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Full-text books in humanities, social sciences, gender studies, African American Studies, Latino Studies, and Native American Studies.

A research database that provides millions of articles from over 17,000 scholarly journals and other authoritative sources—including thousands of podcasts and transcripts from NPR and CNN as well as videos from BBC Worldwide Learning. It includes coverage in key subject areas such as biology, chemistry, criminal justice, economics, environmental science, history, marketing, political science, and psychology.

This multi-disciplinary database provides full text for more than 3,100 journals, including active full text for nearly 2,750 peer-reviewed journals.

Streaming video collections from Alexander Street Press in a range of disciplines in the arts, social sciences, science, and business.

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Current and historical news articles from local, regional, national, and international newspapers, including the Omaha World-Herald and the Omaha Star.

A comprehensive online medical resource that includes an extensive multimedia library, differential diagnosis tool, practice guidelines, diagnostic tests, quick medical Dx & Rx, self-assessment, integrated drug database, patient education, and cases.

This curricular resource for pharmacy education includes curriculum topics, organ systems, textbooks, drug monographs, lab tests, calculators, videos, case studies, and more.
A comprehensive online education resource that includes physical therapy textbooks, procedure and exercise videos, image galleries, self-assessment tools, and a unique cadaver dissection tool.

This resource provides access to a variety of medical and surgical resources, including textbooks, instructional videos, images for assisting in visual diagnosis, board review materials, and an integrated drug database.

App is available for download (optional)
Contains videos of real human anatomic specimens in their natural colors, with structures broken down step by step—from bone to surface anatomy—to provide a foundation for understanding anatomical structure and function.

This database provides a comprehensive view of current and authoritative periodical content that spans the agriculture industry--from practical aspects of farming to scientific research in horticulture.

Citations, indexing, and abstracts for more than 300 international journals, magazines, and newspapers offering an alternative, radical, or left perspective (1991-present). Some citations also include links to full text.

An index of scholarly literature, including citations for journal articles, book and media reviews, and dissertations, about United States and Canadian history and culture from prehistoric times to the present.

Limit of 6 concurrent users
Articles from several journals published by the American Chemical Society, including the ACS Legacy Archives (1879-1995).
Full-text coverage of some AIP journals. Coverage varies according to journal.
Archival and current articles from a dozen American Meteorological Society journals. Coverage varies according to journal.
A collection of critical reviews of primary research literature in over 50 disciplines in the biomedical, life, physical, and social sciences. Each review is written by an expert in their field and it includes numerous references to recent journal literature.
Articles about current issues in key American Anthropological Association publications, including American Anthropologist, American Ethnologist, Anthropology and Education Quarterly, and Medical Anthropology Quarterly.

A database of more than 300,000 primary sources regarding various topics, such as U.S. foreign policy, U.S. civil rights, global affairs, colonial studies, and modern history.

A digital library of approximately 550,000 images in the areas of art, architecture, the humanities, and social sciences with a set of tools to view, present, and manage images for research and pedagogical purposes.

Aspen Learning Library consists of digital study aids with full text search, note-taking, and highlighting capabilities, audio recordings, and video format learning experiences to enhance student understanding of difficult legal concepts. which may include study aids from Examples & Explanations, Emanuel Law Outlines, Emanuel CrunchTime, Glannon Guides, Inside Series, Friedman's Practice Series, and Casenote Legal Briefs.

Sources in Greek, Hebrew, and other biblical languages besides English documenting the recovery of languages used during the biblical era and provides an in-depth view of the way that interest in, and knowledge of, biblical languages emerged during the nineteenth century, an important foundation for today’s study and understanding of biblical languages (13th century to 1893).
Sources documenting religion in America at the turn of the century (1894-1923). Subjects addressed include the conflict between religion and science, the growing interest in Eastern religions and other world religions, and significant shifts in the religious identification of Americans.
Articles from hundreds of religion and theology journals, dissertations, and proceedings (1949-present), as well as material from the Catholic Periodical Literature Index.

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This resource provides the latest stock market, financial and business news. Get stock market quotes, personal finance advice, company news, and more.

Requires registration with Creighton email address
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Please contact the Heider College of Business if you have questions or are having access issues, as the Libraries' do not maintain the subscription to this resource.

Discover the world's most influential people, both historical and contemporary, by searching narrative biographies, news, magazine, and multimedia content.

A database with biographical profiles, feature articles, interviews, essays, book reviews, performance reviews, speeches, and obituaries for over 500,000 people, as well as over 36,000 images.

A comprehensive collection of more than 460,000 full-text biographies, as well as thousands of narrative biographies.
A large selection of biographical eBook titles with the full-text available.
Alternate Name(s):Henry Stewart Talks HS Talks

A collection of lectures and presentations by leading experts in the fields of biomedicine and life sciences, such as biochemistry, cancer, cell biology, diseases, disorders & treatments, drug discovery, genetics, immunology, methods, microbiology & virology, neurobiology, and pharmaceutical science.

A collection of over 200 peer-reviewed journals in the biological, ecological, and environmental sciences (1990s-present).
Alternate Name(s):BLAW

Bloomberg Law integrates Bloomberg’s renowned news, company and financial data with exceptional primary and secondary legal research and business intelligence tools, delivering an advantage to legal professionals who handle the most complex legal matters. 

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Available on campus to all faculty and students. Off-campus access is restricted to registered Law faculty and students. Law faculty and students must use their Creighton email address to register.

Contains question banks that can be used to study for various medical, nursing, and dental board and licensing examinations. It is designed to help healthcare practitioners prepare for licensing and initial certification exams, maintenance of certification (MOC) requirements, and continuing professional education.

This resources includes more than 5.6 million book reviews, allowing users to conduct research in numerous disciplines, including literature, history, education, psychology, and more. It provides quick access to reviews of books, periodicals, books on tape, and electronic media representing a wide range of popular, academic and professional interests.

A reader's go-to site for everything: book suggestions from experts, titles, biographies, and more.

