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ED402 Liberal Studies Capstone: Education & Liberal Studies Resources

Find resources on various education-related aspects of another culture, the implications for teachers in California schools with a Biblical perspective

Education / Liberal Studies Resources

EDUCATION & LIBERAL STUDIES

LIBRARY RESOURCES

Education students can learn how to make use of the Robert L. Powell Library and its resources with the instructional videos found on the library web site under “Using the Library”. They may also learn how to make use of many of the databases listed below with our subscription to “Niche Academy” video tutorials.

The subscription databases available through the Powell Library providing information related to various aspects of the Education field are these:

  • Children’s Literature Review: Presents full text literary criticism on writers and illustrators for children and young adults.
  • Education Today (Salem Reference): Contains Issues, Policies & Practices
  • Educator's Reference Complete (Gale OneFile): Quickly access articles from scholarly journals and other trusted periodicals. Includes Topic Finder, Subject Guide Search, and Publication Search.
  • ERIC (EBSCO): Education Resource Information Center, provides access to education literature and resources. 
  • ERIC Thesaurus: A list of terms representing research topics in the field of education. Terms in the ERIC Thesaurus represent the vocabulary used in the documents that comprise the ERIC digital library collection.
  • MAS Reference eBook Collection: This ebook reference collection offers a rich selection of eBook titles covering a broad range of general reference subjects for high school students.
  • MAS Ultra: Contains full text of nearly 500 popular, high school magazines. It also provides full text reference books, biographies, primary source documents and an Image Collection of photos, maps & flags.
  • Primary Search: Provides full text for more than 70 popular magazines for elementary school research as far back as 1990. Articles included are assigned Lexile indicators.
  • Primary Search Reference eBook Collection: This ebook reference collection offers a rich selection of eBook titles covering a broad range of general reference subjects for primary school students.
  • ProQuest Dissertations: The world's most comprehensive collection of dissertations and theses.

A Research Guide for the Education discipline has been prepared. It contains the above databases as well as information on Open Access and Web Resources. It also provides instructions for Accessing Library Resources, Evaluating Resources, Book Scanning Service, InterLibrary Loan Services, Bloom’s Taxonomy, and Subject Authority Schemes.

In addition, students may search the Discovery catalog to find millions of resources on Education and related subjects. While the Powell Library will not have all the resources found, we do offer an InterLibrary Loan Service, which allows students to request needed items at no cost to them. The Powell Library also offers a Book Scanning Service, especially useful to Online students, for selected pages/chapters of a needed book held by the Powell Library.

While TMU students cannot access other libraries’ subscription databases through the Powell Library, many university libraries and certainly all public libraries do allow locals to acquire a library card thereby granting them access to their respective collections.

Last updated September 2025.