Student Express
Off campus? Read this!
Books & Articles
Frequently Used Services
- Borrow an iPad or laptop
- Find reserves for your course by instructor's name, the department, or the course number NOTE: If you are off campus and will be using e-reserves you need to log into the Secure Remote Access service and THEN access e-reserves.
- My Account in PITTCat to check your fines, fees, loan dates, renewal dates, status of online requests, etc.
- E-ZBorrow: Borrow directly from other libraries using E-ZBorrow , get a Special Borrower Card to visit and borrow from other libraries like Carnegie Mellon, Duquesne University and Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh, or use Requests from Other Libraries (Interlibrary Loan).
- OverDrive@PITT: Downloads of popular audiobooks and ebooks
NEW! Download PITTCat+ search plugins for Firefox or Internet Explorer
Articles
NEW! Check out our 90 second how-to video on finding articles using PITTCat+!
Other ways to get articles
- from the ejournals page you can directly access specific ejournals, magazines and newspapers
- Use a particular article database like Medline, MLA, Scopus, Lexis-Nexis, or EBSCO? Find it on the Databases by Title list.
- We also list databases by subject.
- You can also search Google Scholar for articles
How to find and access material on reserve or e-reserve for your class. NOTE: If you are off campus and will be using e-reserves you need to log into the Secure Remote Access service and THEN access e-reserves.
If you don’t find the material you need at Pitt
Missing book? (Click the Get it! button in PITTCat+ or PITTCat Classic to request that we search for a book missing from the collection)
Ask us to purchase a book we don't own.
Borrow directly from other libraries using E-ZBorrow , get a Special Borrower Card to visit and borrow from other libraries like Carnegie Mellon, Duquesne University and Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh, or use Requests from Other Libraries (Interlibrary Loan).
To see which libraries worldwide own the item, check the WorldCat database.
Other library services
ETDs (Electronic Thesis and Dissertation)
Information Literacy, Information Literacy Online Tutorials, and Copyright Information
Sign up for RefWorks training (citation help and online bibliography creation)
LibGuides: Research assistance, subject guides, and useful resources
Services for Users With Disabilities