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The e-Books guide contains all the information you need about using and downloading the library's e-book collections.

University of Omaha history

University of Nebraska at Omaha by Oliver B. Pollak; Les Valentine
Call Number: LD4341.O62 P65 2007
ISBN: 0738551104
Publication Date: 2007-04-25
The exciting visual cavalcade and text captures a century of public higher education in America's urban heartland and the role of graduates in American society.
A history of the University of Nebraska at Omaha, 1908-1983 by Tommy R Thompson
Call Number: LD4341.O62 T45 1983
Publication Date: 1983
Nebraska History by Michael L. Tate
Call Number: REF DESK F666 .T37 1995
ISBN: 9780313282492
Publication Date: 1995-08-30
This bibliography--the first systematic bibliographical tool ever assembled for the state of Nebraska-- includes monographs, journal articles, theses, and dissertations published prior to 1994. Entries are fully annotated, including both descriptive and interpretive annotations, making the book useful to both academic and amateur researchers.
The Gate City by Lawrence H. Larsen; Barbara J. Cottrell; Harl A. Dalstrom (Contribution by)
Call Number: F674.O557 L37 1997
ISBN: 9780803279674
Publication Date: 1997-07-28
"Lawrence Larsen and his wife Barbara Cottrell have written a marvelous urban biography. They have done what other historians often fail to do--relate local happenings to the larger regional and national picture. And Larsen and Cottrell have skillfully used sophisticated historical works and concepts, incorporating them in an understandable fashion. Throughout this book the authors write in a delightful manner; they make you want to visit Omaha!"--North Dakota History.

Local Resources

Gateway Digital Archive
Nearly every issue of UNO’s student newspaper, The Gateway, is available stretching back to 1922. The YELLow Sheet, an early underground student newspaper from 1911 to 1915, is also available.

Reflections in Time
The link takes you to a catalog search for the Reflections in Time series of video interviews with former UNO faculty and staff.
Omaha World Herald microfilm
The library has the Omaha World Herald on microfilm from 1889 to the present.

You can search the Historical Archives: 1886-1982 of the Omaha World Herald on their. They charge for copies of the articles, but if you have dates and page numbers you may use the microfilm at UNO to make a copy for free.

Omaha World Herald Online
Online access is from 1983-present through Access World News.
Omaha Star
The Omaha Star is Omaha's African American Newspaper. The library has the Omaha Star on microfilm from 1938-2011. Current issues of the Omaha Star can be found in the America's News database.

You can search the archives of the Omaha Star on their webpage. They charge for copies of the articles, but if you have dates and page numbers you may use the microfilm at UNO to make a copy for free.

UNO Magazine -current issues
UNO Magazine - Archive
PDF issues of UNO Magazine dating back to 1998.

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