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	Academic Search Complete: Scholarly, multidisciplinary database with more than 8,500 full-text periodicals and 370 full-text books. More...	Multidisciplinary	EBSCO
	America: History & Life with Full Text: Covers the history and culture of the United States and Canada, from prehistory to the present. More...	History, Humanities & Government	EBSCO
	American Heart Association Journals: Full text of subscribed-to journals only. To access the full text, click "Home" to the right of the desired title and then click "Archives."	Nursing, Health & Sports	American Heart Association
	AP NewsMonitor Collection: Provides near real-time access to top world-wide news from Associated Press on a continuous basis. Includes AP Top News, WorldStream, Financial News, AP Online, U.S. Politics & Government and 50 State Reports. The index to the full text content in AP News is held for a rolling 30-day archive.	Newspapers	EBSCO
	ArticleFirst: Indexes articles listed in the tables of contents of journals in popular culture, business, technology, science, medicine, humanities, and social sciences. More...	Multidisciplinary	FirstSearch
	ATLA Religion Database with ATLASerial: Indexes articles, reviews, and essays in all fields of religion; includes the full text of 150 major religion and theology journals. More...	Theology	EBSCO
	Audiobook Collection on EBSCOhost: Small collection of downloadable audiobooks, formerly part of NetLibrary. More...	E-Books	EBSCO
	Bartleby.com: Great Books Online: Contains full text reference and literary works. More...	Reference	Free on the Web
	Bibliography of Native North Americans: Covers all aspects of native North American culture, history, and life. More...	Multidisciplinary	EBSCO
	Biography in Context: Formerly Biography Resource Center; includes 600,000+ biographies from hundreds of reference works and periodicals. More...	Reference	Gale
	BioMedCentral: Provides indexing and free text of peer-reviewed journal articles related to biology and medicine. More...	Nursing, Health & Sports	Free on the Web
	Book Collection: Nonfiction - Elementary School Edition: Designed for elementary school libraries; contains full text of 1,300+ nonfiction books on various topics. More...	Education	EBSCO
	Book Collection: Nonfiction - High School Edition: Designed for high school libraries; contains full text of 2,450+ nonfiction books on various topics. More...	Education	EBSCO
	Book Collection: Nonfiction - Middle School Edition: Designed for middle school libraries; contains full text of 3,100+ nonfiction books on various topics. More...	Education	EBSCO
	Books@OVID: Provides nineteen full-text ebooks related to nursing and the nursing profession. More...	Nursing, Health & Sports	Ovid
	Business Source Complete, or try the enhanced Business Searching Interface: Provides indexing and full-text of journals in advertising, marketing, and public relations as well as management, MIS, accounting, finance, and economics; also includes full-text books, investment research reports, industry reports, market research reports, and company profiles. More...	Business / Communication Arts	EBSCO

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	Cambridge Journals Online: Full text limited to free and subscribed-to journals. More...	Multidisciplinary	Cambridge
	Catholic Periodical and Literature Index: Includes over 436,000 citations of articles and reviews published in Catholic periodicals. More...	Theology	EBSCO
	Christian Periodical Index: Indexes selected periodicals covering major doctrinal positions within evangelical Christianity. More...	Theology	EBSCO
	CINAHL Plus with Full Text:: Provides indexing for 4,500+ nursing & allied health journals and the full text of 770+ journals and 275 books and monographs. More...	Nursing, Health & Sports	EBSCO
	ClasePeriodica: Indexes Latin American journals, combining CLASE, which indexes journals in the sciences and humanities, and PERIODICA, which indexes journals in science and technology. More...	Multidisciplinary	FirstSearch
	CollegeSource: Provides access to college catalogs from 2-year, 4-year, graduate, professional, and international schools. More...	Reference	Career Guidance Foundation
	Communication & Mass Media Complete: Provides indexing and full text of journals related to communication and mass media. More...	Communication Arts	EBSCOhost
	Communication Studies: A full-text collection of journals related to mass communication, media studies, and written communication. More...	Communication Arts	Sage (CSA)
