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The libraries has general use and specialty equipment you can borrow.
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Scopus AI draws on content within the scholarly database to help users explore resources, generate summaries
The UMD Libraries will provide ongoing support to the “Freedom Dreaming, Archives, and Liberatory Spaces” project.
Campus invited to special data-centered events from February 10-14
Holly Mercer Brings Leadership Experience in Expanding Access, Scholarly Collaborations
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Earn $1000 with your undergraduate research!
With the UMD Libraries’ Undergraduate Research Award, projects you’re already working on in your classes could earn you $1000. Apply closes at noon on Thursday, March 13, 2025.
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Information for the People
UMD Libraries is a Congressionally designated depository for U.S. Government documents. Find legislative hearings, Congressional reports, federal regulations, census records, statistical reports, court decisions, agency publications, posters, pamphlets, and more.
Initiatives
InclusiveLit Initiative
Anyone in the UMD community can propose library materials to enhance our collection’s inclusivity. The InclusiveLit Initiative aims to involve the library community in upgrading our collection by enhancing accessibility to resources about diversity, inclusion, accessibility, and equity.