This database provides full-text coverage of all business disciplines including accounting, economics, finance, marketing, management, and strategy through nearly 4,000 leading business and trade publications, updated daily.

A database of citations to, summaries of, and full text of articles from academic journals, magazines, and trade publications about business-related topics--dating back to 1886. Also included are current company, industry and region reports.

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Submission/manuscript requirements, acceptance rates, review information and more for journals in education, psychology, business, computer science, and nursing

CALI (Computer-Assisted Legal Instruction) is a consortium of law schools and law libraries that hosts and facilitates online, interactive lessons with a library of over 1200 interactive legal tutorials. Exercises are available for most law school courses. See a Reference Librarian for the access code.

Requires activation code for full access
Requires registration with Creighton email address
Restricted to Law students
A series of authoritative guides and critical essays on topics and periods related to literature and classics, music, philosophy, religion, and culture.
Alternate Name(s):Consortium for the Advancement of Research Methods and Analysis

Institutional membership includes webcast lecture speakers and video library content to provide advanced training in research methods and data analysis.

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Please contact the Heider College of Business if you have questions or are having access issues, as the Libraries' do not maintain the subscription to this resource.

Program information: http://carmattu.com/program-information/

Features basic science, clinical medicine, and post-graduate level cases from 23 Case Files series books (such as anatomy, pharmacology, emergency medicine, family medicine, internal medicine, ob/gyn, pediatrics, psychiatry, and surgery), and the personalized functionality to let users mark their progress through completed and unseen realistic patient cases.

Resources for tax and accounting research, including analysis, explanations, and primary sources.

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Faculty and Students using Checkpoint Edge must register with their netid and blue password using this url: https:/go.openathens.net/redirector/creighton.edu?url=https://checkpoint.riag.com/login/iploc=00188649

Alternate Name(s):Turabian
Provides access to the 17th edition, as well as the 16th edition (click on CMOS16).
This resource provides access to repair, maintenance, and service information on most cars, trucks, vans, and SUVs.
An archive of reviews of academic books, media, and other resources for those in higher education.

A resource for news, information, and jobs for college and university faculty and student affairs professionals, including staff members and administrators.

Requires registration with Creighton email address

Provides comprehensive coverage of the journal literature (over 650 journals) related to nursing and the allied health disciplines, from 1982 to the present.

A resource for evidence-based drug research, including monographs, an interaction checker, patient education materials, and more.

Contains Elsevier's medical and surgical content in one interface with access to over 1100 books, over 500 journals, thousands of videos and millions of images.

A collection of evidence-based clinical information for healthcare providers. Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews includes systemic reviews, protocols, editorials, and supplements. Cochrane Central Register of Controlled Trials is a directory of randomized and quasi-randomized controlled trials found in scholarly literature. Cochrane Clinical Answers includes clinical questions, a short answer, and data drawn from reviews that allow clinicians to quickly obtain evidence-based information to use in point-of-care decision-making.

This database offers interdisciplinary content that reinforces the development of skills such as critical thinking, problem solving, communication, collaboration, creativity, and innovation.

Offers cover-to-cover indexing and abstracts for more than 620 journals, and selected coverage of nearly 200 more, for a combined coverage of more than 820 titles, 500 of which are full text from 1900s-present.

This resource contains information from more than 400 journals on all aspects of the communications field, including advertising, public relations, linguistics, and literature.

An interactive anatomy learning platform which provides 3D human anatomy models, medical images, videos, course modules, quizzes, and more.

Must download an app
Requires activation code for full access
Requires registration with Creighton email address
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Students must fill out the Complete Anatomy Access Request Form in order to get full access to this resource. Faculty must request access by submitting a Troubleshooting ticket. Activation codes expire August 1st of each year; in order to get the new activation code each year, you must be a current student or faculty member and you must fill out the form/request access annually.

This database provides access to leading business and technical publications in the computer, telecommunications, and electronics industries covering everything from hardware to the cloud.

Offers a rich selection of eBook titles covering a broad range of general health topics, including disease such as cancer and diabetes; weight management and exercise; allergies; senior care; social emotional health; developmental disorders; and natural health.

This resource offers biographical information on a diverse range of more than 149,000 modern novelists, poets, playwrights, nonfiction writers, journalists, and scriptwriters. Sketches typically include personal information, career history, writings, biographical and critical sources, authors’ comments, and informative essays about their lives and work.

This database provides access to current full text and pertinent backfile content covering topics including civil rights, health, education, professional development, and entrepreneurship.

A database that curates open-access content related to coronaviruses, including coverage of the COVID-19 outbreak.
A political reference suite of online encyclopedias, guides, handbooks, and other sources on U.S. government and politics, with some international sources.
Summary reports of current political, economic, social, cultural, and health issues in the news (1960-present).
CDR is the digital institutional repository of Creighton University. It is a permanent digital storehouse of research and knowledge, focusing on works created by those connected with Creighton University.
Creighton University Libraries provides access to digital copies of The Bluejay--CU's yearbook--from 1924 (vol. 1) to 2011 (vol. 81).

This resource informs the research process for those studying law, law enforcement, terrorism, homeland security, forensic science, and more.

This resource offers articles from more than 250 major cooking and nutrition magazines, as well as book reference content.

AudioCaseFiles offers downloadable MP3 files of court opinions as well as streaming trial video. Search by course or casebook to find audio material from 1L classes and 2L and 3L subjects. Available to Law School faculty, staff and students.

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Restricted to Law students

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A full-text database with over 250 journals and books about various topics in dentistry, such as dental public health, endodontics, facial pain & surgery, odontology, oral & maxillofacial pathology/surgery/radiology, orthodontology, pediatric dentistry, periodontology, and prosthodontics.

This resource presents a scholarly lens into the lives and works of the most influential literary figures through biographical and critical essays. Comprised of more than 420 volumes and over 164,000 pages, this collection makes it easy to search and retrieve essential information, and provides access to unique materials like manuscript pages, diary entries, and more.

