Materials are not purchased for the general public though they may benefit from the collection. The focus of the Veterinary Medicine and Biomedical Sciences collection is diverse in nature as it encompasses disciplines that are well established within colleges and departments in the university structure. The collection is multifaceted and is distributed widely to support curriculum and research needs within subject areas including: virology, bacteriology, immunology, molecular biology, pathology, epidemiology, biomedical sciences/biochemistry, and veterinary medicine and surgery.

The textiles, clothing and design collection has strong interdisciplinary appeal and usage. The Department has a close relationship with the Johnny Carson School of Theatre and Film. Many students from the School, particularly those in the Master of Fine Arts in Costume Design program, enroll in Textiles, Clothing and Design courses and share its library resources. There is also a joint interest in library materials between Textiles, Clothing and Design and the Anthropology Department as well as with the Women’s and Gender Studies Program. The Libraries have one of the largest quilt-related research collections in the United States. Consequently, quilt and textile materials are frequently used by quilt scholars not affiliated with the University of Nebraska-Lincoln as well as by the general public.

Harry K. Wolfe enrolled as an undergraduate in the University in 1876, just five years after the University was chartered. Four years later, he graduated in a class of eight. Three years later, he went to Leipzig Germany to study in the laboratory of the founder of experimental psychology, Professor Wilhelm Wundt. In 1889, a few years after receiving his Ph.D., Professor Wolfe was hired by the University of Nebraska to teach psychology in the Department of Philosophy. According to some historians, the laboratory that he developed in his first year was the first psychology laboratory in the nation that was created entirely for undergraduate research. (Others, such as J. P. Guilford, who developed an international reputation in psychometrics, followed the tradition of both receiving an undergraduate degree from the University of Nebraska and then returning to Nebraska with a Ph.D. to join the psychology faculty.)

Within two years of being hired, Professor Wolfe petitioned the Regents of the University to establish an independent Department of Psychology, but the Regents delayed exactly 50 years before granting that request. Thus for years, psychology was taught through the Department of Philosophy. A survey conducted in 1928 of the 616 American Psychological Association members asked them to list the institution that first inspired them to study psychology. The University of Nebraska, still without a formal Department of Psychology, ranked third.

As a superb teacher and mentor, Professor Wolfe established a tradition that we endeavor to follow today. That tradition has resulted in a total of six Presidents of the American Psychological Association graduating from the University of Nebraska. No other University in the Nation can match that record.2

The University Libraries provides newspapers and newspaper articles in a variety of formats: print, microfilm, electronic full facsimile collections (such as ProQuest Historical Newspapers Online), online aggregators (such as LexisNexis), free newspaper websites, and online-only newspapers.

The goal of newspaper collection development is a full and appropriate transition from print to online newspapers.

School of Natural Resources cooperative research is conducted with various academic units including Institute of Agriculture and Natural Resources, Department of Geosciences, Department of Civil Engineering, Department of Biological Systems Engineering, Department of Agricultural Economics, Arsenic Info System, College of Law, Public Policy Center, and Cooperative Extension.