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This guide provides information and resources for students and faculty in the department of Geology and Environmental Science. If you have suggestions about additional resources you would like for us to add, please contact us.

• Getting Books highlights recently published titles in Geology and Environmental Science and explains how to use PittCat to find additional titles. PittCat is the main searching tool for all of the materials owned by the University Library System (ULS), including articles, books, ebooks, journal articles, ejournals, audio and video, digital images, government documents, microfilm and movies.
• Finding Articles, etc. introduces the most important databases for locating articles and other scholarly resources on topics in Geology and Planetary Science. 
• Maps directs you to a guide for finding maps in our collections on the Oakland campus, in storage, and online.
• GIS Resources directs you to a list of some of our GIS resources at Pitt. 
• Citing Sources provides information about the citation management tools Endnote and Mendeley, and about training sessions on how to use these tools.