Community Resources Database

This program provides all caregivers, preschool teachers, and parents with books, virtual tours, art, and physical activities along with music. We hope you enjoy this website to access high-quality content with curated books and activities for extending children’s learning on about community helpers and services. Children will demonstrate an increased familiarity with doctors, police officers, firefighters, veterinarians, and greenhouse managers through developmentally appropriate indicators. 

The University of Nebraska-Lincoln Food Science Program and Viticulture Program have been awarded an USDA grant, which aims to help grape growers test their fruit quality in the weeks leading up to harvest. Using this information grape growers and wine makers will be assured that only high quality grapes enter the winery. 

Volunteer at one of our public locations or in our Research Collections. Become a member and explore as often as you want. 

The Volunteer Income Tax Assistance (VITA) program, provided by our College of Law, provides income tax preparation assistance to individuals at lower income levels. Assessments include the number of returns processed, dollar amount of refunds, and earned income tax credit returned to low-income families, and according to those criteria the VITA program shows increased results annually. However, analysis of customer demographics and documentation of unmet demand showed that local Hispanic and Latino identified communities were underrepresented among clients who received services. By partnering with a Spanish translation service-learning course project, we greatly expanded VITA services to Spanish speakers in the community. Now we are expanding that program to other languages common in the region.

The Water Lessons for Preschoolers curriculum is a hands-on curriculum created to support preschool children’s learning about water quality, wetlands, and streams. Preschoolers and their teachers will explore and learn about the water cycle, aquifers, rivers, wetlands, and water treatment. 

Resources and tools from Nebraska Extension on irrigation and water management including information on crops, irrigation, manure, and drought. 

On-demand learning about using water efficiently in your yards and landscapes.

The latest weather data and decision making tools from our state, regional, and national centers. 

Resources and learning from Nebraska Extension to help create landscapes that are designed to withstand the weather extremes common in Nebraska, such as heavy rainfall, drought, extreme temperatures, and high winds.

Resources and tools from Nebraska Extension on weed management. 

Under the supervision of the faculty instructor, students in the Weibling Entrepreneurship Clinic handle a variety of early-stage legal matters for start-up businesses throughout the state, including entity formation, contract drafting and review, intellectual property protection, regulatory, compliance, and other transactional legal matters. 

Located in North Platte, Research, Extension, and Education Centers provide on-site study opportunities in sheep, swine, dairy, and beef production, in addition to many other crop areas. Field days are available for ag producers and field trips and educational opportunities for students. 

The Nebraska Game and Parks Commission has partnered with Platte Basin Timelapse to develop wetlands resources that showcase the importance and dynamics of Nebraska’s wetlands and take an in-depth look at Nebraska’s regional wetland complexes. 

The scientist and the citizen alike must make evaluative judgments about the validity of science-related media reports and their implications for people’s own lives and society. 

Resources from Nebraska Extension for Wheat Production including spring row crop planting, tillage, relay cropping, seeding, and grazing resources.   

Resources and tools from and compiled by Nebraska Extension to help Nebraskans with wildfires. 

Resources and tools from and compiled by Nebraska Extension to help Nebraskans with winter storms.

Resources and information from the Nebraska Wood Energy Team to promote woody biomass energy opportunities and advance the installation of systems to increase the use of Nebraska’s trees and forests.  

At the Clayton Yeutter Institute of International Trade and Finance, we connect academic disciplines related to law, policy, business, and agriculture to prepare students for leadership roles in international trade and finance, support interdisciplinary research, and increase public understanding of these issues. Named for the renowned trade expert Clayton Yeutter—a Nebraska alumnus and former U.S. Trade Representative and Agriculture Secretary—the Yeutter Institute is a community focused on understanding and adapting to our global world. 

Nebraska 4-H requires all youth enrolled in livestock projects to complete annual quality assurance certification through Youth for the Quality Care of Animals (YQCA). YQCA is a national multi-species quality assurance program focused on three core pillars: food safety, animal well-being, and character development.