CSM Libraries provide:
Access to academic databases (for articles, journals, and ebooks), from on and off campus
Library catalog (borrow books or use materials your professor put on reserve)
Interlibrary Loan services (request articles and books we don’t own)
CSM Student ID Cards
Research help (choosing a topic, finding journal articles, citing sources, and more)
Librarians also teach information literacy skills to help you:
Understand different types of information sources, and appropriate contexts for different sources
Critically analyze and evaluate information in multiple formats
Build your research skills in order to find, evaluate, use, and create information
Faculty & Staff: please check out the library's Faculty & Staff Resources guide for more information about library instruction, library guides, and research support.
La Plata: 301-934-7676
Leonardtown: 240-725-5360
Prince Frederick: 443-550-6060
Mary Johnson
Library Director
mbjohnson@csmd.edu
Amy Spitz
Instruction & OER Librarian (Faculty)
aspitz@csmd.edu
Circulation
circulation@csmd.edu
301-934-7626
Interlibrary Loan
ILL@csmd.edu
301-934-2251, ext. 7107
Mailing Address
College of Southern Maryland Library (LIB)
8730 Mitchell Road
P.O. Box 910
La Plata, MD 20646-0910