INSTITUTIONAL RESOURCES AND SERVICES

Adjacent Research Facilities

University Library
The SCU Library, located in the C.H. Springer Building's lower level, provides students and faculty a common ground for interaction, reading, and access to nearly 30,000 resources in a variety of formats. The collection is searchable using the automated catalog with internet access available to students via the computer lab or wireless access. Professional assistance with research is available by e-mail or phone. Students, faculty, staff, and guests are issued a SCU Library card. Through a partnership with the Oklahoma Department of Libraries and Oklahoma Regents for Higher Education, the SCU Library provides online databases (accessible on site and remotely) and also issues and recognizes the OK Share Card Program, all further expanding in state research capabilities. Links to databases and resources are available on the webpage and blog, further supporting the academic work of SCU students. It is home to The Pentecostal Research Collection (PRC) features book by and about the Pentecostal and Charismatic movements, the Noel Brooks Collection (NBC), SCU Archives (ARC) and historic displays of the university are also featured in the SCU Library.

SNU Library. The R.T. Williams Memorial Library on the campus of Southern Nazarene University (Bethany, OK) is available for use by all Southwestern students. Over 100,000 volumes and more than 600 periodicals are available to students.

Oral Roberts University. The finest Pentecostal library and resources in the world are available to the students of the Graduate School through ORU. Located in Tulsa, approximately 96 miles from the campus of the Graduate School, the vast holdings of the John D. Messick Learning Resources Center are graciously made available to the students in the Graduate School of Southwestern Christian University. The library holdings include approximately 700,000 books, periodicals, pamphlets, microforms, video cassettes, audio tapes, and slides.

Archive Facilities

The Holy Spirit Research Collection is a non-circulation collection at ORU containing items tracing the history and development of the Pentecostal and Charismatic Movements. It contains 12,000 volumes, periodicals, 5,000 audio tapes and 250 video tapes, plus approximately 5,000 uncatalogued audio tapes

IPHC ARCHIVE and RESEARCH CENTER. This center, located in the IPHC Resource Development Center (Bethany, OK), is a state of the art facility that houses the most comprehensive collection of materials produced by or about the International Pentecostal Holiness Church. The Center collects, organizes and preserves materials that show the origin, history, and theology of the denomination. The collection allows restricted use of print media, photographs, videos, Cd-roms, etc., in the Reading Room. Selected digital copies and online reference assistance are available via the Internet.