The MLA International Bibliography offers a detailed bibliography of journal articles, books, and dissertations. Produced by the Modern Language Association (MLA), the electronic version of the bibliography dates back to the 1920s and contains over 1.8 million citations from more than 4,400 journals & series, and 1,000 book publishers.
The library subscribes to the Arts & Sciences I, Arts & Sciences II, Arts & Sciences III, and Business IV collections. JSTOR provides access to back issues of core journals in the humanities, social sciences, and sciences. The complete backfiles of these journals have been digitized, many of which began in the 1800s. JSTOR's agreement with publishers includes an updating provision referred to as a "moving wall." The moving wall is a fixed period of time ranging, in most cases, from 2 to 5 years, that defines the gap between the most recently published issue of any journal and the date of the most recent issue available in JSTOR.
This service covers free, full text, quality controlled scientific and scholarly journals. As of February 2016, the Directory contains 11,280 journals, of which 7,015 are searchable on the article level.
Literary Reference Center is a full-text database that combines information from major respected reference works, books, and literary journals as well as original content from EBSCO Publishing. Literary Reference Center includes thousands of plot summaries, synopses, and work overviews; articles of literary criticism; author biographies; full text of over 430 literary journals; book reviews; classic and contemporary poems and short stories; full text of over 7,000 classic novels; author interviews; and images of key literary figures.
Use the search box below to search for books and eBooks in OU's library catalog.
Digitized Books
NoveList Plus is an online readers' advisory tool that helps readers find new books and audiobooks based on books they've read or on topics in which they are interested. NoveList Plus provides enhanced subject access to thousands of fiction and nonfiction titles along with book reviews or annotations.
The eBook Academic Collection from EBSCO contains a selection of multidisciplinary eBook titles representing a broad range of academic subject matter. Over 119,000 titles are included in this package, and titles are added to the package each month at no additional cost. All titles are available with unlimited user access.
Book Collection: Nonfiction is a cross-curricular research database that contains abstracts and searchable full text for more than 4,000 popular nonfiction books for youth on core subject areas, as well as information on careers, health, sports, adventure, technology, life skills, and more. It provides content representing a wide spectrum of works, including popular series from top book publishers such as Allosaurus Publishers, Bess Press, Inc., Branden Publishing, Capstone Press, Compass Point Books, Fulcrum Publishing, Lerner Publishing Group, Mason Crest Publishers, Morgan Reynolds, Inc., Morning Glory Press, Oliver Press, Rourke Publishing, LLC and Stackpole Books.
From a single interface, researchers can access over 810,000 ebooks and 1,350 imprints from more than 650 publishers. On average, 100,000 newly published titles are added each year from leading publishers to help libraries build dynamic collections that meet the unique needs of their community of researchers.
To sign up for the New York Times:
Step 1: Visit to www.accessnyt.com
Step 2: Search and select "Oglethorpe University" (you will be redirected to the NYT registration page)
Step 3: Click "Create Account" and complete fields; you must use your oglethorpe.edu email (if you already have an account linked to your Oglethorpe email address, click "Already have an account")
Step 4: Verify your account (you will receive a confirmation email)
(You have access to all of the NYT apps, too.)
To sign up for the Wall Street Journal:
Step 1: Visit https://partner.wsj.com/enter-redemption-code/OGLEf5uhh80j
Step 2: Choose your category and enter your name and Oglethorpe email address
Step 3: Verify your account (you will receive a confirmation email)
(You have access to the WSJ app, too.)
To sign up for the Chronicle of Higher Education:
Step 1: Visit http://www.chronicle.com
Step 2: If you don’t have an account, create an account with your Oglethorpe email address and follow instructions
Step 3: If you do have an account, simply log in and it should sync with our access