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Database Descriptions

A - B | C - F | G - L | M - O | P - Z

A - B

  • Academic Search Premier (EBSCOhost) link opens in new window
    A multi-disciplinary database of more than 4,600 magazines and journals, including full text for nearly 3,900 peer-reviewed titles.
  • Academic Video Online  link opens in new window
    A multidisciplinary collection of many thousands of videos spanning a wide range of subject areas. The content includes documentaries, interviews, feature films, performances, news programs and newsreels, and demonstrations.
  • Access World News  link opens in new window
    International, national, regional, and local newspapers including more than 50 from Nebraska.
  • ALLDATA link opens in new window
    Automotive service and collision repair. On-campus access only.
  • Alt HealthWatch (EBSCOhost) link opens in new window
    Full text articles from more than 140 publications (journals, consumer newsletters, pamphlets, reports, etc.) dealing with complementary and alternative medicine.
  • Artstor link opens in new window
    Digital library of more than one million images in the arts, architecture, humanities and social sciences with a suite of software tools to view, present and manage images.
  • Biography Reference Bank (EBSCOhost) link opens in new window
    Contains more than 111,000 biographies and obituaries and more than 32,000 photographs of the subjects.
  • Biography Reference Source  link opens in new window
    Comprehensive collection of 450,000+ biographical profiles.
  • Britannica Academic link opens in new window
    More than 118,000 encyclopedia articles, 14,000 illustrations and links to related and reviewed web sites.
  • Business Source Elite(EBSCOhost) link opens in new window
    Full text articles from more than 1,100 business journals (including nearly 450 peer-reviewed publications) covering a wide range of business topics: work-related issues, management, advertising, marketing, accounting, finance, banking, economics and more. Includes company profiles and a business thesaurus.

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C - F

  • The Chronicle of Higher Education link opens in new window
    News, information and jobs for college and university faculty members and administrators.
  • CINAHL Plus with Full Text (EBSCOhost) link opens in new window
    Full text articles from more than 1,000 nursing and allied health journals, plus indexing from more than 3,000 more.
  • Consumer Health Complete  link opens in new window
    Access full text books, articles, reports and videos on health and wellness.
  • Digital Theatre Plus link opens in new window
    High quality theatrical productions, interviews, analyses of play texts and other resources for educators, students and theatre professionals.
  • eBook Collection (EBSCOhost) link opens in new window
    eBooks covering a wide range of topics and subject areas. [ Downloading EBSCOhost eBooks ]
  • EBSCOhost  link opens in new window
    A collection of databases providing full text articles in a variety of subject areas. Each database is also listed separately.
  • E-Journals  (EBSCOhost) link opens in new window
    Thousands of online journals containing articles from hundreds of different publishers, all at one web site.
  • ERIC (EBSCOhost) link opens in new window
    Articles from more than 2,000 educational and education-related magazines, journals and reports.
    Additional versions of ERIC are available:
  • Exploring Race in Society (EBSCOhost) link opens in new window
    A collection of resources on race, ethnicity, diversity, and inclusiveness in U.S. society.
  • Ferguson's Career Guidance Center link opens in new window
    Comprehensive career research database.
  • First Research link opens in new window
    Industry statistics, trends and analysis.
  • FirstSearch link opens in new window
    Collection of indexing and full text databases.
  • Flipster link opens in new window
    Access high quality digital versions of popular magazines on your desktop computer, mobile phone, or tablet. Use the free Flipster app to download magazines onto your mobile devices and read them offline, anytime, anywhere.

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G - L

  • Gale eBooks link opens in new window
    A collection of encyclopedias covering the arts, bioethics, biography, business, crime and justice, education, environment, history, law, literature, medicine, multicultural studies, the nation and the world, philosophy, religion, science and sociology.
  • Global Road Warrior link opens in new window - County profiles covering business, culture, demographics, travel information, the economy, food, religion, maps, images, and more.
  • Google Scholar link opens in new window
    A search engine that allows you to find scholarly resources on the web.
  • GreenFILE (EBSCOhost) link opens in new window
    Indexes and abstracts scholarly, government and general-interest magazines and journals covering all aspects of the human impact on the environment.
  • Health Source: Nursing Academic Edition (EBSCOhost) link opens in new window
    Full text articles from nearly 600 scholarly journals, plus abstracts from nearly 850 additional journals.
  • LearningExpress Library link opens in new window
    Interactive practice tests and tutorial courses for academic, college entrance, civil service, professional licensing and certification exams.
  • Legal Information Source  (EBSCOhost) link opens in new window
    More than 225 full-text consumer legal reference books and thousands of legal forms.
  • Literature Resource Center link opens in new window
    Biographies, bibliographies and critical analyses of authors from every age and literary discipline.
  • LitFinder link opens in new window
    Find poems, short stories, essays, plays and speeches plus author biographies and pictures.

