- Engineering, Physics & Physical Science Databases: To view full-text journal articles related to engineering, physics, and other physical sciences, see Physical Sciences Journal Collection (ScienceDirect). You will also want to check Academic
Search Complete, a general database which includes indexing, abstracts,
and full text articles related to the sciences, and GreenFILE and Environment Complete (EBSCOhost) which cover materials dealing with environmental issues.
- Books: Search WebOPAC
for ORU holdings, or look in WorldCat or in other Oklahoma library catalogs (see "Oklahoma Libraries" on the Library homepage).
Also, browse the QB-QE
and T-TP
Library of Congress class numbers either by doing call number searches
for these classifications in WebOPAC or by browsing these sections on the
LRC-5th floor.
- eBooks: The ORU Library now provides access to two major collections
of eBooks: NetLibrary and ebrary,
which has more than 4,000 science titles and 2,800 in technology. For more details,
go to the eBooks
page and follow the directions there. Note: be sure to sign up for your
free personal accounts with both NetLibrary
and ebrary
so you can take advantage of such functions as bookmarking and notetaking.
See also Google Book Search. For other eBooks, see this list
of Web sites that provide free eBooks.
- Book Reviews: You may search for book reviews in several of
the EBSCOhost databases such as
Academic Search Complete, MasterFILE Premier, and Newspaper
Source by clicking the advanced search tab, keying in the title
and/or author, and selecting "book review" as the document type. You will also find book reviews in Books
in Print. For more tips, see this guide.
- Dissertations & Theses: Do a search in WorldCat Dissertations. Or, try keyword searches such as civil
engineering, quantum theory, or environmental sciences
in WorldCat
after setting "Subtype limits" to thesis/ dissertation. Also,
try single-word title or author searches in Dissertation
Express. For more information on finding theses, see this guide,
or try the links from the "Dissertations Please" faculty workshop handout.
- Government Documents: In the GPO
database, which provides access to U.S. government publications, do
a search for an engineering-related topic such as aeronautics research.
Then click on the detailed record of an item of interest. In many cases,
you can then link directly to the full text. Documents not available
online may be obtained through interlibrary loan or by going to a federal
depository library such as the Tulsa
City County Library. You may also want to browse GPO
Access by topic, or try GovEngine.com.
For more government-generated information, see this library guide.
- Internet Gateways: Librarians' Index to the Internet: Technology
Topics and Science
Topics; The Internet Guide to Engineering, Mathematics, and Computing:
Engineering; Physical Reference Data (Physics Lab); Science World; and Scirus.
- Internet Tutorials: Internet
for Engineering and Mathematics
- Journals (full text online, paper, CD-ROM or microform): To
browse journal titles related to earth and environmental sciences available
full text in the ORU Library, see this listing.
To browse technology-related journals, click here;
to browse physics-related journals, click here.
To see if a particular journal is available in the ORU Library, look
first in the online journal
list. You may browse the list by title or subject, and you may search
by title or ISSN. When a title is available in paper, CD-ROM or microform
only, or when the online version does not provide the issue you need,
follow the link that says, Oral Roberts University Library Holdings.
This will take you to WebOPAC,
the Library catalog, where you may search for the journal by title and
check the subscription summaries to see the dates and formats covered.
To browse some full text journals which are freely accessible on the
Web, see the Directory of Open Access Journals (DOAJ), Gold Rush, PhysNet, or search Intute E-journals. See also Google Scholar.
- Newspapers
(online versions): See especially Newspaper Source Plus. The print versions are available in the Periodicals area on the
LRC-4th floor. For more information on newspapers, see this guide.
See also Chronicling America: Historical American Newspapers and Onlinenewspapers.
- Tables of Contents: One way to keep informed of what is being
currently published in engineering, physics, and physical science is
to browse the tables of contents of related journals in FirstSearch's ECO
(Electronic Collections Online). On the ECO page, click "Browse Journal Titles" and then, from
the "All Subject Collections," select a category under "Science [Q]"
or "Technology [T]." Begin browsing. Please note: ECO provides only a small number of journals
full text.
- Document Delivery: If you are willing to pay a fee, you can
order journal articles through one of these sources: ScienceDirect;
Ingenta (formerly UnCover); Highwire Press;
Wiley Interscience.
- Audiovisual & Other Formats: Do a search in WebOPAC.
Scroll down the results list, and scan for different formats (sound
recording, videorecording, etc.). If the list is long, you
may choose to limit the results list to sound recordings or
video recordings.
- Images: See LIFE Photo Archive.
- Reference: For general reference, see Encyclopædia
Britannica, Funk
& Wagnalls New World Encyclopedia, and the WorldAlmanac.
