The resources located on this page are a guide to help get the research process started. These resources are legitimate, authoritative and the types of resources your instructor, Dr. Dawn Herd-Clark, would like you to use for your presentation assignment. This page focuses on Modern American History, specifically, events, people, places in United States history since 1865.
Please contact your Plant City campus librarian if you need any assistance with finding appropriate sources for this assignment.
Primary sources are original documents or artifacts created during the time under study. Historians rely on primary sources to gain insight into the known past, and to provide substantiating evidence and support for their interpretations. The secondary source is the article or book (monograph) written by the historian.
Examples of Primary Sources include:
HCC Libraries have two video formats now available for student use for history topics: DVDs and Streaming.
The HCC Plant City campus library have some DVDs on historical topics available for check-out. The loan period for DVDs is 7 days.
Eyes on the prize : America's civil rights years, 1954-1965 by See the box below for streaming video information. For access, you need to be logged into the HCC Libraries Online system.
The following books are just an example of some of the resources that are available in the HCC Plant City campus library. For an exhaustive list of sources, please use the HCC Libraries Online Catalog.
Political History of the United States of America During the Period of Reconstruction by 
Carpetbaggers, Cavalry, and the Ku Klux Klan by 
The Republic for Which It Stands: the United States during Reconstruction and the Gilded Age, 1865-1896 by The following books are just an example of some of the resources that are available in the HCC Plant City campus library. For an exhaustive list of sources, please use the HCC Libraries Online Catalog.
Edward Condon's Cooperative Vision: Science, Industry, and Innovation in Modern America by 
An All-Consuming Century: why commercialism won in modern America by 
Taking Flight: the foundations of American commercial aviation, 1918-1938 by 
From Main Street to Mall by 
The Rebuilding of Old Commonwealths by 
American Dreams in Mississippi: consumers, poverty & culture, 1830-1998 by An All-Consuming Century: why commercialism won in modern America by 
Ads, Fads and Consumer Culture: advertising's impact on American character and society by The following books are just an example of some of the resources that are available in the HCC Plant City campus library. For an exhaustive list of sources, please use the HCC Libraries Online Catalog.
The Darkest Year: the American home front 1941-1942 by 
Japanese-American Internment During World War II by 
The African American Experience During World War II by 
Freedom from Fear by 
The Accidental President: Harry S. Truman and the four months that changed the world by 
World War II and Mexican American Civil Rights by The following books are just an example of some of the resources that are available in the HCC Plant City campus library. For an exhaustive list of sources, please use the HCC Libraries Online Catalog.
A Short History of the U. S. Working Class by 
Free Labor: The Civil War and the Making of an American Working Class by The following books are just an example of some of the resources that are available in the HCC Plant City campus library. For an exhaustive list of sources, please use the HCC Libraries Online Catalog.
Race in the American South: from slavery to civil rights by World War II and Mexican American Civil Rights by The following books are just an example of some of the resources that are available in the HCC Plant City campus library. For an exhaustive list of sources, please use the HCC Libraries Online Catalog.
Brothers: the hidden history of the Kennedy years by 
Cold War Games: propaganda, the Olympics, and U.S. foreign policy by The following books are just an example of some of the resources that are available in the HCC Plant City campus library. For an exhaustive list of sources, please use the HCC Libraries Online Catalog.
Rethinking Sustainable Development by 
Education and Social Change by These databases are additional history related databases where you can find many types of sources to include videos, images, audio clips, articles, etc.
The following websites provide credible sources in the format of articles, images and primary sources documents. Unless deemed copyright free and in the public domain, the information used from these sources must be cited.
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