Distance Learning Services

The University of Southern Maine Library provides a full range of library services to students taking online classes. The goal of the libraries is to support the research needs of distance learners as well as those students taking classes on the Portland, Gorham or Lewiston campus.

To access online resources students must have a USM ID card and be registered with the library. It may take several days for the library database to be updated with student info. It is important that students contact the USM Card Office for their ID card early in the semester. To obtain a USM ID card email  usmcard@usm.maine.edu or call 207.780.5600 & ask for Jim.

Resources and services for off-campus students are listed below. I am happy to answer any questions, so contact me today: Casandra Fitzherbert or 207.780.4279.

Getting Started

• How do i get a USM Card?
• Activate UNET Account
• Create Interlibrary Loan Account
• Remote Access to Library Resources

Talk to a Librarian by chat, email or phone.

Faculty Support

• Faculty Resources
• Information Literacy
• Electronic Reserves
• Persistent URL

E-books, journals, dissertations, course reserves & more are accessible from your desktop.

• Search the online Catalog (URSUS)
• Indexes & Databases

Request materials to be mailed, or emailed, to your off-campus location.

• Document Delivery
• Interlibrary Loan
• Interlibrary Loan FAQ
• WorldCat

Electronic materials placed on reserve by a professor for a particular course.

• Course Reserves

Borrowing Materials

• Renew Books Online
• Borrowing & Circulation Policies

More Links

• Library Home Page
• FAQ for students
• Webmail
• Faculty Groupwise Email
• USM Book Store

Research Support

• Databases by Subject
• Subject Specialists & Guides
• Finding Articles
• Electronic Journals