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.
Full-text journals in the arts, humanities, history and social sciences
Biography Reference Bank Illustrated provides in-depth, full-text profiles, with more than 32,000 photographs
These databases have few, if any, full-text articles, but that doesn't mean you shouldn't use them! Sometimes the right source for your research is not available at UNO, but is out there at another library. You will need to use Interlibrary Loan to get this source. Try it. It's free!
Provides 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.
This database includes more than 921,000 records with coverage spanning from 1972 and earlier to the present.
This database offers an online archive of the Reader's Guide to Periodical Literature, which for many decades has been a major index to articles published in news magazines such as Time, Newsweek, and U.S. News & World Report as well as popular magazines like Good Housekeeping and Reader's Digest.
UNO student newspaper The Gateway offers readers a glimpse into campus life. Articles, photos, advertisements, and specific dates can be searched in issues dating back to 1922. Current articles from The Gateway are available on the newspaper's website.
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.
The archival database for the Wall Street Journal, containing scanned and searchable issues and articles extending from 1889-2012, with another year added annually.
The American Periodicals Series brings the early days of U.S. history alive through more than 7,000,000 digitized page images from over 1,000 periodicals spanning 200 years. The wide variety of content ranges from Benjamin Franklin's General Magazine, first published in 1741, to literary and professional journals, specialized titles, and such well-known magazines as Vanity Fair, Ladies' Home Journal, Scientific American, and The Dial.
This site allows you to search and view American Historic newspaper pages from 1890-1910 and find information about American newspapers published between 1690-present. Chronicling America is sponsored jointly by the National Endowment for the Humanities and the Library of Congress as part of the National Digital Newspaper Program (NDNP).
HarpWeek enables you to directly experience the richness and historical significance of Harper’s Weekly, America's leading 19th century illustrated newspaper.
UNO students, faculty, and staff are eligible for a personal account for the online New York Times. Click here to login through your library account to validate your eligibility, and then set up a New York Times account using your unomaha.edu email address as your username.
A UNO account includes access to the TimesMachine, the scanned archive extending back to 1851. Click into the menu at the upper left of the NYT homepage and then click "More" and then "TimesMachine."
Did you know that Criss Library has over two hundred databases representing a wide variety of disciplines? To make things a bit easier for you this section highlights selected databases most appropriate to this class.
You may access the databases and other electronic resources 24/7 from your home computer. You will need to authenticate using your library account information (NU ID # and password).
There are different ways to obtain a specific journal title from the Criss Library:
1. To find online journals, click on the eJournals tab (top right) on the Library's home page.
2. Search the Criss Library Catalog for paper and eJournals.
3. Request a journal article from the Interlibrary Loan ILLiad Service.