Ed.D. Library Resources: Welcome

Welcome to the Doctoral of Education program at Houston Christian University. The librarians have prepared this guide for you in the hopes that it will be your one-stop shop for your library research needs. As you can see from the tabs, we have a number of resources at your disposal and we hope you will take advantage of them. You can contact us in a variety of ways as noted in the box on the left. Also, please note the days and times when the librarians are available:

• Monday through Friday: 8am - 5pm
• Monday and Thursday: 5pm - 9pm

Also, be sure to use the services of the Center for Research & Doctoral Studies. The university now has a Writing Center. 

We look forward to serving you.

Best regards,

Dean M. Riley
Senior Librarian
 

This PDF contains slides and notes for the Ed.D presentation given to the doctoral cohort on 4 April 2024.

DARIUS is HCU's institutional repository for dissertations and theses. DARIUS is named for the Persian king named in the book of Ezra. Chapters four through six (see 6:1 in particular) make an interesting story of a search through the royal archives.

DARIUS is a digital service that collects, preserves, and distributes digital dissertations and theses. It provides free, worldwide open access to the research, scholarship, and creative works of HCU's researchers and students. As far as it is known in Baptist circles, only Baylor and HCU have this type of archive. Our repository is an important tool for preserving HCU's legacy of scholarly communication and is a work in progress. Current programs with published works going into DARIUS include:

• Ed.D in Executive Leadership
• Ed.D in Special Education
• Ed.D in Mental Health Leadership (New degree. First dissertations due in May 2022)
• Master of Arts in Psychology
• ...and more are coming.

Current students wishing to submit new content, please contact your dissertation or thesis advisor.