Provides online access to a digital streaming video collection of unique films of current, leading British theatre productions, musicals, and operas. Includes behind-the-scenes documentaries as well as teaching and learning resources to facilitate a deeper understanding of the productions and texts.

Includes Creighton University dissertations and theses since Fall 2009. See also the Creighton Digital Repository (CDR).

One draws each neuroanatomical pathway and structure, and in the process, creates memorable and reproducible schematics for the various learning points in neuroanatomy.

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To register, click "Institutional registration" in the top right. Please choose Creighton University and enter your Creighton email. Your access will start once you click on the link in the verification email.

This database explores cultural differences, contributions and influences in the global community. This collection includes more than 2.7 million articles from 150 journals, updated daily.

Collection of eBooks and eJournals in the humanities and social sciences published by Duke University Press.

A clinical reference tool integrating evidence-based medicine with practical information for clinical practice on more than 3,200 clinical topics. It is designed for physicians, nurses, and other health professionals. This resources also offers Maintenance of Certification, AMA, AAFP, and AANP credits.

App is available for download (optional)
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A collection of eBooks for business, education, health sciences, and the liberal arts. This includes eBooks purchased individually for the ProQuest platform.

A multi-disciplinary package of eBooks, featuring approximately 150,000 academic and university press titles.

An interface that allows users to search over 40 EBSCO databases across several disciplines at once. Includes full-text access to thousands of journals, magazines, newspapers, etc.

Covers economic literature including journals, books, working papers, and dissertations in economics (1986-present).

This database provides access to full-text academic journals and magazines--with a strong emphasis on titles covered in the EconLit bibliographic index.

A database of education journals and other sources for early childhood through higher education (1929-present).

This database provides periodical and journal articles on multiple levels of education from preschool to college, and every educational specialty—such as technology, bilingual education, health education, testing, administration and more.

Includes thousands of books and articles on cultures and ethnic groups worldwide (1949-present).

Eighteenth Century Collections Online covers the development of law in the British Empire between 1701 and 1800. Topics include acts, criminal and international law, appellants’ cases, and more.

A biomedical and pharmacological bibliographic database of journals and records from around the world that includes particularly strong coverage of drug research.

An online encyclopedia with peer-reviewed entries covering a wide variety of topics in the biological sciences.

This database covers all aspects of starting and operating a business, including accounting, finance, human resources, management, marketing, tax, and more in an easy-to-browse interface mapped to four key stages—plan, fund, start, and manage.

This resources helps researchers to analyze business insights, tips, strategies, and success stories. It is updated daily and best for business schools and entrepreneurs.

This database focuses on the study of sustainability and the environment. Topics include ecosystems, global warming, food safety, and introductions to environmental disasters.

This database answers inquiries about environmental concerns with coverage of more than 5.4 million articles from more than 300 journals and book reference content from Delmar, including Soil, Science, and Management; Introduction to Agronomy; Food, Crops, & Environment; Fundamental Soil Science; and more.

Includes journal articles and documents in the field of education (pre-1966 to present).

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A collection of physical therapy textbooks, cases, and videos about techniques, kinetics, and PT interventions

A streaming platform for videos on a full range of academic subjects.

This database includes full-text of more than 400 periodicals in the areas of drama, music, art history, and filmmaking.

Collection of 13 databases, including WorldCat, ERIC and the GPO Monthly Catalog. Citations only.

The Foreign Law Guide provides information on sources of foreign law, including complete bibliographic citations to legislation, the existence of English translations whenever possible, indications of currentness of the legal materials listed, and selected references to secondary sources in English.

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A collection of directories of associations, national faculty, publications and broadcast media, research centers, market share reports, and statistics sources.
Alternate Name(s):Gale Virtual Reference Library (GVRL)

Encyclopedias from the following collections can be searched in this resource: Arts, Business, Education, Environment, History, Law, Literature, Medicine, Multicultural Studies, Religion, Science, Social Science, and Technology.

A full-text database that provides biographies, bibliographies, and critical analysis of authors and their works from every age and literary discipline.

A search platform for all Gale resources that the Creighton University Libraries' subscribe to, which includes periodical, reference, multimedia, and primary source information.
 

Primary source documents in seven topic areas, including 19th-century missions, westward expansion, the Federal Writer's Project, Native American issues, and the Vatican in World War II.
GRC allows users to search millions of primary and secondary sources across multiple research databases from Gale.

This database provides horticulturalists of all levels with more than 3.6 million articles from more than 100 journals, as well as more than 20 reference titles.

This database offers access to scholarly journals and magazines covering topics including gender studies, family and marital issues, and more.

This general-interest periodical resource provides access to full-text reference, newspaper, magazine, journal, and audio content that serves a wide audience of readers.

This resources supports global awareness through authoritative content that empowers learners to critically analyze and understand the most important issues of the modern world.

A simple way to search scholarly materials on the open web. To view links directly to CU Libraries' resources when searching Google Scholar, be sure to make us your library. You can do this by navigating to the menu at the top left > Settings > Library links > add Creighton University.

Free EBSCO database focusing on the relationship between human beings and the environment; information on topics ranging from global warming to recycling to alternate fuel sources and beyond. Includes Scholarly and general interest titles.

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HathiTrust is a partnership of major research institutions and libraries working to ensure that the cultural record is preserved and accessible long into the future. Contains over 10 million volumes, roughly 28% of which are available in full text online.

Provides comprehensive information about behavioral measurement tools, including those related to medicine and nursing, as well as clinical, personality, social, and developmental psychology.

This database contains periodicals and reference book content designed for both nursing and allied health students, as well as consumer health researchers.

This comprehensive consumer health resource provides authoritative information on the full range of health-related issues, from current disease and disorder information to in-depth coverage of alternative medical practices.

HeinOnline is an online database containing more than 270,000 titles of historical and government documents in a fully searchable, image-based format. HeinOnline bridges an important research gap by providing comprehensive coverage from the inception of more than 2,700 law-related periodicals. In addition, HeinOnline contains the entire Congressional Record, Federal Register, and Code of Federal Regulations, complete coverage of the U.S. Reports back to 1754, and entire databases dedicated to treaties, constitutions, case law, world trials, classic treatises, international trade, foreign relations, U.S. Presidents, and much more.

