Accessing full text from remote locations

Most important to you is that for off site access, you have to log in to the VPN. This lets you search databases and display fulltext ejournals.

1. Start at https://sslvpn.pitt.edu
2. Log in with your PITT email name and password
3. Wait for Juniper Software to load and
4. Select PITT Digital Library
5. You are now on the homepage

If you have any questions about the VPN, contact Elizabeth Mahoney at etm@pitt.edu.

Getting journals and books from the library

FIRST, LOG IN VIA THE VPN https://sslvpn.pitt.edu

LOCATING JOURNAL ARTICLES

A. You can click the Ejournals link and if the journal is available you'll see a link to full text.

B. You can click the Databases A-Z list and search in databases like Library Literature and Information Science or Academic Search Premier. Once you find articles of interest, fulltext availability will be noted within your search results.

C. You can search in PITTCat and if you find that there is a journal in STORAGE, you can request that using the REQUEST form you see in PITTCAT.

D. If you find a journal is ON CAMPUS, you can request the article using this interlibrary loan request form.
http://www.library.pitt.edu/services/borrowing/form_journal.html
Please note that you are a FAST TRACK student.

E. IF WE DON'T OWN THE JOURNAL ARTICLE - you can use this same webform to request an article from another library.

In the case of C, D and E - we will photocopy and create a PDF. You'll be notified about how to "pick it up" when the article becomes available electronically.

LOCATING BOOKS

A. If you search in PITTCat and see that PITT owns a book (on campus or in STORAGE), we will send it to you. Fill out the Interlibrary Loan request form for BOOKS, http://www.library.pitt.edu/services/borrowing/form_books.html
Please note that you are a FAST TRACK student.

B. WHAT WE CAN'T DO - if you find that you need a book that PITT does not own, we can't get that for you via Interlibrary Loan. Your best option for these is to ask you local library if you can establish borrowing privileges.

If you have any questions, contact Elizabeth Mahoney at etm@pitt.edu  You can also write to Pat Duff, the Coordinator of Interlibrary Loan, at pduff@pitt.edu.

** Please note that SOMETIMES the storage request feature does not work correctly and you get an error message. If this occurs, make an email request via Askalibrarian@pitt.edu.