LibGuides: The Global Scholars Distinction Program: Communications

Finding Your Country's Facts

Helpful Databases
Issues

Funk & Wagnalls New World Encyclopedia This link opens in a new window
(EBSCO) - Funk & Wagnalls New Encyclopedia database contains over 25,000 records, covering a wide range of topics. Full text and images are available.
Funded by Statewide Allocation
World Geography This link opens in a new window
(Bloomsbury) - Comprehensive, current, authoritative, accessible, and aligned, this masterful collection of resources does more than just inform—it develops students' historical understanding, information literacy, and critical thinking skills.
Funded by College (FLVC Group License)
World History (Gale OneFile) This link opens in a new window
(Gale) - Provides balanced coverage of events in world history with relevant articles updated daily - both current thinking and established scholarly work
Funded by State Library of Florida (FEL)

Credo Reference Academic Core This link opens in a new window
(Credo Reference) - Students looking up current events and controversial topics benefit from the Real-time Reference featured search category, which provides frequently-updated, credible background information on issues unfolding in the headlines. With more than 700 searchable, full-text titles from 100+ publishers, Credo covers every major subject.
Funded by College (FLVC Group License)
Global Issues (Gale in Context) This link opens in a new window
(Gale) - Offers global perspectives on issues of international importance and current world events and topics in the news related to these issues. Not a pro and con database, Global Issues in Context ties together a variety of sources to present a rich analysis of issues – social, political, military, economic, environmental, science related, health related, cultural – and headlines in world hot spots. It provides information seekers with a framework to better understand 21st-century issues and events while highlighting global connections and the interdependence of all nations.
Funded by College (FLVC Group License)
Issues and Controversies This link opens in a new window
(Infobase Publishing) - Offers a wealth of current topics research information, including pro/con discussions of hot issues, newspaper editorials, numerical snapshots of key topics, photos and graphics, and selected historical source documents.
Funded by College (FLVC Group License)
World Religions: Belief, Culture, and Controversy This link opens in a new window
(Bloomsbury) - World Religions: Belief, Culture, and Controversy
Funded by College (FLVC Group License)

Videos to Help You Brainstorm Topics

The Tea Trail

Maids" Docile and Invisible

The "Maids: Docile and Invisible" video has a Warning: Viewer Discretion Advised Some content in this video may be objectionable. This video contains violent images.

If you want to view videos to get ideas on countries to research, have a look at Films on Demand:

Films on Demand This link opens in a new window
(Films Media Group) - Streaming video from large and small production companies covering a wide range of subjects to enhance college courses. These videos include public performance rights that allow them to be used in the educational setting.
Funded by College (FLVC Group License)

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Help with APA Citations

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APA guide

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