LibGuides: SP Global : Resources

Digital Films

Films on Demand - History

Films on Demand offers full-length videos covering various subjects. These films would be helpful to you for research purposes. Clips from these films could also be useful to you to show during class presentations.

Language Learning Tools

Duolingo
Duolingo is a free web source where anyone can learn a foreign language. A user name and password will need to be created.

Research Tutorials

Research Tutorials Homepage
This link will provide users with helpful tutorials for navigating some of the more commonly used databases.

Suggested Databases

Instructions for off-campus access (opens in new window)

American History Online This link opens in a new window
Search American history topics by decade, browse biographies, browse maps and charts, and more with this database.
Ancient and Medieval History Online This link opens in a new window
Search history topics from 5000 B.C. to 1500 A.D., browse biographies, browse maps and charts, and more with this database.
Films on Demand This link opens in a new window
Find documentaries and educational videos on many subjects. Includes Oscar, Emmy and Peabody award winning content.

Infotrac Newsstand
Full text access to more than 1,100 major U.S. regional, national, international and local newspapers, as well as thousands of images and radio and TV transcripts. Includes full text of The New York Times (1985-present).

Modern World History Online This link opens in a new window
Search world history topics by decade, browse biographies, browse maps and charts, and more with this database.
World History in Context This link opens in a new window
Aligned to state and national curriculum standards, World History In Context provides an overview of world history that covers the most-studied events, periods, cultures, civilizations, religions, conflicts, wars, ideologies, cultural movements, and people, spanning 5000 years with global scope.

Databases A-Z
An alphabetical listing of databases available from SPCC Libraries.

Websites

American History Timeline
Timeline of important historical events in the U.S. organized by subjects such as: states, society, world, science and culture.
The Ancient Web
General historical overview of the world's great civilizations.
EdTech Teacher-Best History Sites
This educational portal lists links to a variety of credible websites for ancient, medieval, American, modern Europe, modern, World War II, military, art, and general history.
Every Culture
A great resource with every country in the world available here. Find out about religions, arts, ethnic foods, music and much more.
globalEDGE
Information by state or county on the economy, history, government, culture and more. (Click the "Global Insights" tab on the home page.)
Historical Map Links
Links to historical maps across the world hosted by the University of Texas Libraries.
The World Factbook
This CIA resource provides "information on the history, people, government, economy, geography, communications, transportation, military, and transnational issues for 267 world entities".

Mandela: My Prisoner, My Friend

Mandela by Christo Brand; Barbara Jones
Call Number: DT 1974 .B74 2014
ISBN: 9781250055262
Publication Date: 2014
South Piedmont - OCH

The Post American World

The Post-American World by Fareed Zakaria
Call Number: CB 161 .Z34 2011
ISBN: 039308180X
Publication Date: 2011
South Piedmont - OCH

Print Book Examples

On Being Different: Diversity and Multiculturalism in the North American Mainstream by Conrad Phillip Kottak; Kathryn Kozaitis
ISBN: 9780078117015
Publication Date: 2011
GN 550 .K67 2012
South Piedmont - OCH
Twentieth-Century World by Carter Vaughn Findley; John Alexander Murray Rothney
ISBN: 0618522638
Publication Date: 2006
D 443 .F55 2006
South Piedmont - Polk
Diversity amid Globalization by Lester Rowntree; Martin Lewis; Marie Price; William Wyckoff
ISBN: 0131330462
Publication Date: 2005
G 128 .D58 2006
South Piedmont - OCH