Phrase Searching - PittCat allows for phrase searching with the use of “  “. For example, the search "climate change" will find items with the phrase climate change in them.

Wildcard and Truncation – You can use wildcards (* and ?) symbols to search PittCat.

Advanced Searching - Check the Advanced Search for more tips and techniques to enhance your search, including Boolean Operators (AND, OR, NOT). Note: Boolean Operators must be entered in all uppercase/capital letters.

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.

Search

• Enter your query in the text box in PittCat and press enter or click the green magnifying glass.
• You can choose to search just the Library Catalog.
• In the central panel, you will get search results, ranked by relevance.
• Click on a result for a full view with holding information.
• Add terms to narrow your search.

Refine

• Refine your search results by clicking on any term on the left to focus and narrow your results.
• Refine to Books under Resource Type.
• Refine to your library by clicking it under Library.