What is a Periodical? What is a Journal?

How to Find a Periodical Title?

The ORU library subscribes to more than 32,000 periodicals in a variety of publication media, with most titles available full text online. Online full text titles include links to the full text with options to browse a single issue or search all issues to find an article.

To find a periodical title, search the ORU Journal Finder+.
Some titles are available in multiple formats and/or multiple databases. For online full text, the database(s) with full text will be listed. When a title is available "in-house" in paper format, there will be a link to "Oral Roberts University Library Holdings." Follow the links to what you need.


Publication Finder [which the ORU Library calls Journal Finder+]
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Search for Journals, Trade Publications, & Other Periodicals

To see if a journal is available in the ORU Library, search the Journal Finder+.Some titles are available in multiple formats and/or multiple databases. For online full text, the database(s) with full text will be listed. When a title is available "in-house" in paper format, there will be a link to "Oral Roberts University Library Holdings." Follow the links to what you need.

View a subject list of titles:

How to Find Journals in a Database

In EBSCO databases, such a MEDLINE and CINAHL, go t the Advanced Search and click the Publications link. Then, enter a publication title or keyword. You can also browse publication titles alphabetically.

EBSCO publications

Selected Journal Titles