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M - O

  • MAS Complete (EBSCOhost) link opens in new window
    Full text from hundreds of popular magazines suitable for high school students.
  • MasterFILE Complete (EBSCOhost) link opens in new window
    Multidisciplinary database providing full text from magazines, newspapers, journals, reference books and primary source documents.
  • Media Bias Chart link opens in new window
    An interactive chart allowing you to look at media sources mapped across two dimensions - reliability and bias.
  • MEDLINE (EBSCOhost) link opens in new window
    Citations and abstracts with limited full text from biomedical and health journals. Also available via the National Library of Medicine's PubMed.
  • Middle Search Plus (EBSCOhost) link opens in new window
    Full text from popular middle school magazines.
  • MLA Handbook Plus link opens in new window
    Contains digital copies of the MLA Handbook (9th ed.), MLA Guide to Digital Literacy (2nd ed.), MLA Guide to Undergraduate Research in Literature and an MLA style video course.
  • Mometrix eLibrary link opens in new window
    Collection of test preparation guides.
  • MyHeritage Library Edition  link opens in new window
    Trace your family history through global genealogy resources.
  • New Play Exchange link opens in new window
    The National New Play Network’s database of plays and musicals shared by writers from more than 40 countries.
  • Nexis Uni link opens in new window
    Provides full-text access to business, news, and legal publications.
  • NoveList K-8 Plus  link opens in new window
    Find just the right fiction or nonfiction book for children from kindergarten through grade 8.
  • NoveList Plus  link opens in new window
    Find recommendations, reviews and series information for fiction and nonfiction books.
  • Omaha Star (NewsBank) link opens in new window
    Articles from Omaha's only African-American newspaper. Covers 1938 to the present with digital images from 1938-2011.
  • Omaha World-Herald (NewsBank) link opens in new window
    Full text newspaper articles covering Nebraska and western Iowa dating back to 1983. Includes digital images from 2018 to present.
  • OmniFile Full Text Select (EBSCOhost) link opens in new window
    Full text articles from roughly 1,000 magazines and journals covering current events, art, applied science and technology, biology, agriculture, education, general science, humanities, law, social sciences and business.
  • OpenDissertations (EBSCOhost) link opens in new window
    Records for more than 1.4 million electronic theses and dissertations from more than 320 universities around the world/
  • Opposing Viewpoints link opens in new window
    Pro/con coverage of controversial contemporary issues. Includes full text magazine and newspaper articles, topic overviews, statistics, primary documents and links to relevant websites.
  • Oxford English Dictionary link opens in new window
    "The Oxford English Dictionary is widely regarded as the accepted authority on the English language. It is an unsurpassed guide to the meaning, history and pronunciation of 600,000 words - past and present - from across the English-speaking world."

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P - Z

  • OpenDissertations  link opens in new window
    Find critical essays of current events with an overview and two sides of the issue.
  • Primary Search (EBSCOhost) link opens in new window
    Full text articles from 60 popular magazines for elementary school research.
  • Psychology & Behavioral Sciences Collection (EBSCOhost) link opens in new window
    Full text articles covering topics in emotional and behavioral characteristics, psychiatry and psychology, mental processes, anthropology, and observational and experimental methods.
  • Reference Solutions link opens in new window
    Research more than 14 million U.S. businesses and 95,000 high-tech companies.
  • Regional Business News (EBSCOhost) link opens in new window
    Full text articles from 75 business journals, newspapers and newswires covering all metropolitan and rural areas within the United States.
  • Science & Technology Collection (EBSCOhost) link opens in new window
    Full text journals covering the scientific and technical community including aeronautics, astrophysics, chemistry, computer technology, geology, aviation, physics, archaeology, and materials science.
  • SIRS Issues Researcher link opens in new window
    Thousands of full text magazine and newspaper articles exploring current events and social, scientific, health, historic, economic, business, political and global issues.
  • Small Business Source (EBSCOhost) link opens in new window
    A comprehensive resource for small business owners containing full-text articles and reports, sample business plans, tax forms, videos and reference books.
  • Statista link opens in new window
    Find statistics, consumer survey results and industry studies from more than 18,000 sources on over 60,000 topics.
  • Vocational & Career Collection (EBSCOhost) link opens in new window
    Full text coverage for 400 trade and industry-related periodicals.
  • Wall Street Journal link opens in new window
    Full text articles from the Eastern edition of the Wall Street Journal dating back to 1984.
  • Women and Social Movements in the United States link opens in new window
    Primary source documents and other publications related to the history of women in social movements in the United States from 1600-2000.
  • World Religions link opens in new window
    A comprehensive guide to the world's major religions and spiritual traditions. Contains essays, biographies, videos and images.
  • WorldCat (FirstSearch) link opens in new window
    A library catalog describing books, DVDs and other materials available in libraries worldwide.

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