If PITTCat for the Health Sciences indicates the only available location of a book or journal is in "HSLS Storage" or "Falk Library Closed Stacks", users have the following options:
Pitt users affiliated with one of the schools of the health sciences and UPMC users:
- Request a free article or chapter photocopy, or an entire book using the HSLS Document Delivery ordering system.
Pitt users not affiliated with the schools of the health sciences:
Outside users (not Pitt or UPMC) may:
- Request to have materials marked "Falk Library Closed Stacks" retrieved at no charge. Please contact the Falk Library circulation desk at 412-648-8866. These items may not leave the library. Any photocopies must be made by the requestor.
- Outside users may not request items marked "HSLS Storage." Such items will have to be requested through the Interlibrary Loan Service of the user's institution. Other options are also available for unaffiliated users.