User Guides

Guides to Using Specific Products
Guides to Researching Topics
Technical Guides

LibGuides: Research assistance, subject guides, and useful resources

Citing Sources

Guides to Using Specific Products

 

AccessUN (PDF)

American FactFinder- Quick Tips(PDF)

CCH Internet Tax Research Network (PDF)

Dissertations@PITT

Early English Books Online (PDF)

Early English Books on Microfilm (PDF)

Landmarks of Science I and Landmarks II (PDF)

MLA: How to Use the MLA International Bibliography

netLibrary Quickstart Guide (PDF)

Social Work Abstracts (PDF)

Catalog of U.S. Government Publications (Marcive WebDOCS)

 

Guides to Researching Topics

 

Evaluating Web Information: Surfing the Cyber Library

 

African American Resources
Covering Pre-Civil War to 1900 in Hillman Library Microforms Area (PDF)

Alliance College Polish Collection (PDF)

American Literary Criticism (PDF)

Archives: Electronic Finding Aids for Selected Collections (link to online guides to several hundred archival collections). See also guides to archival material by topic below.

Archives: African-Americans in Western Pennsylvania (PDF)

Archives: Church Records (PDF)

Archives: Environmental Resources (PDF)

Archives: Family-History Resources (PDF)

Archives: Germans and German-Americans (Archives Material) (PDF)

Archives: Greeks and Greek-Americans (PDF)

Archives: Italians and Italian-Americans (PDF)

Archives: Jewish Culture and Life (PDF)

Archives: Media Resources at the Archives Service Center (PDF)

Archives: Pittsburgh and Beyond: The Experience of the Jewish Community ( National Council of Jewish Women) (PDF)

Archives: Pittsburgh History and Architecture (PDF)

Archives: Poles, Poland, and Polish-Americans (Archives Material) (PDF)

Archives: Women, Selected Resources By and About (PDF)

Finding Books on the Shelf

Business Research at the University of Pittsburgh

Classics (PDF)

Copyright

Critical Theory: A Guide to Finding Materials in the University Library System (PDF)

Debate Topics: The Opposing Viewpoint Series (PDF)

Drama and Theater Arts: A Guide to Selected Resources in the University Library System (PDF)

Education Research

Engineering Research at the University of Pittsburgh

Film Studies: A Guide to Finding Materials in the University Library System (PDF)

Jewish Studies Research

Government Information: Census 2000 Guide

Government Information: Census Tracts for City of Pittsburgh by Neighborhood: 1990 and 2000

Government Information: Federal Population Census Schedules, 1790-1930, available in Hillman Library Microforms (PDF)

Government Information: How to Find Government Information at the University of Pittsburgh

Government Information: How to Find U.S. Government Publications (PDF)

Government Information: Using the U.S. Government Publications
Call Number System (SuDocs) (PDF)

Government Information: Locating Bills and Other Congressional and Legislative Material

Government Information: Tax Forms (Finding Aid)

Grants, Scholarships, & Fellowships (PDF)

Hillman Library Floor Plans (PDF)

Holocaust Pathfinder (PDF)

International Statistics (PDF)

Library Science: Annotated Bibliographies (PDF)

Library Science: Annotated Bibliography (PDF)

Library Science: Accessing Other Collections (PDF)

Library Science: Citing Sources (PDF)

Library Science: Citing Sources Web and Print Guides (PDF)

Library Science: Primary Resources for Historical Research (PDF)

Library Science: Scholarly Information (PDF)

Library Science: Search Engine Resources (PDF)

Library Science: Search Engines and Internet Directories (PDF)

Library Science: Themes of Social Justice in Children's Literature

Library Science: Web Evaluation Skills and Techniques (PDF)

Local Newspapers: 1780-1999 (PDF)

Maps: Finding Maps in Hillman Library

Middle East History (PDF)

Non-print Resources in ULS Libraries (PDF)

Nonprofits(PDF)

Online Newspaper Collections: 18th and 19th Centuries (PDF)

Outline of Library of Congress Classifications

Pittsburgh History and Architecture (PDF)

Constructing Effective Search Statements (PDF)

Religious Studies (PDF)

Style Manuals

United Nations: Databases for United Nations Materials (PDF)

United Nations: Finding UN Publications on the Shelf (PDF)

United Nations Publication Guide

United Nations: Search Tools and Indexes (PDF)

Womens' Studies (PDF)

Technical Guides

Connecting to PITTCat Using Z39.50

Instructions for Connecting from Off Campus