in the biological, ecological, and environmental sciences and published mostly by small societies and non-commercial publishers.
  • Environment Complete (EBSCO)
  • GreenFile
  • MEDLINE® - A bibliographic database produced by the U.S. National Library of Medicine. The database contains millions of citations, derived from thousands of biomedical and life science journals, and indexed with Medical Subject Headings (MeSH®) from the NLM controlled vocabulary. Extending back to 1946, annual input now exceeds 700,000 citations. Also part of Biological Sciences Collection
  • TOXLINE - This database, produced by the U.S. National Library of Medicine, provides bibliographic citations and abstracts from the core journal literature in all areas of toxicology, including chemicals and pharmaceuticals, pesticides, environmental pollutants and mutagens and teratogens. Also part of Biological Sciences Collection
  • Science  (AAAS)
  • Dissertations & Thesis Global (PROQUEST)- The database represents the work of authors from over 1,000 graduate schools and universities. Full text is available from 1997 to the present. It also contains a significant amount of new international dissertations and theses both in citations and in full text.  1861-present
  • Web of Science - Note: FIND@ links only to UMCES journals.  Used UMD library page Web of Science link for more complete journal access.
 NEWSPAPERS:
 Other (Databases including some Science journals):
  • Academic Search Ultimate - Multidisciplinary subjects including: social sciences, humanities, education, computer sciences, engineering, physics, chemistry, language,  literature, medicine, ethnic studies.  1965-present
  • CINAHL  - Covers nursing, biomedicine, health sciences librarianship, alternative complementary medicine, consumer health and allied health disciplines. 1937-present
  • MASTERFILE Premier - Multidisciplinary subjects including general reference, business, education, health, general science, multi-cultural issues, biography, and travel. 1975-present
  • SOCINDEX

Dissertations & Theses

Dissertations and Theses from the University of Maryland, including MEES, go to the Digital Repository of the University of Maryland:  DRUM

These dissertations & thesis are also loaded into the commercial ETD site: Dissertations & Theses Global (Proquest)

Tutorial videos

How to set up the Google Scholar library FINDIT links

Copyright Restrictions

The copyright law of the United States (Title 17, United States Code) governs the making of photocopies or other reproductions of copyrighted materials. Under certain conditions specified in the law, libraries and archives are authorized to furnish a photocopy or other reproduction. One of these specified conditions is that the photocopy or reproduction is not to be “used for any purpose other than private study, scholarship, or research.” If a user makes a request for, or later uses, a photocopy or reproduction for purposes in excess of “fair use," that user may be liable for copyright infringement. The HPL Library reserves the right to refuse to accept a copying order if, in its judgement, fulfillment of the order would involve violation of copyright law.

For further copyright information, visit the Copyright Clearance Center.

For UMCES Library Help

Chesapeake Biological Laboratory Library
Solomons, MD 20688-0038
Phone: (410) 326-7287
Fax: (410) 326-7430
librarian@umces.edu