Choose a resource from the Library of Congress's Selected Internet Resources in Science and Technology, Refdesk.com, or the Librarians' Internet Index. Or, browse the QB-QE and T-TP sections in the Reference room on the LRC-4th floor. Also try the Encyclopedia of Science and Technology (Q121.M3 2002).
- Biography: To find full text biographical information, see Biography Resource Center. To look for full-length biographies in WebOPAC
or in WorldCat,
do a subject search for the name of the desired person (e.g. Einstein,
Albert, 1879-1955). For collective biographies, do a combination
subject search for a topic or class of persons (e.g. engineers)
and the word biography. A Web site that contains biographical material
is: Biography.com.
For more tips, see this library guide.
- Patents: United
States Patent and Trademark Office and FreePatentsOnline.
- Statistics: Statistical information is available on such Web sites as: American
FactFinder, FedStats, Gallup,
International
Statistical Agencies, and Statistical
Abstract of America (U.S. Census Bureau).
- Gray Literature: Unpublished information such as reports, preprints, and other documents is generally not indexed in the library databases. Major Web sites leading to this type of information are: Virtual Technical Reports Center, the University of Colorado Technical Reports, NTIS (National Technical Information Service), STINET (Scientific & Technical Information Network), CiteSeer (Scientific Literature Digital Library), GrayLit Network, Cogprints, E-print Network, Energy Citations Database, NASA Technical Reports Server, SPIRES High-Energy Physics Literature Database, and TRIS Online (Transportation Research Information Services).
- ORU
Engineering, Physics & Physical Science Department
-
Syllabi
- Faculty Resources: Provided by Oral Roberts University.
- Engineering, Physics & Physical Science Class Pages: Go to the ORU intranet, and click the course name.
- Accrediting Organizations: North Central Association
of Colleges and Schools Higher
Learning Commission
- Professional Associations: American Society of Civil Engineers (see especially the ASCE database); American Society for Engineering Education (see especially the ASEE conference proceedings). Professional Development: Eighth Floor
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- English Databases: For databases related
to literature click here.
See especially the MLA
International Bibliography, Literary Reference Center, Literary Encyclopedia, and Literary
Index. You may want to recommend CQ Researcher and Points of View Reference Center to students who are looking for research topics.
- Books: Search WebOPAC
for ORU holdings, or look in WorldCat or in other Oklahoma library catalogs (see "Oklahoma Libraries" on the Library homepage).
Also, browse the PE,
PN, PR, PS and PZ Library of Congress class numbers either by doing
call number searches for these classifications in WebOPAC or by browsing
these sections on the LRC-5th floor.
- eBooks: The ORU Library now provides access to two major collections
of eBooks: NetLibrary and ebrary,
which has more than 4,200 titles in language and literature. For more
details, go to the eBooks
page and follow the directions there. Note: be sure to sign up for your
free personal accounts with both NetLibrary
and ebrary
so you can take advantage of such functions as bookmarking and notetaking. See also Google Book Search. For other eBooks, see this list
of Web sites that provide free eBooks.
- Book Reviews: You may search for book reviews in several of
the EBSCOhost databases such as
Academic Search Complete, MasterFILE Premier, and Newspaper
Source by clicking the advanced search tab, keying in the title
and/or author, and selecting "book review" as the document type. You will also find book reviews in Books
in Print. For more tips, see this guide.
- Dissertations & Theses: Do a search in WorldCat Dissertations. Or, try a keyword search for such topics
as Style, Literary or Wordsworth, William, 1770-1850 in
WorldCat
after setting "Subtype limits" to thesis/ dissertation. Also,
try single-word title or author searches in Dissertation
Express. For more information on finding theses, see this guide,
or try the links from the "Dissertations Please" faculty workshop handout.
- Government Documents: In the GPO
database, which provides access to U.S. government publications, do
a search for a topic such as American literature - 20th century.
Then click on the detailed record of an item of interest. In many cases,
you can then link directly to the full text. Documents not available
online may be obtained through interlibrary loan or by going to a federal
depository library such as the Tulsa
City County Library. You may also want to browse GPO
Access by topic, or try GovEngine.com.
For more government-generated information, see this library guide.
- Internet Gateways: Librarians' Index to the Internet: Literature
& Books. See here for a great online dictionary of classical
- Internet Tutorials: Internet
for English (RDN); Virtual
Seminars for Teaching Literature
- Internet Web Sites: English Literature and Religion;
- Journals (full text online, paper, CD-ROM or microform): To
browse full text journals related to linguistics or literature, see
this listing.
