Reference books are a good place to start...

The Source: A Guidebook of American Genealogy  REF. CS 49 .S65 1997
The Researcher’s Guide to American Genealogy  REF. CS 47 G73
South Carolina Women  REF. CT 3260 B62 1991
Encyclopedia of Southern Culture  REF. F 209 .E53 1989
Seeing Spartanburg  REF. F 279 S7 R33 1999

To search for books...

Library catalog: UNICORN
        Suggested subject terms:  South Carolina, Spartanburg, Genealogy

Full text books online: eBooks

To search for journal, magazine and newspaper articles...
Note - If off campus use the Off Campus Database Subject list.
Enter full SCC email address (yourusername@sccsc.edu) in the username field and portal password in the password field, then select subject category from the top of the page.

Gale Databases  (journal, magazine and newspaper articles)
Biography Resource Center (biographical essays)

Internet sites...

South Carolina Websites
http://library.sccsc.edu/handouts/scinfo.htm
List of South Carolina websites

Libraries and Historical Societies

Local Area Libraries
Local Area Libraries
List of local South Carolina Libraries

South Carolina Archives
http://www.sciway.net/lib/archives.html
List of South Carolina Library Archives. Some of the archives have links to information about the community's history and historic sites.

Historical Societies on the Internet
http://www.indianahistory.org/
Indiana Historical Society

South Carolina Preservation Associations
http://www.preservationdirectory.com/PreservationOrganizationsResources/OrganizationListings.aspx?catid=3
List of South Carolina Historical Societies put together by the Preservation Directory. Select South Carolina from the drop down box.

Documenting the American South
http://www.docsouth.unc.edu
This collection of primary resources about the culture, literature, and history of the American South was created by and is primarily from the holdings of the University Libraries of the University of North-Carolina-Chapel Hill.  Read first-person narratives of women, slaves, and soldiers; discover Southern literary works dating from the Colonial period;  and listen to interviews on topics such as civil rights and politics.

Interviews: Oral History

Using Oral History
http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/ndlpedu/lessons/oralhist/ohhome.html
Site put together by the Library of Congress. Gives definition of what social history is and guidelines for conducting an oral history interview.

Planning and Conducting an Oral History Interview
http://www2.library.ucla.edu/libraries/cohr/6283.cfm
Part of the UCLA Oral History Program. Provides an outline for planning and conducting an oral history interview. 

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