UMD directory lives at umd.edu. That is the direct answer, and it is the place I would start when the question is simply “umd directory.” The University of Maryland’s own directory page says it includes current employees, students, faculty with emeritus status, and university affiliates.
That matters because the directory is not a loose campus list. It is the school’s official people finder, tied to names, contact details, and campus records. In plain terms, it is the place UMD uses for directory search, not a third-party site trying to mirror it.
The key detail is that the main directory sits under the university’s own domain, umd.edu. I treat that as the most useful fact for a quick lookup, because it tells me where the source lives and who maintains it. The page also notes a limit on student searches: to search for a student, a person must be part of the university community.
That limit is easy to miss, and it matters for teaching search habits. A directory can be public in one part and restricted in another. Here, the UMD directory is open enough to serve basic contact lookups, but not open in the same way for every record type. Student information is treated more carefully than staff contact data.
I care about that split because it changes how people read a directory result. A search page is not just a list. It is a filtered view of a live campus system. The UMD directory page on umd.edu also points to directory technology called LDAP, which is a standard way to organize and retrieve records. That technical note is useful, but the plain version is simpler: the directory is a campus system built for finding people and their approved contact details.
One honest limit remains. The exact shape of the directory can change. Campus sites can move pages, adjust search rules, or change what is shown to different users. So the safest statement is the one this title makes: the UMD directory lives at umd.edu, but some entries and search paths may still be limited.
For readers who teach database use, this is a small but useful example. The source is not the same as the search result, and the domain itself gives a first clue about authority. When a directory sits on the institution’s own site, that is usually the cleanest starting point for checking names, offices, and basic contact information.
The Source List is built on that same idea: one digital source worth knowing, one search tip, and one honest limitation. In this case, the source is clear, the tip is to begin at umd.edu, and the limit is that not every record is equally open.