To see if a journal is available in the ORU Library, look first in the
online journal
list. You may browse the list by title or subject, and you may search
by title or ISSN. When a title is available in paper, CD-ROM or microform
only, or when the online version does not provide the issue you need,
follow the link that says, Oral Roberts University Library Holdings.
This will take you to WebOPAC,
the Library catalog, where you may search for the journal by title and
check the subscription summaries to see the dates and formats covered.
To browse some full text journals which are freely accessible on the
Web, see the Directory of Open Access Journals (DOAJ) and Gold Rush. See also Google Scholar.
- Newspapers
(online versions): See especially Newspaper Source Plus. The print versions are available in the Periodicals area on the
LRC-4th floor. For more information on newspapers, see this guide.
See also Chronicling America: Historical American Newspapers and Onlinenewspapers.
- Tables of Contents: One way to keep informed of what is being
currently published in English is to browse the tables of contents of
language- and literature-related journals in FirstSearch's ECO
(Electronic Collections Online). On the ECO page, click "Browse Journal
Titles" and then, from the "All Subject Collections," select a category
under "Language & Literature [P]." Begin browsing. Please note: ECO provides only a small amount of
full text.
- Audiovisual & Other Formats: Do a search in WebOPAC.
Scroll down the results list, and scan for different formats (sound
recording, videorecording, etc.). If the list is long, you
may choose to limit the results list to sound recordings or
video recordings.
- Images: See LIFE Photo Archive.
- Reference: For information on authors and their works, see Literary Encyclopedia. For general reference, see Encyclopædia
Britannica, Funk
& Wagnalls New World Encyclopedia, and the WorldAlmanac.
Choose a resource on the Librarians' Internet Index or Refdesk.com. Or, browse the PE, PN, PR, PS, and PZ sections
in the Reference room on the LRC-4th floor. See also Strunk's Elements
of Style; American Heritage®
Book of English Usage; The
Forest of Rhetoric.
- Biography: To find full text biographical information, see Biography Resource Center. To look for full-length biographies in WebOPAC
or in WorldCat,
do a subject search for the name of the desired person (e.g. Cummings,
E. E.). For collective biographies, do a combination subject search
for a topic or class of persons (e.g. novelists) and the word
biography. For citations to biographical material, see Literary
Index. A Web site that contains biographical material
is: Biography.com.
For more tips, see this library guide.
- Statistics: Statistical information is available on such Web sites as: American
FactFinder, FedStats, Gallup,
International
Statistical Agencies, and Statistical
Abstract of America (U.S. Census Bureau).
- Gray Literature: Unpublished information such as reports, preprints, and other documents generally is not indexed in the library databases. A Web site which provides access to this kind of information is CogPrints.
- Library Guides: Literature
Research; Getting Started Using Literary Encyclopedia
- ORU
English & Modern Languages Department
-
Syllabi
- Faculty Resources: Provided by Oral Roberts University.
- English Class Pages: Go to the ORU intranet, and click the course name.
- Accrediting Organizations: North Central Association
of Colleges and Schools Higher
Learning Commission
- Professional Development: Eighth Floor
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- Health,
Physical Education & Recreation Databases: See especially Health & Life Sciences Journal Collection (ScienceDirect), CINAHL Plus with Full Text , Health Sciences, Health
Source: Nursing/ Academic, Medline with Full Text, SPORTDiscus with Full Text, as well as GreenFILE and Environment Complete which cover materials dealing with environmental issues.
- Books: Search WebOPAC
for ORU holdings, or look in WorldCat or in other Oklahoma library catalogs (see "Oklahoma Libraries" on the Library homepage).
Also, browse the GV
and RA421-790.85
Library of Congress (LC) class numbers or the QT
National Library of Medicine (NLM)
class numbers either by doing a call number search for these classifications
in WebOPAC or by browsing the GV section on the LRC-4th floor and the QT
and RA sections on the 5th floor.
- eBooks: The ORU Library now provides access to two major collections
of eBooks: NetLibrary and ebrary,
which has more than 2,900 titles related to medicine. For more details,
go to the eBooks
page and follow the directions there. Note: be sure to sign up for your
free personal accounts with both NetLibrary
and ebrary
so you can take advantage of such functions as bookmarking and notetaking. See also Google Book Search. For other eBooks, see this list
of Web sites that provide free eBooks.
- Book Reviews: You may search for book reviews in several of
the EBSCOhost databases such as
Academic Search Complete, MasterFILE Premier, and Newspaper
Source by clicking the advanced search tab, keying in the title
and/or author, and selecting "book review" as the document type. You will also find book reviews in Books
in Print. For more tips, see this guide.
