My Account Log in

1 option

Oxford African American studies center : the online authority on the African American experience.

Oxford African American Studies Center Available

View online

Penn's subscription allows up to 3 simultaneous users at a time.

Format:
Database & Article Index
Website/Database
Contributor:
Gates, Henry Louis, Jr.
Sabin W. Colton, Jr., Memorial Fund.
Language:
English
Subjects (All):
African Americans--History--Databases.
African Americans.
African Americans--Biography--Databases.
African Americans--Biography.
African Americans--Study and teaching.
History.
African Americans--Study and teaching--Databases.
Genre:
Databases.
Electronic reference sources.
Physical Description:
1 online resource
polychrome
Other Title:
Oxford AASC
African American studies center
AASC
Place of Publication:
New York : Oxford University Press, 2006-
System Details:
Mode of access: World Wide Web.
text file
Summary:
Comprehensive collection of scholarship focused on the lives and events which have shaped African American and African history and culture, coupled with precise search and browse capabilities. Features more than 10,000 articles by top scholars in the field, over 1,750 images, more than 300 primary sources with specially written commentaries, nearly 150 maps, 150 charts and tables, and over 6,000 biographies. The core content includes: Africana: the encyclopedia of the African and African American experience, second ed.; Encyclopedia of African American history, 1619-1895; Encyclopedia of African American history, 1896 to the present; Black women in America, second ed.; African American national biography.
Contents:
Africana
Encyclopedia of African American history
Black women in America
African American national biography.
Notes:
Title from opening screen (viewed July 28, 2006).
Henry Louis Gates, Jr., editor-in-chief.
Local Notes:
Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Sabin W. Colton, Jr., Memorial Fund.
Contains:
Africana.
Encyclopedia of African American history, 1619-1895.
Encyclopedia of African American history, 1896 to the present.
Black women in America.
African American national biography.
OCLC:
70721448
Access Restriction:
Restricted for use by site license.

The Penn Libraries is committed to describing library materials using current, accurate, and responsible language. If you discover outdated or inaccurate language, please fill out this feedback form to report it and suggest alternative language.

Find

Home Release notes

My Account

Shelf Request an item Bookmarks Fines and fees Settings

Guides

Using the Find catalog Using Articles+ Using your account