Fiind a book that you need? Or an article from a print journal? Click Get it! to request delivery of the book to your office via the Libraries to Go Delivery service ,or to request a PDF of the journal article be sent to you.
- Authorize Others to Borrow for You (PDF)
- Recalling a checked out item

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

Off campus access

Access the electronic journals page to seach or browse for ejournals

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? Find it on the Databases by Title list. We also list them by subject.

You can also use our article search engine Zoom! or search Google Scholar.

The East Asian Gateway Service for Chinese and Korean Academic Journal Publications can get articles from dozens of libraries in East Asia.

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 or purchase a DVD, video, or other media we don't own.

Borrow directly from other libraries using E-ZBorrow or use Requests from Other Libraries (Interlibrary Loan). We also have reciprocal borrowing agreements with other institutions. , and you can get a Special Borrower Card to visit and borrow from other libraries like Carnegie Mellon, Duquesne University and Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh.

Course reserves

Information about and forms to place materials on reserve or e-reserve.

Other library services

Contact your Subject Specialist / Department Liaison

D-Scholarship@Pitt: an institutional repository for the research output of the University of Pittsburgh. D-Scholarship@Pitt provides stable, long-term storage and ongoing maintenance for content contained within the repository. D-Scholarship@Pitt is based on Open Access principles; all materials in the repository are freely accessible to the global research community.

Digital Publishing Idea? We want to talk with you if you have an idea about digitizing and hosting a journal, creating an online archive, etc.

Donate books or journals to the library

ETDs (Electronic Thesis and Dissertation)

Faculty Carrels in Hillman (Mary Balint mbalint@pitt.edu, 412.648.7756)

Information Literacy, Information Literacy Online Tutorials, and Copyright Information

Request a Library Instruction Session for your class or sign up for RefWorks training (citation help and online bibliography creation)

Services for Users With Disabilities