A bibliographic database containing citations to scholarly articles on the history of the world from 1450 to the present (excluding the United States and Canada), as well as the key historical journals from virtually every major country.

Population, economic, and other quantitative data on American history from colonial times to present.

This database provides access to scholarly journals, magazines, and trade publications that cover topics including the cultural, and economic aspects of travel and tourism.

This database provides cover-to-cover indexing and abstracts for journals, books and other important reference sources in the humanities from around the world.

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A combined searchable index of Index to Legal Periodicals & Books Full Text and Index to Legal Periodicals & Books Retrospective: 1908-1981.
Index to Legal Periodicals and Books Full Text™ is an excellent resource for attorneys, educators, business people, law librarians, students, paralegals, and others involved with the law, providing complete coverage of the most important English language legal information, with international coverage of scholarly articles, symposia, jurisdictional surveys, court decisions, legislation, books, book reviews and more. Full text is available for over 400 periodicals, many of them peer-reviewed, as far back as 1994.
Index to Legal Periodicals Retrospective: 1908-1981 is a retrospective database that indexes over 750 legal periodicals published in the United States, Canada, Great Britain, Ireland, Australia, and New Zealand. Content is also drawn from 38 printed compendia, which provides access to approximately 540,000 records. Coverage also includes annual surveys of laws by jurisdiction; annual surveys of federal court cases; yearbooks and annual institutes.

This database is updated daily with articles covering all aspects of managing and maintaining information and technology, including usability, cataloging, circulation, business information, and more.

This database provides access to a wide range of full-text Spanish- and Portuguese-language scholarly journals and magazines both from and about Latin America.

This collection of business intelligence combines reference content with respected business sources and full-text periodicals to help researchers understand today’s global business environment. Users can access more than 430,000 detailed company profiles with company financial data, in-depth country overviews, and comprehensive industry profiles to stay current with the ever-evolving business landscape.

Abstracts for articles about drug therapy, pharmaceuticals, and clinical studies, which include the study design, number of patients, dosage, dosage forms and dosage schedule.

Limit of 4 concurrent users
Alternate Name(s):Iter Gateway to the Middle Ages and Renaissance

Bibliographies of secondary and primary materials related to the period of 400-1700 CE, as well as several journals and an international directory of scholars.

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An essential resource for study of the ancient world, brings together online Felix Jacoby's Fragmente der Griechischen Historiker (a monumental collection of ancient Greek historical texts) and Brill's New Jacoby, a completely new edition together with abundant new commentaries in English by contemporary scholars, as well as facing English translations of the Greek texts, in a fully searchable and indexed online format.

A platform designed to help clinicians make evidence-based healthcare decisions. It contains textbooks, tools, and forms useful to the critical appraisal process, including Users’ Guides to the Medical Literature: A Manual for Evidence-Based Clinical Practice, The Rational Clinical Examination: Evidence-Based Clinical Diagnosis, JAMA Guide to Statistics and Methods, and Care at the Close of Life: Evidence and Experience.
Creighton Libraries' catalog of information resources including electronic, print, music, films, and more.
A peer-reviewed journal devoted to the publication of biological and medical research in video format. These video-articles visualize experiments and experimental techniques in university laboratories in the fields of biology, medicine, and neuroscience.

Archive of 2,400 leading academic journals in the humanities, social sciences, sciences, and business. Narrow results by discipline(s).

The Nebraska judicial branch provides statewide searches for case information across all the trial courts in the state. Records come from the trial court case management system, known as JUSTICE.

 

Only accessible in the Law Library
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See a Reference Librarian to be logged into Justice. Must be accessed at a Public computer in the Law Library.

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A video streaming platform with a broad selection of streaming video titles for educational purposes, including documentaries, independent and foreign films, classics, and feature films.

This resource provides key business ratios for companies and industries, including solvency ratios, efficiency ratios, and profitability ratios.

Access to historical company information via annual reports dating back to the early 1900s.

On-campus access only
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While on-campus, click on "Search Mergent Archives" then select the KBR tab to search this resource.

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A bibliography for articles and books that cover all aspects of the ancient Greek and Roman world in a broad range of subjects from language and literature to history, archaeology and more (1949-present).
LegalTrac indexes major legal periodicals and law reviews beginning in 1980.
Alternate Name(s):Lexis+; LexisNexis

Lexis+ for Law Students is a comprehensive database of legal materials from the United States and selected foreign countries and international organizations. A password is required for law students and faculty.

Restricted to Law students
Alternate Name(s):LN Digital Library

The LexisNexis Digital Library is a collection of hundreds of titles that you can access on your laptop, tablet, or e-reader (e.g. Kindle) powered by Overdrive. Law students, faculty, and staff need to use their NETID and Blue password to login.

Index of journals about librarianship, classification, cataloging, information management and more.
This collection consists of the extant files of cases from the records of the U.S. District and Circuit Courts at Springfield with which Abraham Lincoln has been identified as legal counsel, and date from 1855 to 1861. The 122 case files reproduced here include civil actions brought under both statute and common law, admiralty litigation, and a few criminal cases.

Search this digital master index to find coverage of authors and works in products published by Gale.

Extensive compilation of introductory commentary and criticism on literature from the classical to contemporary era, including poetry and short stories. Includes the following collections: Classical and Medieval Literature Criticism, Contemporary Literary Criticism, Literature Criticism from 1400 to 1800, Nineteenth-Century Literature Criticism, Poetry Criticism, Short Story Criticism, and Twentieth-Century Literary Criticism.

This resource provides access to literature analysis, biographical information, overviews, full-text literary criticism, and reviews on more than 130,000 writers in all disciplines, from all time periods, and from around the world.

