All three campuses provide in-person tutoring and we offer online tutoring! Our tutors are top USM students who have undergone training and are nationally certified to tutor. You are allowed up to two tutoring appointments per week for each subject.
Whether you want to meet with a tutor regularly in a subject you find difficult, go to a tutoring session with a classmate puzzling over the same material, or meet with a tutor to go over material before a test, here's what you need to do.
Checkout our helpful Subject Guides and Course Guides for selected classes when you have a research assisgnment.
Millions of articles (all for free) available by searching our databases. You can limit your search to scholarly, peer-reviewed articles and Full Text.
Start with OneSearch, our google-like search for everything we own both physically and digital collections.
URSUS is great for search eBooks which can often be collections of articles in the form of chapters on a topic.
URSUS (UMaine System Libraries & more).
Find books at USM Libraries or request a book from another UMaine campus. To request a book from another campus click on the book's title & click on Request next to the red check mark: 
. Then enter your name and barcode number (25022... or 218... on your USM ID Card) & select the campus where you want the book sent for pickup. You'll be notified by email when the book(s) arrives - typically within 3 business days. Return books to any of the three USM Libraries.
MaineCat (Bates, Bowdoin, Colby, & more) is where you go if the item you need is not available in URSUS.Once you have conducted a search and found the item you want, click on the book's title. Then click on Request this Item next to the red check mark: 
. Select your home library and fill in the information like above. Return books to any of the USM Libraries.
If you can't find the book you need, check with a Research Librarian who will help you locate & request a free copy.
The Learning Commons has Tech Tutors to help you with Blackboard, synchronizing calendars, using Excel, creating a presentation, and more.
USM Libraries provide resources and services to support all classes. Distance Students, those taking only online courses, have access to article databases, e-books, and research assistance (phone, email, or chat). Tutoring is available online.
If you have any questions, please contact us william.sargent@maine.edu or call 780-4270.
High School students who are either taking a USM course on campus or at their high school have equal access to all library materials. Find out more.
How Do You Access Library Resources Off-Campus?
MyUSM Portal
Once logged in to the MyUSM Portal using your MaineStreet (UMS) login, students have full access to library and other USM resources. The system recognizes when a student is a multi-campus student and will prompt the student to select the campus they wish to access.
If you have computing access questions contact Computing Services.
USM Student ID
A current USM Student ID card, provided by Campus Card Services, is essential at USM. To obtain a USM ID card please fill out the web form found on the Campus Card Services page under Distance Learners. The library will activate your card for library use.
The number on your USM Student ID card beginning with 25022... or 218... is your library barcode and you may be asked to type it in to access databases off-campus, request materials from other libraries, and request materials via Interlibrary Loan.
All group study rooms are closed Fall2020.
USM Professors may place items on reserve for you to access outside of class.
Electronic Reserves - Sign into MyUSM portal. Click on USM Quick Links. Click on USM Course Reserves (ARES). Find your courses and add them to your ARES main page.
Physical Reserves - Go to the Library where the Professor has placed the item on reserve (Portland, Gorham, or LAC). You can check out the item, usually for 2 hours, for use in the Library.
USM Libraries has placed many 100 & 200 level textbooks on Reserve in the Library. Students can check out these textbooks and use them in the Library for 2 hours. Stop by and ask us about this program.
You can also find it by logging into MaineStreet and clicking on Libraries & Technologies.
Register your device(s) online and use EDUROAM or TEMPEST WiFi.
To print from USM computers or your laptop, will need to have money (Husky Bucks) on your USM ID card.
If you have a laptop, click on the Laptop Printing link below to download the printing program.