	Consumer Health Complete (not integrated with other EBSCOhost databases): Contains consumer-oriented health content that provides full text for 200+ health reference books and encyclopedias. More...	Nursing, Health & Sports	EBSCO
	CountryWatch: Provides socio-demographic, cultural, historical, economic, political, environmental, and investment information on the world's 192 countries as well as many non-sovereign nations. More...	Reference	CountryWatch
	CQ Reseacher - advanced search: Provides in-depth coverage of current issues related to health, social trends, criminal justice, international affairs, education, the environment, technology, and the economy. More...	Reference	CQ Press
	Credo Reference: Includes 505+ reference titles from 70+ publishers, covering all major subject areas. More...	Reference	Credo
	Directory of Open Access Journals (DOAJ): Provides access to free, full- text, quality-controlled scientific and scholarly journals. More...	Multidisciplinary	Free on the Web
	Dissertations & Theses: Full Text: Provides indexing for 2.7 million dissertations, with 1.2 million available in PDF format for immediate free download and 2.1 million available for purchase as printed copies. More...	Dissertations	ProQuest (UMI)
	Dissertations & Theses@Oral Roberts University: Provides full text of ORU dissertations and theses published after 1996; includes D.Min. research projects only prior to 1996; contains indexing since 1978. More...	Dissertations	ProQuest (UMI)
	DynaMed (not integrated with other EBSCOhost databases): A clinical reference tool created by physicians for physicians and other health care professionals for use primarily at the 'point-of-care'. More...	Nursing, Health & Sports	EBSCO

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	eBook Collection (EBSCOhost): Formerly NetLibrary, this is a multi-disciplinary collection of 9,600 eBooks with 1,500+ religion titles. More...	E-Books	EBSCO
	ebrary Academic Complete: Offers over 70,000 full-text academic books from scholarly and professional publishers. Click "Bookshelf" or "Sign in" to log on with Novell user name and password. To retrieve previous ebrary bookshelf, follow these directions. More...	E-Books	ebrary
	EBSCOhost Databases (All): Click "EBSCOhost Research Databases" to view a selection of databases that offer indexing and full text of thousands of journals, books, and other materials. Click "EBSCOhost Integrated Search" (i.e. OneSearch) to search EBSCOhost and non-EBSCOhost databases and selected Web resources simultaneously. More...	Multidisciplinary	EBSCO
	ECO-Electronic Collections Online: Indexes and abstracts scholarly journals from multiple disciplines; allows searches to be limited to journals to which the ORU library subscribes; no full text available. More...	Multidisciplinary	FirstSearch
	Education: A full-text journal collection covering methodology, higher education, secondary education, vocational, measurement & testing, and educational psychology. More...	Education	Sage (CSA)
	Education Research Complete: A collection of 1,300+ full-text education journals, 550+ books, 1,800+ conference papers as well as indexing and abstracts of 2,200 journals. More...	Education	EBSCO
	E-Journals (EJS): Provides access to electronic journals and full text of articles for journals managed through EBSCOhost® Electronic Journals Service. See E-Journals title list here. More...	Multidisciplinary	EBSCO
	Encyclopædia Britannica: Contains summary and in-depth articles on virtually every branch of human knowledge; includes biographies, maps, photos, drawings, flags, audio and video clips, and Web sites. More...	Reference	Encyclopædia Britannica
	Encyclopaedia Judaica (2d ed.): Features more than 21,000 entries on Jewish life, culture, history, and religion, written by Israeli, American and European subject specialists. More...	Theology	Gale
	Encyclopedia of Political Science: Traces the evolution of political theories, concepts, research frameworks, and political practices from across the world. More...	History, Humanities & Government	Gale
	Environment Complete:  Provides the full text of 820+ journals and 220+ monographs related to agriculture, ecosystem ecology, energy, renewable energy sources, natural resources, marine & freshwater science, geography, pollution & waste management, environmental technology, public policy, and social impacts. More...	Multidisciplinary	EBSCO