This resource provides access to literary works and secondary-source materials covering world literature and writers throughout history. It includes more than 150,000 full-text literary works and over 800,000 poetry citations as well as short stories, speeches, and plays.

LLMC-Digital contains U.S. state and federal executive, judicial, and legislative materials and foreign and international materials collections of the Law Library Microform Consortium. LLMC documents are available full-text in PDF. Available off campus to faculty, staff, and students.

This resource includes a variety of e-books, video and audio materials, self assessment questions, cases, and clinical skills resources focused on anatomy.

A learning platform that provides online trainings focused on practical knowledge and understanding in rapidly evolving technological landscape. These trainings cover a variety of topics, including leadership, instruction, preservation, digitization, and more.

Requires registration with Creighton email address

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The Making of Modern Law: Foreign, Comparative and International Law, 1600-1926, gives any library the kind of historical resources previously found only at the largest and oldest repositories and gives even the most extensive libraries online access to foreign and international legal literature . FCIL includes treatises and similar monographs, sourced from the collections of the Yale, George Washington University, and Columbia law libraries, in the following areas: International Law; Comparative Law; Foreign Law; Roman Law; Islamic Law; Jewish Law; and Ancient Law.

The Making of Modern Law provides digital images on every page of 22,000 legal treatises on US and British law published from 1800 through 1926.
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Full-text searching on more than 10 million pages is available full-text in PDF.
The Making of Modern Law: Primary Sources is based primarily on holdings of the Lillian Goldman Law Library at Yale University, this product offers online access to early state codes, city charters, documents relating to constitutional conventions, and other resources in American legal history.
Supreme Court Records & Briefs contains nearly 11 million pages of records and briefs brought before the U.S. Supreme Court in the period 1832-1978, this product provides an essential primary source tool for the study of all aspects of American history as well as the U.S. judicial system.
The Making of Modern Law: Trials, 1600-1926 encompasses the most celebrated and fascinating trials and crimes of the extensive time period covered.
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The trials involving Dred Scott, John Peter Zenger, Susan B. Anthony, Oscar Wilde, the Boston Massacre, Lizzie Borden, Sacco and Vanzetti, Leopold and Loeb, the impeachment of Andrew Johnson, the Bounty mutineers, Salem witchcraft, Louis XVI and Marie Antoinette, Aaron Burr, John Brown and Alfred Dreyfus, to name only a few, are included with considerable detail and commentary.
A searchable full-text index K-12 magazines, biographies, primary source documents, reference books and an image collection containing photos and maps.
An index of articles related to pure and applied mathematics (1940-present). It is based on the data in the Mathematical Reviews and Current Mathematical Publications.
Alternate Name(s):Max Planck Encyclopedia of Public International Law and Max Planck Encyclopedia of International Procedural Law

The Max Planck Encyclopedia of Public International Law, as well as the newly-launched Max Planck Encyclopedia of International Procedural Law. The two Encyclopedias can be searched and browsed together, or separately by using appropriate filters. Off Campus access available to Faculty, Staff and Students.

An authoritative index of biomedical and health journals used by health care professionals, nurses, clinicians and researchers engaged in clinical care, public health and health policy development. It also provides the full text of over 2,500 of the journals in the database.

An online reference collection of illustrated medical and scientific books, including a growing number of books in alternative medicine.

Mergent Market Altas will replace Mergent Online as of July 1, 2025. This resource offers details on company financials, ratios, business segments, descriptions, sustainability, officers and directors. Users will have access to a multitude of company, industry, index, ESG and economic data views and reports.

Mergent Online will be discontinued as of July 1, 2025. We encourage you to become familiar with the new Mergent Market Atlas, as it will be replacing Mergent Online next summer. Financial data, mergers and acquisitions, insider trading, and bankruptcies for 10,000+ domestic companies, plus several thousand international companies.

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Provides immediate access to data on more than 10,000 NYSE, AMEX, Nasdaq and other select regional exchange companies. Coverage includes: history, business description, properties, subsidiaries, officers, directors, long-term debt, Moody's rating, capital stock, income statement, balance sheet, statements of cash flow, auditors, exchange and ticker symbol, number of employees, number of shareholders, address, telephone number, annual stock price ranges, trustee, registrar, transfer agent, stock splits, annual meeting date, Moody's news reports, and direct, real-time access to the EDGAR, the SEC website which includes are annual, quarterly, and special corporation records. 

Mergent's Horizon allows you to dissect a company's business based on products and services, find competitors by product/trade name, and identify key relationships.

This database is the electronic version of Webster's Third New International Dictionary, Unabridged. This dictionary contains over 472,000 entries and 140,000 etymologies describing word origins.

A variety of databases covering topics such as medicine, drugs, alternative and complementary medicine, patient education and occupational health. Includes access to NeoFax, Pediatrics, and Red Book.

App is available for download (optional)
A database of full-text journals and periodicals pertaining to all branches of the military and government. It is designed to offer current news to military members, analysts, policy makers, students and researchers.

This database provides access to authoritative periodical content covering past and present military affairs.

Includes directory and descriptive information for more than 7,100 periodicals in literature, language, linguistics, and folklore from the Modern Language Association (MLA).
Articles from several thousand journals in literature, linguistics, and folklore, plus books and dissertations (Modern Language Association, 1926-present).

Genealogy collection of U.S. Census data (1790-1930), family and local history, Revolutionary War records and more.

Contact library staff for password
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Submit a CU Libraries' Troubleshooting ticket to request the password for access.

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The NCLC Digital Library is a set of 21 consumer law treatises. Titles cover a wide range of consumer law topics such as fair credit reporting, fair debt collection, consumer bankruptcy, student loans, mortgage servicing, and more.
This database covers literature related to research, policy and practice in criminal and juvenile justice and drug control. Search U.S. and international publications, including federal, state and local government reports, books, research reports, journal articles, audiovisual presentations and unpublished research.
NLM provides several resources to support research, development, and training in biomedical informatics and health information technology. This includes databases and tools such as PubMed, BLAST, PubChem, NCBI, and more--all of which are available here.
This is a collection of fifty live dramatic performances by the National Theatre.
Alternate Name(s):Natural Medicines

An online library of knowledge about dietary supplements and alternative therapies, which curates evidenced-based research from unbiased, peer-reviewed sources to inform and guide users in integrative therapies. There are several built-in tools, including the drug-interaction checker, pregnancy and lactation checker, printable patient handouts, commercial products database, safety ratings, and more.

