Welcome to the repository for University of Maryland research.
The Digital Repository at the University of Maryland (DRUM) collects, preserves, and provides public access to the scholarly output of the university. Faculty and researchers can upload research products for rapid dissemination, global visibility and impact, and long-term preservation.
You can use DRUM to share and preserve a wide range of research products, such as:
- Articles, papers, books, and technical reports
- Data and code
- Supplemental material for journal articles
- Presentations and posters
- Theses and dissertations
To get started, review our short guide to submitting your research.
You can track views and downloads of your research, and everything in DRUM is indexed by Google and Google Scholar. You receive a permanent DOI for your items, making it easy for other researchers to cite your work.
Depositing research in DRUM can help you satisfy data management and sharing requirements from the NSF, NIH, and other funding agencies and journals.
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History of the Mechanical Engineering Department: 1894 to 2018
(2018-10-15)Research and education activities of Mechanical Engineering from 1894 to 2018. Significant growth in the student body, research depth and breadth, and the size and quality of faculty is covered. The Department grew from ... -
THE PROBIOTICS OF BIOFUEL: A METAGENOMIC STUDY OF MICROALGAE GROWN FOR FUEL PRODUCTION
(2018)Ponds in Frederick, MD were fertilized with chicken manure to increase the nutrient load in the water and stimulate microalgal growth. Nutrient analyses indicate that fertilization results in significant increases in the ... -
The Cost of Keeping It: Towards Effective Cost-Modeling for Digital Preservation at the University of Maryland
(2018-09)With the introduction of tools like the DLF’s Digitization Cost Calculator, forecasting and fundraising for digitization projects can be achieved with transparency and clarity. However, estimating and articulating the ... -
Understanding and remembering pragmatic inferences
(2018)This dissertation examines the extent to which sentence interpretations are incrementally encoded in memory. While traditional models of sentence processing assume that comprehension results in a single interpretation, ... -
Libraries in the Jewish Settlements in Argentina
(Penn State Press, 2018-10-03)In the late nineteenth century and beginning of the twentieth century, Jewish immigrants took, when possible, from the Russian empire to their new destinations their dearest possessions. One of these was their books. ...
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