Library Guides: THE-217 Seminar in Theological Research, Undergraduate: Books

Four Databases with Ebooks

Cambridge Companions to Religion Collection This link opens in a new window
Each volume in this series of companions to major topics and key figures in theology and religious studies contains specially commissioned essays by international scholars; provides and accessible and stimulating introduction to each subject.
Digital Karl Barth Library This link opens in a new window
Includes the full text of most of Karl Barth's works.
A major online collection of Karl Barth's works provided by Princeton Theological Seminary and Theologischer Verlag Zurich; researchers can cross-search among all Barth's works. Results can be viewed, organized, and analyzed at an unprecedented
pace and precision.
Oxford Handbooks Online: Religion This link opens in a new window
"...Essays on critical topics and emerging issues in the study of religion, complementing hundreds of essays on Christianity, Islam, Hinduism, Sikhism and cross-cultural thematic studies."
Twentieth Century Religious Thought: Christianity This link opens in a new window
Includes the full text of 20th century theologians' major works
Full-text ebooks cross-searchable by subject, author, religion, work. "Researchers can search across hundreds of fully-digitized documents to instantly compare how different theories, denominations, and cultural groups have intersected, differed, and influenced one another."
"A multivolume, cross-searchable online collection that brings together the seminal works and archival materials related to worldwide religious thinkers from the early 1900s until the first decade of the 21st century. This resource represents voices from Christianity, Judaism, and Islam featuring significant thinkers of history."

Books & Ebooks

Books

Catalog This link opens in a new window
ORU's online listing of books, ebooks, audiobooks, reference materials, faculty reserves, special collections, subscription journal titles, etc. to which ORU users have access. Entries contain bibliographic information about each entry on the Sierra system.
Search tips(Also, other tabs offer information regarding how to: navigate the catalog, renew books, perform other searches)
WorldCat (FirstSearch) This link opens in a new window
Worldwide catalog of library resources; includes everything (e.g. books, journals, DVDs, musical scores, newspapers, webpages) that can be located in libraries.
More database information from OCLC

Search the library catalog for ORU holdings. For books held elsewhere, look in WorldCat (FirstSearch or opens new windowopen access). Another way to locate books is to browse the opens new windowB Library of Congress class numbers either by doing a call number search for the desired classification in the library catalog or by browsing the B section in the Reference area or in Main (where books that may be checked out are shelved).

Ebooks

Ebook Central This link opens in a new window
Authoritative ebooks in a wide range of subject areas.
TIP: The Bookshelf feature allows you to store ebooks, create notes, highlight text, add Web links, and more. To access or create your personalized bookshelf, click the Bookshelf link in Ebook Central and sign in using your ORU Single Sign-On (SSO). To delete ebook titles, highlights and notes in your bookshelf, use the delete trash icon at the right in your folder.
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eBook Collection (EBSCOhost) This link opens in a new window
A multidisciplinary collection of eBooks including titles in the Christian Librarians collections.
eBook Religion Collection (EBSCOhost) This link opens in a new window
This eBook collection provides titles covering diverse worldwide religions and explores areas of study such as the social, cultural, and historical impacts of religion.

The ORU Library provides access to the major types of ebooks: Ebooks accessible via Book Collection (EBSCOhost) and Ebook Central (ProQuest).

To use such ebook functions as annotating and downloading, sign up for a personal account in both Ebook Central and Book Collection (EBSCOhost). For more on how to use and download ebooks, see the Ebooks@ORU guide.

Library of Congress Classification - Class Numbers Most Relevant to Theology & Ministry

B - Philosophy, Psychology, Religion
- B-BD - Philosophy
- BF - Psychology
- BJ - Ethics
- BL - Religions
- BM - Judaism
- BP - Islam, etc.
- BQ - Buddhism
- BR - Christianity
- BS - The Bible
- BT - Doctrinal Theology
- BV - Practical Theology
- BX - Christian denominations
  - BX8762-8785-Pentecostal churches
H - Social Sciences (General)
- HQ -The Family, Marriage, Women
P - Language and Literature
- PA- Greek; Latin
- PJ4543-4937 - Hebrew (Biblical and modern)
- PJ5201-5329.5- Aramaic
- PJ5401-5809- Syriac