Research, Reference, & Genealogy
Reference Services
History Nebraska Research and Reference Services help connect you to the material we collect and preserve.
The Reference Room is located at 1500 R Street, Lincoln, Nebraska, and is open on Fridays, 9 am – 4 pm.
The Reference Room is also available by appointment on Tuesday mornings, 9 am – 12 pm, and Wednesday afternoons, 1 pm – 4 pm. To schedule an appointment, please contact us via email. When making an appointment request, please be as specific as possible about the resources you request to see (titles of newspapers or library items; collection titles and box numbers of archival collections; etc.).
Please note: We ask that you submit an appointment request at least two business days before your requested appointment. We cannot guarantee appointment availability with less than two business days’ notice. Some government records collections are stored off-site. Requests for these collections may require up to five business days before the materials will be accessible in the Reference Room.
Paper copies from our microfilm readers and computers are no longer available. If you would like a scan, you can save it on a flash drive or send it through email. Please either bring a flash drive or be sure you know your email password so you can access you email account from a reference room computer.
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Frequently Asked Questions
Please see our Research and Reference FAQ for answers to some common questions we receive.
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