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The online authority on the African American experience...
Oxford African American Studies Center
'An unprecedented 11...a remarkable achievement in accessible scholarship' - Library Journal
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The award-winning Oxford African American Studies Center combines the authority of carefully-edited reference works with sophisticated technology to create the most comprehensive collection of scholarship available online to focus on the lives and events which have shaped African American and African history and culture.
A unique and dynamic user-friendly resource...
—Unrivalled access to the full text of the highly-acclaimed 5-volume Africana, the new 3-volume Encyclopedia of African American History, 1619-1895 and the 3-volume Black Women in America
—Explore over 7,500 articles by top scholars in the field, and discover the lives of over 5,000 men and women who made an impact on African
American history
—Charts, tables, and graphs provide information on everything from demographics to government, politics, business, education, and the arts
—Thematic timlines guide users through the history of African Americans in Sports, Business and Labor, Military History, Women's History, Literature, and Africa and the Diaspora
—Primary source documents, with specially-written commentaries, take users through the personal and public histories of African Americans
—Over 1,000 images visually enhance the articles on the site
—More than 90 country and territory maps, and thematic maps highlight major events - from the Civil War to the Civil Rights Movement
—Learning resources are available to aid research at any
level, and to help education professionals incorporate the Oxford African American Studies Center into their teaching
—Regular updates include new content, and revisions to existing articles
—Print editions of the multi-volume works that are included in the Oxford African American Studies Center are available for purchase from OUP or from your preferred supplier
Excellent functionality and an invaluable research resource...
—Quick search by name or word from every web page
—Advanced search options offer control over the results and range of search - use multiple fields, such as biographies, images, primary source documents, and bibliographies, along with Boolean search operators and wildcards
—Browse
by content type - choose to start your research with biographies, subject entries, primary resources, charts and tables, images, and maps
—Extensive cross-references increase research possibilities, and provide an alternative way to browse the full text
—Entries can be printed and emailed to colleagues and friends
—Links to external resources on African American history and culture are organised by subject category to help users expand their research
—Export citations automatically to Procite(TM), Endnote (TM), and Reference Manager (TM)
Subscriber services include...
—Extensive online help and excellent customer and technical support
—Detailed usage statistics allow you to track how often
your users are accessing the Oxford African American Studies Center
—OpenURL compliance enables you users to query your library catalogue with bibliographic information
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"An unprecedented 11...a remarkable achievement in accessible scholarship" - Library Journal "There's not enough space to extol Oxford African American Studies Center's virtues sufficiently...Because it is so extraordinary, the resource makes it necessary this once to raise the usual rating scale of 1 to 10 to an unprecedented 11!...A remarkable achievement in accessible scholarship, Oxford African American Studies Center is strongly recommended for all libraries" - Library Journal "Design and navigation are well thought out: there seems to be very little Oxford hasn't considered in making the site easy to navigate and use...Recommended for high-school, public and academic libraries." - Mary
Ellen Quinn, Booklist/Reference Books Bulletin
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Winner of the 2006 Besterman McColvin award for Best Electronic Reference Work Library Journal Best Reference 2006 'outstanding work of reference published in electronic format' at the ISG (CILIP) / BookData Reference Awards 2006
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