Two New Databases Include Ebooks
- Digital Karl Barth Library This link opens in a new window
- Twentieth Century Religious Thought: Christianity This link opens in a new window
- Oxford Handbooks Online: Religion This link opens in a new window
Books & Ebooks
Books: Search the library opens new windowcatalog for ORU holdings. For books held elsewhere, look in WorldCat (opens new windowFirstSearch 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 opens new windowcatalog or by browsing the B section in the Reference area or in Main (where books that may be checked out are shelved).
opens new windowEbooks: The ORU Library provides access to two major collections of ebooks: opens new windoweBook Collection (EBSCOhost) and opens new windowEbook Central (ProQuest).
To use such ebook functions as annotating and downloading, sign up for a personal account in both opens new windowEbook Central and opens new windoweBook Collection (EBSCOhost). For more on how to use and download ebooks, see the opens new windowEbooks@ORU guide.
See also the opens new windowHow to Find Books and Ebooks Library 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