- Dissertations & Theses: Do a search in WorldCat Dissertations. Or, try a keyword search for a topic
such as sports medicine or physical education and training
in WorldCat
after setting "Subtype limits" to thesis/ dissertation. Also,
try single-word title or author searches in Dissertation
Express. For more information on finding theses, see this guide,
or try the links from the "Dissertations Please" faculty workshop handout.
- Government Documents: In the GPO
database, which provides access to U.S. government publications, do
a search for topics such as physical fitness or weight
loss. Then click on the detailed record of an item of interest.
In many cases, you can then link directly to the full text. Documents
not available online may be obtained through interlibrary loan or by
going to a federal depository library such as the Tulsa
City County Library. You may also want to browse GPO
Access by topic, or try GovEngine.com.
For more government-generated information, see this library guide.
- Internet Tutorials: Internet
for Leisure, Sport and Recreation
- Internet Web Sites: AgeLine.
- Journals (full text online, paper, CD-ROM or microform): To
browse journal titles related to sports, recreation, and physical fitness,
see this listing.
To see if a particular journal is available in the ORU Library, look
first in the online journal
list. You may browse the list by title or subject, and you may search
by title or ISSN. When a title is available in paper, CD-ROM or microform
only, or when the online version does not provide the issue you need,
follow the link that says, Oral Roberts University Library Holdings.
This will take you to WebOPAC,
the Library catalog, where you may search for the journal by title and
check the subscription summaries to see the dates and formats covered.
To browse some full text journals which are freely accessible on the
Web, see the Directory of Open Access Journals (DOAJ) and Gold Rush. See also Google Scholar.
- Newspapers
(online versions): See especially Newspaper Source Plus. The print versions are available in the Periodicals area on the
LRC-4th floor. For more information on newspapers, see this guide. See also Chronicling America: Historical American Newspapers and Onlinenewspapers.
- Tables of Contents: One way to keep informed of what is being
currently published in health, physical education, and recreation is
to browse the tables of contents of related journals in FirstSearch's ECO
(Electronic Collections Online). On the ECO page, click "Browse Journal Titles" and then, from
the "All Subject Collections," select "Recreation. Leisure [GV]" or
another relevant category. Begin browsing. Please note: ECO provides only a small amount of full text.
- Audiovisual & Other Formats: Do a search in WebOPAC.
Scroll down the results list, and scan for different formats (sound
recording, videorecording, etc.). If the list is long, you
may choose to limit the results list to sound recordings or
video recordings.
- Images: See LIFE Photo Archive.
- Reference: For general reference, see Encyclopædia
Britannica, Funk
& Wagnalls New World Encyclopedia, and the WorldAlmanac.
Choose a resource on the Librarians' Internet Index and Refdesk.com. Or, browse the GV, QT, and RA sections in the
Reference room on the LRC-4th floor.
- Biography: To find full text biographical information, see Biography Resource Center. To look for full-length biographies in WebOPAC
or in WorldCat,
do a subject search for the name of the desired person (e.g. Ashe,
Arthur). For collective biographies, do a combination subject search
for a topic or class of persons (e.g. athletes) and the word
biography. A Web site that contains biographical material
is: Biography.com. For more tips, see
this library guide.
- Statistics: Statistical information is available on such Web sites as: American
FactFinder, FedStats, Gallup,
International
Statistical Agencies, and Statistical
Abstract of America (U.S. Census Bureau).
- Library Guide: HPER
Resources
- ORU
Health, Physical Education & Recreation Department
-
Syllabi
- Faculty Resources: Provided by Oral Roberts University.
- Accrediting Organizations: North Central Association
of Colleges and Schools Higher
Learning Commission
- Professional Development: Eighth Floor
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- History, Humanities & Government Databases:
Academic Search Complete is a general database which includes indexing, abstracts,
and full text articles related to the humanities. See also American History & Life with Full Text, CountryWatch, Historical Abstracts, Humanities International Complete, Military & Government Collection, and Political Science Complete.
- Books: Search WebOPAC
for ORU holdings, or look in WorldCat or in other Oklahoma library catalogs (see "Oklahoma Libraries" on the Library homepage).
Also, browse the D,
E-F, and
J Library
of Congress class numbers either by doing a call number search for these
classifications in WebOPAC or by browsing the D-F sections on the LRC-4th
floor and the J section on the fifth floor.
- eBooks: The ORU Library now provides access to two major collections
of eBooks: NetLibrary and ebrary,
which has more than 4,600 titles in history and political science. For
more details, go to the eBooks
page and follow the directions there. Note: be sure to sign up for your
free personal accounts with both NetLibrary
and ebrary so
you can take advantage of such functions as bookmarking and notetaking. See also Google Book Search. For other eBooks, see this list
of Web sites that provide free eBooks.
