Research

Physical Library Research

eiNetwork Catalog

Check our county-wide catalog for books, movies, and music you can pick up at our library.

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Interlibrary Loan

Know that another library has the item you want? Request it using Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh’s ILL website.

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AccessPA

Don’t know which library has the item you want? Search Pennsylvania’s public, academic, and school library catalogs before requesting it for interlibrary loan.

WorldCat

OCLC’s WorldCat catalogs the items in libraries around the world and gives you information on how to request them for interlibrary loan.

Digital Library & Online Research

Please note that many of these resources require you to enter your library card number.

A-Z

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Subjects

GeneralArt & MusicCareer & EducationConsumer Economics & FinanceCurrent EventsDIYForeign LanguageGenealogyGovernmentHealthHistory & BiographyLawLiterature & FilmNewspapersPennsylvania & PittsburghSocial SciencesStatistics & Data VisualizationsSTEM

Age Group

AdultsTeensKids

Guides

Art

  • Researching Your Art: A guide to evaluating visual art pieces for historical or financial value by the Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh.

Genealogy

Writing

  • Dave’s ESL Cafe: A grammar guide for people learning English.
  • Grammar Girl: Articles, podcasts, videos and charts on perfecting your grammar.
  • Harvard Writing Guides: Harvard’s ebooks for writing college papers in different majors.
  • Purdue OWL: Purdue’s Online Writing Lab provides guides for writing styles, preventing plagiarism, and citation methods for different subjects.