Provides online access to more than 34,000 CDs of western classical music, world music, and jazz recordings. Every month approximately 500 new CDs are added. Tracks can be located by searching keyword searching or by browsing alphabetical lists.

An online index for working papers of the National Bureau of Economic Research, including many full-text papers.

The legal forms available on Gale LegalForms include business, personal, litigation and federal forms. General Business Forms are forms, which may be used in all 50 states with little modification. General Litigation Forms are various litigation forms covering many diverse causes of action. These forms are easily modified by Attorneys to apply in their state. State Specific Forms are forms provided by Participating Attorneys, form companies, or forms specifically adapted to a particular state. Federal Forms are business and litigation forms used in the Federal system.

NebraskAccess is a portal to information discovery, courtesy of the Nebraska Library Commission. It includes access to premium research databases, available exclusively to Nebraska residents, as well as additional sources of information about Nebraska that anyone can use.

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A platform designed to teach human anatomy to health science students of the health sciences using radiographic, cross-sectional, and gross anatomical images and textual content.
This database features indexing and abstracts for journal articles, monographs, multi-author works, and software related to New Testament studies. Topics covered include antiquities, archaeology, biblical theology, philology, and much more.

Complementary access to the New York Times dating back to 1851, with videos and special features.

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Must register for a free account using your Creighton email address at this URL: https://go.openathens.net/redirector/creighton.edu?url=https://ezmyaccount.nytimes.com/grouppass/redir

This resource provides access to more than 2,300 major U.S. regional, national, and local newspapers, as well as leading titles from around the world. It also includes thousands of images, radio, and TV broadcasts and transcripts.

This resource has news from sources from the U.S. and around the world, as well as company profiles, financials, and legal source documents.

Digital archive of 19th-century primary sources dealing with British politics and society, Asia and the West, European literature (1790-1840), and British arts and culture.

This database provides access to authoritative content supporting nursing professionals already working in the field, as well as students pursuing a nursing-focused curriculum.

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An online library of statistical databases, books, and periodicals from OECD (Organisation for Economic Co-Operation and Development) about various topics, including education; energy; finance and investment; science and technology; social issues; urban, rural and regional development; transport; and more.
This database features indexing and abstracts for journal articles, monographs, multi-author works, and software related to Old Testament studies. Topics covered include antiquities, archaeology, biblical theology, philology, and much more.
Provides access to full text articles, images, abstracts, and citations from over 4,000 journals contained in the following six Wilson full text databases: Education, General Science, Humanities, Reader's Guide, Social Sciences & Business.

An open access library of e-books from a wide variety of disciplines that include peer-reviewed monographs, edited collections, textbooks, critical translations and more.

An open-access database of both historic and contemporary dissertations and theses.

This resource provides authoritative articles, research reports, videos, and statistics to help demonstrate both sides of today’s most debated political and social issues.

Alternate Name(s):Journals@OVID; Books@OVID

A collection of journals, eBooks, and multimedia in clinical medicine, behavioral & social sciences, life sciences, nursing, physical sciences, and engineering.

Provides concise, illustrated biographies of over 57,000 people associated with the British Isles, from the 4th century BC to the 21st century. This is the first place to go for British biographical information and bibliographies of additional biographical sources.
Contains etymologies, definitions and usage of English worldwide, from 1150 to the present.
Oxford Handbooks Online Law series contains in-depth, high-level articles by scholars at the top of their field. Oxford Handbooks Online Law is guided by a world-class Editorial Board that brings together the world’s leading scholars to discuss research and the latest thinking on a major topic. Each Handbook offers thorough introductions to topics and a critical survey of the current state of scholarship, creating an original conception of the field and setting the agenda for new research. Handbook articles review the key issues and cutting-edge debates, as well as provide arguments for how those debates might evolve.
A searchable database of over 100 dictionaries, encyclopedias, and companions for many subject areas, especially the humanities, but also social sciences, sciences, and business.

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This resource includes the writings of several philosophers, such as the philosophical essays of Donald Davidson, the collected works of John Dewey, the Oxford translations of G.W.F. Hegel, the works of George Santayana, and the letters and lectures of Ludwig Wittgenstein.

Articles from international journals in philosophy and related fields, plus books and book chapters (1940-present).

This resource is a comprehensive index of philosophy books and article; it offers unique features such as real-time indexing of pre-prints, fine-grained classification by topic, reading lists, discussion forums, and more.
The complete archive consists of all of Physical Review back to 1893, all of Physical Review Letters back to 1958, and all of Reviews of Modern Physics back to 1929.

Thie database includes a wide spectrum of information, including proven treatment techniques, experimental research, and more with access to academic journals and magazines covering the fields of fitness and sports.

PLI PLUS provides the most up-to-date industry information regarding changes in regulations, rulings, and standard practices. Our acclaimed experts frequently revise, author, and release new treatises, course handbooks, and answer books, increasing subscription value as they are automatically uploaded to your library, along with new forms. With nearly 500 Continuing Legal Education programs per year, our course handbooks and transcripts reflect PLI’s mission to help you stay “ever current” in your practice areas.
This database contains multiple perspectives on current controversial issues presented in overview essays, news sources, and journal articles.
A U.S. national data and mapping tool and analytics platform that leverages thousands of data indicators to perform demographic and socioeconomic analysis. Users can go from a neighborhood census block group in many cases, up to a national level, as well as create custom regions for their research and studies.

This resource provides access to scholarly journals and magazines that both analyze and contribute to popular culture.

Articles from dozens of popular magazines for K-12 students (1990s-present).

