Student Express
Off campus? Read this!
Books & Articles
Frequently Used Services
- 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
Other ways to get articles
- Check out the ejournals page and 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
Check the reserve or e-reserve page for information to find the materials you need.
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 it if we don't own it!
Ask us to purchase a book we don't own.
Borrow from other libraries
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