UDiscover and many databases include the ability to search for for online full text options. Look for links to full text in search results.
University journals and faculty-submitted scholarship can be found in eCommons, along with digitized resources from the U.S. Catholic Special Collection, Marian Library, and University Archives.
The UD Libraries are here to support students in online and hybrid Religious Studies programs. Interlibrary loan (ILL), OhioLINK, and ebook acquisitions are all options if you need to access print materials in print for your research.
If an ILL request isn't possible or a book is needed sooner than shipping allows, we can acquire an ebook alternative if one is available. Please contact Henry Handley, the collections liaison librarian for Religious Studies, about options. The Libraries may lend circulating books to UD students by mail with a prepaid return envelope as a last resort.
To request print books in Roesch or the Marian Library for local delivery, or scans of articles and book chapters, students should use their local library to make an interlibrary loan request to the University of Dayton Libraries Students should note that they are a remote UD student in the request.
Please note it may take several weeks for books to arrive depending on shipping times and local processing. Electronic scans of articles and chapters typically take less time, and often within a few days.
Print materials in Roesch Library and at other universities that participate in the OhioLINK consortium can be picked up at any participating institution (check the list or view a map here). Detailed instructions for borrowing below come from the Catalog and Online Borrowing FAQ:
Find the desired book or item in the OhioLINK Central Catalog. The system looks for an available copy and selects a lending library.
Click REQUEST THIS ITEM.
Select the University of Dayton as your institution.
Fill in your name and UD ID number.
Select where you want to pick up the item. You can pick up the item at any participating OhioLINK library that is convenient.
The system validates the request and sends the request to the lending library.
The item will be delivered within several weekdays to the pickup location you requested.
Some schools send a courtesy email notification when the item is ready to pick up