	ERIC - Education Resource Information Center (EBSCO): Indexes and abstracts scholarly journals and other non-published material related to education. Includes links to more than 337,000 full-text documents from ERIC back to 1966. PLEASE NOTE: ERIC reports that due to privacy issues, the full text of some documents is not currently available.  More...	Education	EBSCO
	ERIC - Education Resource Information Center (FirstSearch): Contains annotated references to non-journal material issued in the monthly Resources in Education (RIE) and to journal articles issued in the monthly Current Index to Journals in Education (CIJE). Includes links to some full-text documents. PLEASE NOTE: ERIC reports that due to privacy issues, the full text of some documents is not currently available. More...	Education	FirstSearch
	eStatementStudies: Contain comparative industry data from two Risk Management Association publications: Financial Ratio Benchmarks and Industry Default Probabilities and Cash Flow Measures.  More...	Business	Risk Management Association
	Film & Television Literature Index with Full Text: A bibliographic and full-text database covering the entire spectrum of television and film; includes the full text of 120+ journals and 100+ books.. More...	Communication Arts	EBSCO
	FirstSearch Databases (All): Provides online access to primarily bibliographic databases such as ArticleFirst and WorldCat. More...	Multidisciplinary	FirstSearch
	Funk & Wagnalls New World Encyclopedia: Provides over tens of thousands of encyclopedic entries searchable by subject or keyword and covering a variety of subject areas; updated annually. More...	Reference	EBSCO

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	Gale Virtual Reference Library: Includes subject encyclopedias and dictionaries such as Encyclopedia of Religion; Encyclopedia of Science, Technology, and Ethics; International Encyclopedia of Marriage and the Family; New Catholic Encyclopedia, 2nd ed.; New Dictionary of the History of Ideas, and others. More...	Reference	Gale
	Google Books: Allows full-text searching of over 10 million scanned books. Some titles in the public domain are viewable full text, others allow a preview or a more limited 'snippet' view, while some have no preview. More...	E-Books	Free on the Web
	Google Scholar: Allows full text searching of scholarly literature across many disciplines; includes papers, theses, books, abstracts, articles, and citations. More...	Multidisciplinary	Free on the Web
	GPO-U.S.Government Publications: Provides indexing for U.S. government documents, including Congressional reports, hearings, debates, and records; judiciary materials; and documents issued by executive departments. More...	Multidisciplinary	FirstSearch
	GreenFILE: Indexes and abstracts scholarly, government and general-interest titles, which deal with the environmental effects of individuals, corporations, and governments. More...	Multidisciplinary	Free on the Web (EBSCO)
	GREENR (Global Reference on the Environment, Energy, and Natural Resources): Offers authoritative content on the development of emerging green technologies and discusses issues on the environment, sustainability, and more. More...	Sciences	Gale
	Health & Life Sciences Journal Collection: Provides indexing of journals and reference works related to the health & life science; some full-text journals are included. More...	Nursing, Health & Sports/Sciences	Elsevier (ScienceDirect)
	Health Sciences: A full-text journal collection in the areas of health, public policy, health services & administration, health education, and community/public health nursing. More...	Nursing, Health & Sports	Sage (CSA)
	Health Source: Consumer Edition: Provides consumer health information on AIDS, cancer, diabetes, drugs & alcohol, aging, fitness, nutrition, children's health, women's health, etc..; includes full-text health-related journal articles, pamphlets, reference books, and reports. More...	Nursing, Health & Sports	EBSCO
	Health Source: Nursing/Academic Edition: Provides full text, abstracts, and indexing of health and medical related scholarly journals. More...	Nursing, Health & Sports	EBSCO
	Highwire Press: A repository of full-text life science articles, some of which are free. More...	Multidisciplinary	Free on the Web
	Historical Abstracts with Full Text: Covers the history of the world (excluding the United States and Canada) from 1450 to the present; includes full text of 330+ journals and 110+ books. More...	History, Humanities & Government	EBSCO
	Humanities International Complete: Provides full text of nearly 1,200 journals and 750+ books indexed in Humanities International Index. More...	History, Humanities & Government	EBSCO