Provides access to the full-text of several scholarly journals and books from many of the world's leading university presses and scholarly societies. Much of the journal content focuses on the humanities, arts, and social sciences (mid-1990s to present), plus recent books on global studies and literature.

Search all ProQuest resources available to CU Libraries in one central location.
Congressional reports, documents, prints, bills, and hearings, plus legislative histories, regulatory and statutory resources, and member biographies.
Congressional provides comprehensive indexing and abstracting of Congressional publications, CIS legislative histories, and bill tracking. It includes the full text of Congressional reports, documents, prints, bills, the Congressional Record, selected testimony in hearings before Congress, Public laws, Statutes at Large, the United States Code Service, the Federal Register, the Code of Federal Regulations, and the National Journal. It also provides information about members of Congress, Congressional committees, and recent legislative activities and public policy issues in the news.

This resource digitally reproduces every issue of the New York Times (1851-2020) from cover-to-cover. It provides full page-image and full-text searching of the newspaper.

Federal legislative history service for thoroughly researched compilations of digital publications created by Congress, leading up to the enactment of U.S. Public Laws.
Regulatory Insight provides researchers with workflow solutions to facilitate research tasks associated with administrative law. As a companion to Legislative Insight, Regulatory Insight offers U.S. federal administrative law histories for the period 1936-2014 organized by federal statute and Executive Order.

Supreme Court Insight is an online collection of full opinions from Supreme Court argued cases, including per curiam decisions. Includes dockets, petitions for writ of certiorari, petitioner and respondent briefs, joint appendices and amicus briefs. Transcripts of oral arguments dating back to 1955 are also included.  Content associated with each case is compiled on a dynamic page organized to facilitate understanding of the judicial process, and is also retrievable on a document by document basis.  Supreme Court Insight offers links from case-specific records to Legislative Insight and Regulatory Insight for entitled customers.

ProView provides access to a selection of Thomson Reuters' practice ready e-books. Law students, faculty, and staff can use their Westlaw credentials to login.

A source of full text, peer-reviewed scholarly and scientific articles in psychology from journals published by the American Psychological Association (APA) and other related organizations. It includes all journal articles, book reviews, letters to the editor, and errata from each journal (coverage spans 1894 to present).

Books, journals, guidelines, patient education materials, and DSM from the American Psychiatric Association. Book content provided with the assistance of the Department of Psychiatry.

This database provides access to authoritative periodical content supporting research in all fields of psychology.

Provides full access to literature in emotional and behavioral characteristics, psychiatry and psychology, mental processes, anthropology and observational and/or experimental methods.

Search articles from more than 1,300 periodicals, as well as technical reports, dissertations, and other materials, in psychology and related fields, plus books, book chapters, and dissertations (1887-present). Includes a thesaurus feature to suggest productive search terms to guide users to relevant results.

Indexes biomedical literature from MEDLINE, life science journals, and online books. Citations may include links to full-text content from PubMed Central and publisher web sites. From off campus, enter PubMed via the library website for Creighton linkouts.
Search tool supported by Creighton to better connect biomedical and life sciences investigators for new research collaborations.

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A collection of searchable medical, nursing, and allied health eBooks.
An index of popular U.S. magazines, with coverage of historical events at the time they occurred (1890-1982).

A web-based personal bibliographic database manager. Use it to create your own bibliographic database, format bibliographies, and share references with colleagues or classmates.

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See our RefWorks LibraryGuide for instructions on how to register for an account.

Provides access to full-text business publications, on a regional level, for the United States and Canada. Topics include; presidential candidates, franchise restaurants, the retail industry, business planning, political participation, and more.

This database provides access to a comprehensive collection of periodical content covering topics across a wide range of philosophies and religions.

Creighton ResearchWorks collects, preserves and showcases the research and creative output of the University's community of faculty scholars.

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 See our ResearchWorks library guide to learn more about this resource.

Alternate Name(s):RCLweb
A list of core print and electronic resources for academic libraries intended to help academic librarians and faculty build or assess collections, as well as help students find quality titles.

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Provides full-text articles covering subjects, such as health, life, biomedical, materials, and social sciences, as well as the humanities and engineering.

A collection of encyclopedias, dictionaries, and handbooks in a wide range of social science disciplines, as well as business and economics.

A collection of library-purchased reference titles on a variety of topics, including history, literature, medicine, science, and social sciences.

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A point-of-care tool that provides recommendations on the treatment of infectious diseases.

App is available for download (optional)
Requires registration with Creighton email address
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To access this resource via the Sanford Guide app, you must create an account using your Creighton email address at this link. Download the app from the Apple App Store or Google Play.

This resource supports science studies by providing contextual information on hundreds of today's most significant science topics and showcase scientific disciplines that relate to real-world issues. Includes access to online interactive simulations as well.

Provides access to the full-text of journals covering relevant aspects of the scientific and technical community including aeronautics, astrophysics, biology, chemistry, computer technology, geology, aviation, physics, archaeology, marine sciences and materials science. In addition to the full text, this database offers indexing and abstracts for many other publications.

Search through journals, books, reference works, and images for the physical sciences, engineering, life sciences, health sciences, social sciences and humanities.

A comprehensive database of chemical and chemical engineering literature including patents, chemical substances and reactions. Also includes MethodsNow (synthetic protocols), a predictive retrosynthesis planner, PatentPak patent mapping tool, and NMR spectra content.

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Must register for a free account using your Creighton email address at this URL: https://go.openathens.net/redirector/creighton.edu?url=https://SciFinder.cas.org/registration/index.html?corpKey=24330129-86F3-5055-196C-DCDE935BE29F

An abstract and citation database of research literature and quality web sources, including journals, conference proceedings, trade publications, abstracts, and patent records from the humanities, sciences and social sciences. Allows users to locate the most highly cited items and the articles that cite them.

This resource is a full-text research database covering sociology and related disciplines. It features hundreds of full-text journals and millions of records with subject headings from a sociological thesaurus. Journals covers a broad range of studies, including gender studies, criminal justice, social psychology, religion, racial studies and social work. Informative abstracts for core coverage journals dating as far back as 1895 are also available.

