If we don't have an article available in our databases, you can always request it via Interlibrary Loan. Articles will be sent to your Pitt email. Also, if there's an article we have in print in our off-site storage facility, we can scan and email it to you.
University of Pittsburgh's source for popular and classic ebooks and audio books to download.
Remember to look at the supported audio and ebook devices.
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.
Below are some of our broadest and most popular databases. We have dozens of other library databases, too.
This scholarly collection provides journal coverage for most academic areas of study, including biological sciences, economics, communications, computer sciences, engineering, language and linguistics, arts and literature, medical sciences and women's studies. This is an EBSCOHost database.
JSTOR (Journal Storage) is a digital library that provides online access to academic journals, books, and primary sources in the arts, humanities, and social sciences. It is a trusted source for scholarly research and provides access to over 6,000 academic journals, more than 2 million images, and over a thousand books. The platform has a user-friendly interface that makes it easy to search and access high-quality, peer-reviewed content. JSTOR also features advanced tools for research and discovery, including citation analysis and alerts for new content. It is a valuable resource for scholars, students, and researchers in the academic community.
All of our ebooks, including the ebooks in the major collections below and ebooks in other databases, are available for free to Pitt students, faculty, and staff 24/7 by searching the library's online catalog PittCat and limiting your results to online formats.
You will also find these collections listed under Databases by Title.