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	Index to Jewish Periodicals: Indexes articles, reviews, and feature stories in 220+ journals related to Jewish history, activity, and thought. More...	Theology	EBSCO
	International Bibliography of Theater & Dance with Full Text: Indexes, cross-references, and annotates 170+ full-text journals and 360+ books on theatre and performance. More...	Communication Arts	EBSCO
	Journals@Ovid: Provides full text of selected nursing journals as well as access to tables of contents, bibliographic citations, abstracts, and references of hundreds of scientific, technical, and medical journals. To  limit your search to journals subscribed to by the ORU Library, select "Your Journals@Ovid" only. More...	Nursing, Health & Sports	Ovid
	Kids Search: A search interface designed specifically for students in grade K through 8. More...	Education	EBSCO
	Library, Information Science & Technology Abstracts (LISTA): Indexes and abstracts periodicals, books, research reports, and proceedings related to librarianship, online information retrieval, and information management. More...	Library	Free on the Web (EBSCO)
	Literary Encyclopedia (requires individual registration using ORU email): A reference work focused on literature originally written in English or translated into English; entries are authoritative summaries written by 1,500+ experts and edited by a scholarly board. More...	English & Modern Languages	Literary Dictionary Company
	Literary Index: Provides indexing for the entire Gale literary series, including cross-references for authors and titles; NO full text. More...	English & Modern Languages	Gale
	Literary Reference Center: Contains full text for 34,000+ plot summaries, 100,000 articles/essays of literary criticism, 179,000+ author biographies, 450 literary journals, 675,000+ book reviews, 74,000 poems, 18,000 short stories, and 6,100+ author interviews from such works as Masterplots, 4th ed.; Magill's Guide to Science Fiction & Fantasy Literature, Merriam Webster's Encyclopedia of Literature, The New Princeton Encyclopedia of Poetry and Poetics, and others. More...	English & Modern Languages	EBSCO

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	MAS Ultra - School Edition: Provides full text of general interest and current events magazines; includes pamphlets, reference books, biographies, and an image collection; designed for high school libraries. More...	Multidisciplinary	EBSCO
	MasterFILE Premier: Provides indexes, abstracts, and full text of 170+ periodicals, covering a broad range of disciplines; designed for public libraries. More...	Multidisciplinary	EBSCO
	MEDLINE with Full Text: Provides indexing for 4,800+ journals and full text for 1,450+ journals on medicine, nursing, dentistry, veterinary medicine, the health care system, and pre-clinical sciences. More...	Nursing, Health & Sports	EBSCO
	MEDLINE: Includes citations and abstracts of current biomedical journals; corresponds to the print Index Medicus, Index to Dental Literature, and International Nursing Index. More...	Nursing, Health & Sports	FirstSearch
	Mergent Online: Includes data related to 15,000 U.S. public companies (active and inactive) listed on the NYSE, AMEX and NASDAQ exchanges. More...	Business	Mergent Online
	Micromedex: A drug information portal comprised of databases such as Drugdex®, POISINDEX®, Drug Identification (IDENTIDEX®), Physician’s Desk Reference®, Index Nominum, Martindale's The Extra Pharmacopoeia, Alternative Medicine, and others. More...	Nursing, Health & Sports	Thomson Reuters
	Middle Search Plus: Provides full text of popular magazines covering general topics appropriate for middle and junior high school students. More...	Multidisciplinary	EBSCO
	Military & Government Collection: Provides indexing, abstracting, and full text of current news pertaining to the military and government. More...	History, Humanities & Government	EBSCO
	MLA Directory of Periodicals: Provides detailed information about the journals indexed in the MLA International Bibliography; includes editorial contact information, frequency, circulation, subscription prices, and submission guidelines. More...	Reference	EBSCO
	MLA International Bibliography: Provides indexing of journal articles, books and dissertations relating to literature, language, and the dramatic arts. More...	English & Modern Languages	EBSCO
	Morningstar Investment Research Center: Provides investment analysis including information on stocks and mutual funds. More...	Business	Morningstar, Inc.
