PITTCat+ ^beta Take a sneak peek at the NEW library catalog!

Need to know:

PITTCat+ is in beta for this term. Take a look and give us your feedback.

PITTCat links on this site and elsewhere will point to the new PITTCat+ beginning Spring Term '09.

Regular PITTCat (PITTCat Classic) will continue to be available Spring '09 and beyond.

Check out the new library catalog beta, PITTCat+. How's it different from regular old PITTCat (now PITTCat Classic)?

More material!

Includes all of PITTCat Classic (books journals, ejounals, CDs, DVD, maps,etc.)
Includes all items from Dscribe Digital Collections (Historic Pittsburgh, AEI, PhilSci, image collections, etc.), so find things like online photos, manuscripts, and texts alongside other material
Automatically searches for relevant magazine and journal articles for you
Includes cover images for books
Includes tables of contents for close to one milliion books
Includes book reviews inline for close to one million books

Easier to search!

One click tools to refine your search by things like format, date of publication, language, author, topic, only not checked out items, only online items

Easier to discover!

Visual word cloud displays variant spellings of your term, associated words, and the same word in other languages to be sure you don’t miss relevant items
Save any search as an RSS feed and get notified when we add new material that's relevant to you!

PITTCat+ beta Take a sneak peek at the NEW library catalog!