Librarian
Shannon Tennant
she/her/hers
Contact:
Belk Library 218
Office Hours:
Carlton Commons, Wednesdays 12-1
Office Hours:
Carlton Commons, Wednesdays 12-1
336-278-6585
Film sources
- Films on Demand Video Collection This link opens in a new windowThousands of videos, mostly educational and documentaries, about every topic. Includes films from PBS and HBO.
- Docuseek This link opens in a new windowDocuseek streams essential independent, social-issue and environmental films to colleges and universities, providing exclusive access to content from renowned leaders in documentary film distribution, including Bullfrog, Icarus, and First Run Features.
¡Bienvenidos!
Red shows countries where Spanish is the official language; blue where Spanish is an official co-language
This guide will help you learn about the countries where your conversation partners are from!
Background Information
It will help to talk to someone in another country if you know a little about the history and culture! Check out these resources for background information.
- Credo This link opens in a new windowCredo is an easy-to-use tool for starting research. Gather background information on your topic from hundreds of full-text encyclopedias, dictionaries, quotations, and subject-specific titles, as well as 500,000+ images and audio files and over 1,000 videos.
- CIA World FactbookGood basic statistics about economy, demographics, and geography.
- Countries, peoples and their cultures - Central & South AmericaFor each country, there is a 20-page country profile including colorful maps, and 10 categories of information: General Information; Environment & Geography; Customs & Courtesies; Lifestyle; Cultural History; Culture; Society; Social Development; Government; and Economy. Each profile also includes full color photographs, valuable tables of information including fun “Do You Know?” facts, and a comprehensive Bibliography.
- Countries and their CulturesAn encyclopedia that examines over 200 countries. Includes information about religion, sports, food, demographics, and all aspects of culture.
- Culture and Customs SeriesThey're a little bit old, but there's a book for your country!
- Global Road Warrior This link opens in a new windowGlobal Road Warrior is a country-by-country resource for learning about culture, customs, history, and language worldwide. It consists of 174 country guides of 119 topics each. Global Road Warrior can be used to research issues in international and cross-cultural studies, international business, the social sciences, women’s studies, language studies, and study abroad programs.
More Data
- Passport (Euromonitor) This link opens in a new windowOffers integrated access to statistics, market reports, company profiles and information sources. 205 countries are researched.
- Statista This link opens in a new windowStatistics, studies and reports from over 18,000 sources. Includes data from businesses, government departments, market research concerns or associations and more.
- Pew Research Center Global Attitudes & TrendsPew not only does excellent reporting on statistics and public opinion in the US (check out their great research on Hispanics) but they also survey people from all over the world about global issues. Search your country in the box.
Search for information
Search Belk Library's online system to find both library materials and articles in our databases. Use the search box below to do a basic search on library materials and databases.
Article Databases
- Communication & Mass Media Complete This link opens in a new windowCMMC offers full text and cover-to-cover indexing and abstracts for journals covering communication, mass media, linguistics, discourse, rhetoric, sociolinguistics, communication theory, language, logic, organizational communication and other closely related fields of study.
- Hispanic American Periodicals Index This link opens in a new windowAuthoritative, worldwide information about Central and South America, Mexico, the Caribbean basin, the United States-Mexico border region, and Hispanics in the United States.
- Sociological Abstracts This link opens in a new windowIndex and abstracts of sociology, anthropology, criminology, demography, education law and penology, race relations, social psychology and urban studies. 1963-
- Historical Abstracts This link opens in a new windowHistorical Abstracts covers modern world history (excluding the United States and Canada which are covered in America: History and Life) from 1450 to the present.
- JSTORThousands of full-text articles on every topic. Use the check boxes to select the subjects you need - for example History, Language & Literature, or African Studies. You can limit to French by using the drop-down menu.