	New Pauly: Encyclopaedia of  the Ancient World: If the link does not work, please try this one.  "An aid for the study of Greek and Roman culture and its multifaceted presence in all periods of European and, since the Early Modern period, world history" --Preface.	Humanities/ Theology	Brill
	New Testament Abstracts: Offers abstracts of journal articles, books, reviews, and software related to the New Testament and its historical milieu. More...	Theology	EBSCO
	Newspaper Source Plus: Includes 700+ full-text newspapers, including major newspapers such as The New York Times. Also includes 750,000+ television & radio news transcripts. More...	Newspapers	EBSCO

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	OAIster: Provides over 23 million records of digital resources from open archives. More...	Multidisciplinary	FirstSearch
	Old Testament Abstracts: Provides abstracts for journal articles, books, multi-author works, and software related to Old Testament studies. More...	Theology	EBSCO
	Oxford English Dictionary Online: Guide to the meaning, history, and pronunciation of 600,000 words—past and present— from across the English-speaking world. More...	Reference	Oxford
	Oxford Music Online: Provides articles from print Oxford reference works as well as articles not available in print; includes the full text of The Oxford Companion to Music and The Oxford Dictionary of Music. More...	Music	Oxford
	PapersFirst: Provides indexing of papers presented at conferences reported to The British Library Document Supply Centre. More...	Multidisciplinary	FirstSearch
	Physical Sciences Journal Collection: Provides the full text of journals related to the physical sciences including engineering, chemistry, physics, earth science, mathematics, and computer science. More...	Engineering, Computing & Math / Sciences	Elsevier (ScienceDirect)
	Points of View Reference Center (not integrated with other EBSCOhost databases): Provides essays that present multiple sides of 270+ current issues, each with an overview (objective background/description), point (argument), counterpoint (opposing argument), and Critical Thinking Guide. More...	Reference	EBSCO
	Political Science Complete: Contains full text of 480+ journals, plus indexing and abstracts for 2,100+ journals related to contemporary political discourse. More...	History, Humanities & Government	EBSCO
	PQDT Open: Searches and provides access to abstracts and full text of open access (free) dissertations and theses. More...	Dissertations	ProQuest (UMI)
	Primary Search: Provides full text of popular magazines for elementary school research. More...	Multidisciplinary	EBSCO
	Proceedings: Supplies indexing of published conference proceedings. More...	Multidisciplinary	FirstSearch
	Professional Development Collection: Provides full-text education journals, collected for professional educators. More...	Education	EBSCO
	Project Gutenberg: Provides the full text of thousands of free e-books. More...	E-Books	Free on the Web
	ProQuest Periodical Abstracts Ondisc: Consists of abstracts of 1,600 indexed journal titles from 1986 to 1990; available on CD-ROM. More...	Multidisciplinary	ProQuest
	PsycARTICLES: Provides full text articles on current issues in psychology from 70+ journals published by the American Psychological Association and allied organizations. More...	Behavioral Sciences	EBSCO
	Psychology: Provides full-text, peer-reviewed journals related to applied psychology, assessment, child development, clinical psychology, cognitive psychology, counseling psychology, and social psychology. More...	Behavioral Sciences	Sage (CSA)
	PsycINFO: Provides citations and summaries of journal articles, book chapters, books, dissertations and technical reports in the field of psychology. More...	Behavioral Sciences	EBSCO
	PubMed Central: Provides access to the U.S. National Institutes of Health (NIH) free digital archive of biomedical and life sciences journal literature. More...	Nursing, Health & Sports	Free on the Web

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	Regional Business News: Provides the full text of regional business journals, newspapers and newswires from metropolitan and rural areas of the United States. More...	Business / Newspapers	EBSCO
	RIM® Online (Research in Ministry): Indexes DMin and DMiss projects from reporting schools of theology accredited by the Association of Theological Schools in the US and Canada. More...	Dissertations	Free on the Web
	Sage Databases (All): Provides full text access to journals in communication studies, education, health studies, psychology, and sociology. More...	Multidisciplinary	Sage (CSA)
	ScienceDirect Databases (All): Provides the full text of 1,860+ journals related to health & life sciences, physical sciences, and social & behavioral sciences. More...	Multidisciplinary	Elsevier