- Book Reviews: You may search for book reviews in several of the
EBSCOhost databases such as Academic
Search Complete , MasterFILE Premier, and Newspaper Source
by clicking the advanced search tab, keying in the title and/or author,
and selecting "book review" as the document type. You will also find book reviews in Books
in Print. For more tips, see this guide.
- Dissertations & Theses: Do a search in WorldCat Dissertations. Or, try a keyword search for a topic such
as United States--History--Civil War in WorldCat
after setting "Subtype limits" to thesis/ dissertation. Also, try
single-word title or author searches in Dissertation
Express. For more information on finding theses, see this guide,
or try the links from the "Dissertations Please" faculty workshop handout.
- Government Documents: In the GPO
database, which provides access to U.S. government publications, do a
search for topics such as non-governmental organizations or Middle
East - Relations - United States. Then click on the detailed record
of an item of interest. In many cases, you can then link directly to the
full text. Documents not available online may be obtained through interlibrary
loan or by going to a federal depository library such as the Tulsa
City County Library. You may also want to browse GPO
Access by topic, or try GovEngine.com.
For Web-based information on government agencies, see this library guide.
- Internet Gateways: Humbul
Humanities Hub, Advanced Papyrological Advanced Information System (APIS), and American Memory.
- Internet Tutorials: Humanities
(Humbul)
- Journals (full text online, paper, CD-ROM or microform): To browse journal titles related to government, law, and public policy available full
text through the ORU Library, see this listing.
To browse journal titles related to history, see this listing.
To see if a journal is available in the ORU Library, look first in the
online journal
list. You may browse the list by title or subject, and you may search
by title or ISSN. When a title is available in paper, CD-ROM or microform
only, or when the online version does not provide the issue you need,
follow the link that says, Oral Roberts University Library Holdings.
This will take you to WebOPAC,
the Library catalog, where you may search for the journal by title and
check the subscription summaries to see the dates and formats covered.
To browse some full text journals which are freely accessible on the Web,
see the Directory of Open Access Journals (DOAJ) and Gold Rush. See also Google Scholar.
- Newspapers
(online versions): See especially Newspaper Source Plus. The print versions are available in the Periodicals area on the
LRC-4th floor. For more information on newspapers, see this guide.
See also Chronicling America: Historical American Newspapers and Onlinenewspapers.
- Tables of Contents: One way to keep informed of what is being
currently published in history, humanities, and government is to browse
the tables of contents of related journals in FirstSearch's ECO
(Electronic Collections Online). On the ECO page, click "Browse Journal
Titles" and then, from the "All Subject Collections," select a category
under "History [C,D,E-F]" or "Political Science [J]." Begin browsing.
Please note: ECO provides only a small amount of full text.
- Audiovisual & Other Formats: Do a search in WebOPAC.
Scroll down the results list, and scan for different formats (sound
recording, videorecording, etc.). If the list is long, you
may choose to limit the results list to sound recordings or video
recordings.
- Images: See LIFE Photo Archive.
- Reference: For general reference, see Encyclopædia
Britannica, Encyclopaedia Judaica, Funk
& Wagnalls New World Encyclopedia, and the WorldAlmanac.
Choose a resource on the Librarians' Internet Index or Refdesk.com. Or, browse the D-f and J sections in the Reference
room on the LRC-4th floor.
- Biography: To find full text biographical information, see Biography Resource Center. To look for full-length biographies in WebOPAC
or in WorldCat,
do a subject search for the name of the desired person (e.g. Bush,
George, 1924-). For collective biographies, do a combination subject
search for a topic or class of person (e.g. politicians) and
the word biography. A Web site that contains biographical material
is: Biography.com.
For more tips, see this library guide.
- Statistics: Statistical information is available on such Web sites as: American
FactFinder, FedStats, Gallup,
International Statistical
Agencies, and Statistical
Abstract of America (U.S. Census Bureau).
- Gray Literature: Unpublished information such as reports, preprints, and other documents are generally not indexed in the library databases. Major Web sites that lead to such literature are: Political Science Sites of Working Papers and Research Papers in Economics (RePEc).
- Library Guides: Government Resources on the Web; Government Policy Paper Resources
- ORU
History, Humanities & Government Department
-
Syllabi
- Faculty Resources: Provided by Oral Roberts University
- History, Humanities & Government Class Pages: Go to the ORU intranet, and click the course name.
- Accrediting Organizations: North Central Association
of Colleges and Schools Higher
Learning Commission
- Professional Societies: National
Social Science Association
- Professional Development: Eighth Floor
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