Criss Library subscribes to many databases containing journal articles, newspapers, primary sources, government documents, and other material in dozens of subject areas. Some of these databases may be of use in your research. Note that licensed databases are only available to UNO users while non-UNO researchers may access subscription databases in the library. Do you have a question about Criss Library's licensed databases? Try Criss Library's Ask-A-Librarian service for assistance.
Search over 6,000 news sources across the United States and over 2,500 from around the world. Time coverage extends back 35 years for some sources, and the database is updated every day. Archival files Include the Omaha World Herald back to 1885.
"Contains almost 2,000 images from the collections of the British Library."
The library's JSTOR account includes access to all fifteen Arts & Sciences Collections and the several topical collections such as Ireland, Life Sciences, Security Studies, and Sustainability. These encompass an archive of over 2,300 journals in classical studies, ecology, economics, history, language and literature, mathematics, music, the history and study of art and architecture, cultural studies, film, folklore, performing arts, philosophy, political science, sociology, and religion.
Formerly 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.)
The Digital Public Library of America brings together the riches of America’s libraries, archives, and museums, and makes them freely available to the world. It strives to contain the full breadth of human expression, from the written word, to works of art and culture, to records of America’s heritage, to the efforts and data of science.
Nineteenth century Afghanistan served as a strategic buffer state between British India and Czarist Russia. After the Bolshevik Revolution in 1917, Afghanistan and Russia developed closer relations. In 1919, King Amanullah ascended to the throne and he signed the first international treaty the "Treaty of Friendship" with the Russians.
On April 27, 1978, the government of President Daoud was replaced by the People's Democratic Party of Afghanistan, headed by Nur Mohammad Taraki. The Soviets welcomed and supported the new government. Catastrophic blunders of the new regime were threatening to destabilize the Communist government and the Soviets decided to invade Afghanistan in December 1979.
Criss Library began a collaborative partnership with the U.S Army Training and Doctrine Command, Human Terrain System (HTS), Fort Leavenworth, Kansas, in 2007. Key to the development of this partnership was the completion of a data-sharing project known as the Microfilm Digitization Project. Digitized documents are available through the library catalog and DigitalCommons@UNO. Digitized material includes over twenty years of the daily Kabul Times newspaper.