Student Express
Off campus? Read this!
Search PITTCat+:
Finding books (...and ebooks, journals, maps, etc.)
Use PITTCat+ to find book, ebooks, some articles, journals, maps, CDs, DVDs, etc.
Reserves or e-reserves 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.
Be alerted when new material of interest to you is added to the collection! Use PITTCat+ to create your own personalized new books list.
Use “My Account” in PITTCat+ to check your fines, fees, loan dates, renewal dates, status of online requests, etc.
Finding articles
Use our article search engine Zoom! or directly access ejournals from the ejournals page
NOTE: If you are off campus and will be using Zoom! you need to log into the Secure Remote Access service and THEN access Zoom!.
PITTCat+ automatically searches for articles from several sources whenever you search it. Check out the green "Articles" box in the upper right corner.
Use a particular article database like Medline, MLA, Scopus, Lexis-Nexis, or EBSCO? Find it on the Databases by Title list. We also list them 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).
Course reserves
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.
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)
Services for Users With Disabilities