	Scirus: An open-access search engine that searches over 450 million science-specific Web pages. More...	Sciences	Free on the Web
	Searchasaurus (not integrated with other EBSCOhost databases): Provides a kid-friendly interface to Primary Search, Middle Search Plus, Encyclopedia of Animals, Funk & Wagnalls New World Encyclopedia, American Heritage Children's Dictionary, and an image collection. More...	Education	EBSCO
	Serials Directory: Provides access to accurate bibliographic information; includes current pricing structures for periodicals. More...	Reference	EBSCO
	SIRS Discoverer: Contains full-text articles and graphics from magazines, newspapers and U.S. government documents in numerous subject areas. More...	Multidisciplinary	SIRS
	Small Business Reference Center: Provides current information on topics relevant to small business; contains nearly 400 full-text periodicals and 450+ full-text reference books. More...	Business	EBSCO
	Social & Behavioral Sciences Journal Collection: Provides the full text of journals and reference works related to the social & behavioral sciences. More...	Behavioral Sciences	Elsevier (ScienceDirect)
	Social Work Abstracts: Offers coverage of 450+ social work and human services journals dating back to 1965. More...	Behavioral Sciences	EBSCO
	SocINDEX with Full Text: A sociology research database including 830+ full-text journals and 800+ full-text books. More...	Behavioral Sciences	EBSCO
	Sociology: A full-text journal collection related to contemporary sociology, comparative sociology, and consumer culture. More...	Behavioral Sciences	Sage (CSA)
	SPORTDiscus with Full Text: Provides the full text of 520+ sports & sports medicine journals. More...	Nursing, Health & Sports	EBSCO
	Standard & Poor's NetAdvantage: A comprehensive source of business and investment information for librarians, universities, and other institutional professionals. More...	Business	McGraw-Hill
	Student Research Center (not integrated with other EBSCOhost databases): Enables secondary school students to easily find information in their EBSCO databases. More...	Education	EBSCO

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	Teacher Reference Center:  Provides indexing and abstracts for 270+ popular teacher and administrator trade journals; designed for professional educators. More...	Education	EBSCO
	TeachingBooks.net:  Provides original, in-studio movies of authors and illustrators and other multimedia resources on K-12 books to support reading and library activities for all grades and content areas. More...	Education	TeachingBooks.net
	Theological Journals Search: A Google custom search engine that searches 350+ open-access journals related to theology, religious studies, and related disciplines. More...	Theology	Free on the Web
	Theological Research Exchange Network (TREN): An index of 10,000+ theological thesis/dissertation and conference paper titles representing research from some 70 institutions; full text available for purchase in PDF (e-doc), paper, and microfiche. More...	Dissertations	(Not All) Free on the Web
	TOPICsearch: Provides current events information; allows exploration of social, political & economic issues, scientific discoveries and other popular topics; contains full text of articles from diverse sources. More...	Reference	EBSCO
	Wall Street Journal: Provides full text coverage of the Eastern Edition from 1984 to the present. More...	Business / Newspapers	ProQuest (UMI)
	Web News: Comprehensive newsfeed collection, updated in real time. EBSCO's News Harvester provides near real-time access to thousands of top news feeds from around the globe. These feeds are monitored by EBSCO and relevant results are provided when users enter searches in EBSCOhost. This collection includes over 5,000 feeds across a range of business and general news topics.	Business / Newspapers	EBSCO
	WorldAlmanac: Includes The World Almanac and Book of Facts, The World Almanac of the U.S.A., The World Almanac of U.S. Politics, The World Almanac for Kids, The World Almanac Knowledge Source, and Funk & Wagnalls New Encyclopedia. More...	Reference	FirstSearch
	WorldCat: Contains over 200 million records from 72,000 libraries in 171 countries; useful for inter-library loan. More...	Reference	FirstSearch
	WorldCat: Web version of a database of millions of bibliographic records from libraries worldwide; enables researchers to locate libraries where desired materials are held. More...	Reference	Free on the Web
	WorldCatDissertations: Contains records of dissertations and theses held by OCLC member libraries; some e- texts are available electronically, at no charge, via the publishing institution; some items may be borrrowed via inter-library loan. More...	Dissertations	FirstSearch

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