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McKenna Library

Welcome to the Holy Cross College Library, a place for study, reflection, and academic growth. With more than 20,000 print books and carefully selected online resources, the Library supports teaching, learning, and the College’s Catholic intellectual tradition.

Holy Cross College library catalog, with access to Notre Dame’s library catalog. Go to catalog.

Go to database.  A source for full-text articles from a wide range of disciplines including:  Academic Search Ultimate (multidisciplinary), Business Source Elite, Greenfile, ERIC (education), Psychology and Behavioral Sciences Collection, and others. If the full-text of an article is not provided by the database, a link to request ILL of the article is provided.

Go to database.

Images, eBooks and eJournals (open access/subscribed content) from humanities, social sciences, and sciences.

Nexis Uni provides full-text access to general, regional and international news, legal information, biographical information, company news and financial information. Go to Nexis Uni database.

Biomedical literature from MEDLINE, life science journals, and online books.

Chicago Manual of Style Online

The Chicago Manual of Style Online is the venerable, time-tested guide to style, usage, and grammar in an accessible online format.

The Chronicle of Higher Education

The Chronicle of Higher Education is a newspaper and website that presents news, information, and jobs for college and university faculty, staff, and administrators.

Credo

Searches in hundreds of full-text encyclopedias, dictionaries, thesauri, and subject-specific titles, as well as 200,000+ images and audio files, and nearly 100 videos. Moreover, our other databases can be accessed through Credo when searching your topic. A great place to start your research.

Encyclopedia Britannica

The full-text with pictures of the complete encyclopedia — updated daily.

Flipster

Flipster is a free digital magazine service provided courtesy of the McKenna Library. Click on the Flipster link to access a site where you can browse among the magazines offered to you by the library. You can then click to view Newsweek (en espanol), Oprah, Rolling Stone, Sports Illustrated, or Time within your browser. This means you can access Flipster from any computer, laptop, or mobile device, as long as you are connected to the Internet.

Oxford English Dictionary

The accepted authority on the evolution of the English language over the last millennium.

Wall Street Journal

Online coverage of breaking news, current headlines and in-depth reporting on business, finance, politics and world events from the US and around the world.

Greek and Latin texts alongside English translations:  Loeb Classical Library   Trial access to this site ends on:  March 26, 2026

Library Hours

Monday-Thursday, 9 a.m.–11 p.m.
Friday, 9 a.m. – 6 p.m.
Saturday, 12:30 p.m.-4:30 p.m.
Sunday, 1 p.m. – 11:00 p.m.

Team

Need something we don’t have? We can borrow it for you!  Contact us to request free Interlibrary Loan delivery:  [email protected] | 574-239-8391

Library Research Prize

If you completed a paper, presentation, project, or creative work for a Holy Cross College course during the Fall 2025 or Spring 2026 semesters, you are invited to submit a reflective essay describing your use of library resources.

This year’s submission deadline is Monday, April 20, 2026.