Purpose
The purpose of this course guide is help students in the undergraduate Department of Theology & Ministry do research for their senior papers.
The ORU Virtual Library
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Theology & Ministry Databases (Journal Indices)
- opens new windowAtla Religion Database with AtlaSerials PLUS®
- opens new windowChristian Periodical Index
- opens new windowIndex to Jewish Periodicals
- opens new windowReligion and Philosophy Collection
- opens new windowReligious and Theological Abstracts
Pastoral Care & Counseling Databases
- opens new windowAPA PsycArticles®
- opens new windowPsychology and Behavioral Sciences Collection
- opens new windowAPA PsycInfo®
- opens new windowSocial & Behavioral Sciences Journal Collection (ScienceDirect)
- opens new windowSocial Work Abstracts
- opens new windowSocINDEX with Full Text
- opens new windowSociological Collection
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Ebook Collections
- Cambridge Companions to Religion Collection
- Digital Karl Barth opens new windowLibrary
- Ebook Central
- Book Collection (EBSCOhost)
- eBook Religion Collection (EBSCO)
- Oxford Handbooks Online: Religion
- Past Masters: see, for example,
- The Works of Saint Augustine
- Twentieth Century Religious Thought: Christianity
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Virtual Reference Collections
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Electronic Periodicals Collection
- opens new windowJournal Finder + -- search by journal title (not article title), subject, or ISSN
- opens new windowSAGE Premier
- opens new windowPhilosophy & Religion Journals - limit to Academic Journals
- opens new windowPeer-reviewed Philosophy & Religion Journals
- opens new windowMinistry, Pastoral Care, and Counseling Journals
- opens new windowSelected Theology Journals