The University Libraries subscribes to a number of resources that by contract (license) are restricted to use by faculty, staff and students currently registered or employed at UNL. As a consequence, if you are working off-campus, you will have to verify your affiliation with UNL and access these resources by proxy.

Community Users may access electronic resources from the Libraries' main page at http://iris.unl.edu. Please see Multi-Search (for the Public). In addition, Nebraska residents may access electronic resources through Nebraska Access.

Any time you attempt to use an article index or database (for example, Academic Search Premier (EBSCO)) from off-campus, you will be presented with a proxy login screen. This screen will ask for your Last Name and your NU ID number, both of which are found on your NCard:

In this example, the last name is GAUSS and the NU ID number is 77774444. Once you have entered and verified this information, click the Submit icon and use the resource as usual.

Note: This proxy requires that cookies are enabled, so ensure that you have done this.

For further assistance, you may find the following helpful.

• Removing Browser Configuration:
  If you previously configured your browser you will need to remove this information. See How to Remove Proxy Server Configuration. For help unconfiguring your proxy, call (402) 472-2848 press 3.


• To verify your NU ID Number:
  If you are having difficulty logging into a database after entering your last name and NU ID Number, call (402) 472-9568.

Most electronic resources on the UNL Library website are licensed to UNL by vendors and publishers. They can be accessed from off-campus only by UNL affiliates, defined as faculty, staff and currently enrolled students. Anyone may use the electronic resources when they visit one of the UNL libraries in person.

Several options are available for community users:

1. NebraskAccess provides Nebraska residents with free 24/7 online access to thousands of full-text magazine, journal, and newspaper articles, biographies, business information, genealogical resources, and more. NebraskAccess is brought to you by the Nebraska Library Commission with funding from the State of Nebraska and the U.S. Institute of Museum and Library Services.

   Go to NebraskAccess: http://nebraskaccess.ne.gov/ and log-in using your Nebraska drivers license or State ID number.

2. The University Libraries has a collection of websites chosen by UNL librarians.

   Go to the Internet Resources Collection: http://www.unl.edu/libr/inet/ircindex.shtml

3. Some electronic resources on the UNL Library website are accessible to everyone. Most are government supported databases that do not have access restrictions. They can be accessed directly or through the UNL Library E-Reources page.

   UNL Libraries Government Resources
   A gateway to websites and databases produced by city, county, state, and federal governments and by international agencies

   Agricola
   National Agricultural Library index to agricultural information

   PubMed
   National Library of Medicine/National Institutes of Health index to medical and health literature

   ERIC
   Institute of Education Sciences/US Dept of Health index to education literature

   WorldCat.org
   The most comprehensive list of books, journals, CDs, DVDs, and other materials held in libraries around the world

   ArchiveGrid
   An index to historical documents, personal papers, and family histories held in archives around the world

   CONTENTdm for Public
   A searchable collection of public domain images from a variety of sources

   Multi-Search (ResearchPro) for Public
   A cross database search engine for selected UNL licensed and public databases

Most papers and assignments require that you find articles on your topic. Article indexes allow you to enter terms for your topic and retrieve relevant articles from magazines or scholarly journals. For most undergraduate projects, the resources listed under General E-Reosurces for Most Projects will suffice. Academic Search Premier (EBSCO) is usually the first choice for finding articles. Other general article indexes include Omnifile and Lexis Nexis Academic. If you want a resource with more depth in a specific field, click on a subject under Arts & Humanities, Social Sciences, Sciences, or Interdisciplinary.

For most projects, the library catalog is the best choice for finding books. To find additional books, use WorldCat, an international database of over 40 million book records. You may borrow the books through ILLiad (our interlibrary loan and document delivery service). Simply click on the ILLiad link in the WorldCat record to initiate a request.

To get background information on a topic or find specific data to supplement other research, you may want to search some of the reference books under Reference Collections.

When you need help selecting a database, choosing terms, or interpreting records, use the Ask a Question service at one of our many service desks and virtual service points. For in-depth assistance, contact the subject specialist librarian in your field.

Click on the FAQ link for more research tips.

The E-Resources page highlights the most important and most popular electronic article indexes and other databases. The library subscribes to many more electronic resources that can be accessed through the library catalog. They include electronic journals, government documents, reference tools, books, and more. To find them, search the catalog by author, title, subject, or keyword. Click on the links in the library records to access them.

In many cases, the records for articles in journal article indexes will link to the full-text of the article. When they do not, click on the WebBridge link in the record to see if electronic text is available through other library subscriptions or to see if the library catalog shows that we have a print subscription to the journal. Articles cited in the indexes but not available through the University Libraries may be acquired through ILLiad (our interlibrary loan and document delivery service). Simply click on the WebBridge link in an article citation to initiate a request. A link to ILLiad is also on the library main page and in each catalog record.

When you need helping finding full-text, printing or downloading an article, or making an ILLiad request, use the Ask a Question service at one of our many service desks and virtual service points. For in-depth assistance, contact the subject specialist librarian in your field.

Click on the FAQ link for more research tips.