This resource has more than 28,000 entries that include award-winning and emerging artists, and provides illustrated biographical profiles of approximately 75 children’s writers and illustrators per volume.

A database covering sports and sports medicine journals. Subjects covered include biomechanics, drugs, exercise, kinesiology, movement science, nutrition, occupational health and therapy, physical fitness, physical therapy, rehabilitation, sports and exercise psychology, coaching and education and sports medicine.

Journal articles and e-books in a range of academic subjects, with an emphasis on the sciences.

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Tax Notes is a portfolio of publications offered by Tax Analysts. It provides comprehensive and impartial coverage of tax news, while its commentary contributes important voices to the discussion and understanding of tax policy.

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Law Students only. For the initial sign-in Law students need to be within Creighton University’s IP range.

Select e-books purchased by the library that are published by Taylor & Francis.

This platform includes STAT!Ref, a digital library of healthcare textbooks; EBMcalc; several pharmacology videos; and other medical reference resources. Drug information, psychiatry, and obstetrics are especially well represented.

A searchable, full-text, online database of more than 200 years of The Times (London, England), with every page of every issue from 1785 through 2012. Covers local events in Britain and international events in India, China, South Africa, and the Americas.

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This collection contains millions of articles from periodicals and newspapers; hundreds of thousands of topic and event overviews; biographies; and multimedia, including images, videos, audio, and weblinks. It provides access to information on diverse topics, such as early America, the Great Depression, and National History Day.

This resource provides periodical content covering events in U.S. history, as well as scholarly work established in the field.

A directory with detailed, comprehensive, and authoritative information on serials (journals, magazines, etc.) published throughout the world. It covers all subjects, and includes publications that are published regularly or irregularly and are circulated free of charge or by paid subscription.

Contains standards for characterizing ingredients used in food. This resource also includes tests and specifications for identification, assay and impurities, as well as other tests that help describe the purity and quality of the ingredient.

Requires registration with Creighton email address

Contains standards for medicines, dosage forms, drug substances, excipients, biologics, compounded preparations, medical devices, dietary supplements, and other therapeutics.

Requires registration with Creighton email address

This resource is a point-of-care resource for health information. The content is written, reviewed, and updated by expert physicians and provide specific recommendations for patient care.

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Access courtesy of CommonSpirit Health

Alternate Name(s):Lexicomp Online

A suite of drug databases that provide concise point-of-care drug information and provides access to drug information via a global search or via a range of clinical tools.

Alternate Name(s):Lexicomp Online for Dentistry

This databases provides information on drugs, disease and related clinical information. It also includes a dental reference library and information on calculations, I.V. compatibility, alerts and interactions, toxicology and patient education information.

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A source of investment information and advice on companies, industries, markets, and economies. It is updated daily with current stock data and includes proprietary company ratings, analyst's commentary and forecasts, and selected historical financial information. There is also market-wide commentaries, rankings, and other analyses.
This bibliographic database covers the essential topics related to the study of violence and abuse, including family violence, sexual assault, emotional abuse, and related areas.

A differential diagnosis tool with images and point of care information to aid in the identification of visually identifiable diseases.

VitalLaw’s intuitive research platform gives you the depth you need for the actionable insights you want with solutions that enrich the entire legal process.

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Register to be able to personalize your research at: Register. Students and Faculty must be on campus to register.

Alternate Name(s):vLex Fastcase

Comprehensive federal and state case law, real-time legislative updates and an advanced citator.

This resource provides periodical content to aid in career and vocational research -- from general career guides to highly specialized industry journals.

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Full-image version of the Wall Street Journal newspaper from 1984 to present.

Access Wall Street Journal content online from anywhere!

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Must register for a free account using your Creighton email address at this URL: https://partner.wsj.com/enter-redemption-code/CRTugee8jy7?mod=wsj_creighton4

This database provides authoritative periodical content addressing both historic and contemporary topics in the fields of war and terrorism.

West Academic Study Aids offers easy online access to hundreds of study aids, treatises, and audio lectures to help you succeed in law school. Take notes, highlight and "mark up" your study aids. Create a list of "favorite" study aids for easy access.

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Personalize your experience by creating a West Academic account. Creating a West Academic account allows you to annotate, save favorites, listen to audio lectures, download titles for offline access, and more. 

1. Go to subscription.westacademic.com 
2. Click ‘Create an Account’ in the upper right-hand corner and follow the prompts. 
3. Once you create an account you will be automatically logged into West Academic 
4. Verify your email address one of two ways: 
i) If you are already logged in, click on your name in the upper right-hand corner and click My Account. Enter your school or work email address under “My School/Organization” Click “Check for Materials” and check your email for a verification link. 
ii) The next time you log in you will be prompted to confirm your email. Enter your school email address and check your email for a verification link. Once you have verified your email address you can access all the content available in your subscription and you can log-in independently from your school’s network

Alternate Name(s):Westlaw Patron Access

Westlaw for Patrons is a database of legal materials, both primary and secondary sources, from the United States and includes specific material from Nebraska.

Only accessible in the Law Library
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Westlaw for Patrons can be accessed on Public Access Computer #2.

Westlaw for Law Students is a comprehensive database of legal materials, both primary and secondary sources, from the United States and selected foreign countries and international organizations.

Restricted to Law students

Provides access to journals and e-books subscribed to or purchased by the library that are published by Wiley.

This resource provides an overview of world history through centuries worth of rare primary sources, reliable reference, and multimedia content, which covers the most-studied events, cultures, civilizations, religions, people, and more.

This database provides coverage of events in world history with relevant articles updated daily -- both current thinking and established scholarly work.

A free-to-use index of a wide variety of resources, and the tools to help find which libraries hold them worldwide.
Provides citations, abstracts, and indexing of the international serials literature in political science and related fields, including international relations, law, and public administration/policy (1975-present).
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