Purpose
The purpose of this course guide is help students in the undergraduate Department of Theology & Ministry do research for their senior papers.
Which Research Tool Should I Use to....
... Find a book, ebook, or other media in the ORU Library? Use the opens new window Library Catalog.
... Identify journal articles for a research paper? Use one or more databases on the opens new window Database List.
... Jump start a research project or find information for a class assignment when you are not sure which database to use? Try opens new windowEagleSearch.
... Find the full text of a journal in the ORU Library? Use the opens new windowJournal Finder+.
... Borrow a book the ORU Library does not own? Search opens new windowWorldCat.
... Find guidance on how to do research in a specific subject area or type of information? Use the opens new windowResearch Guides.
... Access digitized materials from the Holy Spirit Resource Center or from one of the University colleges? Use the opens new windowDigital Showcase.
The ORU Virtual Library
Snapshot of Everything Theological in the Library
- 67 opens new windowTheology & Ministry databases of a total of 172 databases
- 1,570 full-text opens new windowReligion & Philosophy journals and magazines (808 peer-reviewed)
- 324 opens new windowcompanions or handbooks to religion
- 34 online subject dictionaries and encyclopedias in the opens new windowGale eBooks (click "Religion" in the right menu)
- 65 reference titles in opens new windowCredo (click "All Titles" in the top menu, then the subject “Religion & Theology” )
- 4 opens new window online Brill encyclopedias
- Encyclopedia of Ancient Greek Language and Linguistics
- Encyclopedia of Hebrew Language and Linguistics
- New Pauly: Encyclopedia of the Classical World
- History of Global Christianity Online
- 2 opens new windowBrill statistical databases
- World Christian Database
- World Religion Database
- 11,832 religion ebooks in opens new windowEbook Central
- 10,336 religion ebooks in the opens new windowEBSCO eBook Collection of a total of 25,765 titles
- 8,968 religion ebooks in the opens new windowEBSCOeBook Religion Collection
- 100,000+ full-text religion dissertations, theses, and research projects in opens new windowProQuest Dissertations & Theses Global of some 2 million full-text dissertations/theses in all disciplines available for immediate download
- 1,511 opens new windowTREN (Theological Research Exchange Network) titles, opens new window516 of which are now housed on the Digital Showcase@ORU platform (and more coming soon)
- 4,559 documents in the opens new window ORU Digital Showcase (many of which are theological) with more than 63,500 downloads to date
- The COTM's newly re-launched theology journal opens new windowSpiritus,
- several historic opens new windowChilean Pentecostal Periodicals and Oral Roberts Ministries’ opens new windowmagazines,
- numerous e-volumes in the opens new windowRegnum Edinburgh Centenary Series.