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Description

The Oxford African American Studies Center provides a comprehensive, scholarly resource for African American history and culture

Leads to : full text coverage of:

  • Over 5,000 biographies
  • 3,000+ subject entries
  • Key primary sources
  • 1,000+ images
  • Thematic timelines
  • 100+ charts and tables
  • Annotated list of related web sites
  • Topic exploration by era or broad subject categories
  • Learning Center with ready reference tools
  • Over 90 country profiles and thematic maps

Dates Covered

4 million B.C.E. – present; updated quarterly

Print Counterpart

Core content for database drawn from the following titles:

Africana, 2nd edition, Vol. 1-4
Encyclopedia of African American History, 1619-1895, Vol. 1-3
Encyclopedia of African American Hitory, 1895-present, Vol. 1-4
Black Women in America, 2nd edition, Vol. 1-3
African American national Biography, 2008, Vol. 1-8

Other Oxford University Press reference titles are also included in the database.

Access Notes

Off-Campus Access to Libraries resources requires a UBITName and password.