Get to the Databases
Databases can be reached from our home page by selecting the Databases tab and clicking on 'Database A to Z' or Top Databases.
- A-Z DatabasesAlphabetical list of all databases.
- Top DatabasesThe most popular databases at Criss Library.
Top Databases for You
- Academic Search Complete This link opens in a new windowProvides broad coverage of most academic areas including business, social sciences, humanities, general academic, general science, and in the scholarly and general periodical literature. Contains indexing and abstracts for more than 13,000 journals, with full text for more than 9,000 of those titles.
- America: History and Life This link opens in a new windowProvides abstracts and citations for articles published in over 2,000 periodicals which address the history of the United States and Canada. The database also indexes books, book reviews, and Ph.D. dissertations.
- Gale Virtual Reference Library This link opens in a new windowThe Gale Virtual Reference Library includes the following resources: Business Plans Handbook, International Directory of Company Histories, Children's Literature Review, Contemporary Authors, Contemporary Authors New Revision Series, and Something about the Author.
- Credo ReferenceA comprehensive place to start, Literati creates topic pages to match your search and also links to searches in many of our databases.
- Gale: Literary Sources This link opens in a new windowBrings together several Gale literary databases into one search platform including Dictionary of Literary Biography, Literature Criticism Online, and Something About the Author.
- Nexis Uni This link opens in a new windowFormerly LexisNexis, Nexis Uni provides access to more than 15,000 news, business and legal sources, including decisions of the Federal courts and the appellate courts of all 50 states. (Also includes Zacks Equity Research.)
- PsycInfo This link opens in a new windowThis psychology database provides more than 2.5 million citations and summaries dating as far back as the 1800s. Includes full-text and citations.
- Statista This link opens in a new windowStatista offers over 1 million statistics ranging across a myriad of social, economic, and market-related topics. Data may be exported in PPT, XLS, PDF, and PNG formats.
Help! Where's my article?
Although our databases contain thousands of full-text articles, you will likely run into articles that are not available in full-text online or might be in print at the library. So what do you do?
1. If PDF or HTML full text options are not available, click the Get Item 
button.
2. Get Item will search the databases for the article. If available, you will be able to open it in a new window. If we don't have access, you will be taken to a catalog page with the message: Access full text via journal or collection links below. We were unable to find direct full text links for this item.
3. But don't worry! Click on Request Item through Interlibrary Loan to open a request to receive the article from another library.
- Get Item - Full Text TutorialBrief tutorial showing 'View Full Text' after clicking 'Get Item' icon.
- Get Item - Interlibrary Loan TutorialBrief tutorial on accessing Interlibrary loan from 'Get Item' icon.
- Interlibrary Loan AccountSet up or access your Interlibrary Loan account.
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