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African-American History Online

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An In-depth and Visually Appealing Research Tool

Exploring more than 500 years of the African-American experience, African-American History Online offers many exciting features, including more than 85 historical videos that bring history to life. The extensively hyperlinked entries in this comprehensive database include subject entries, primary sources, images and videos, general and topic-specific timelines, biographies, maps and charts, and more. Users can search for entries by keyword or phrase or browse by topic and by time period—from eight historical periods relevant specifically to African-American history. In addition, biographies can be browsed by occupation and primary sources by type.


Highlights:

  • Complete coverage: more than 500 years of the African-American experience
  • Overview era essays: overview essays outlining time periods
  • Unique Topic Centers: specially selected entries on different eras of African-American history help users find a starting point for their research
  • Authoritative source list: full and partial text from a wealth of print titles.

Features:

  • Biographies
  • Events and topics
  • Primary sources
  • General timeline of more than 500 years of African-American history, updated monthly
  • Subject-specific timelines
  • Image and video galleries 
  • Maps and charts
  • The Exhibit of American Negroes, Paris 1900: a reconstruction of highlights from an exhibit at the 1900 Paris World's Fair by W.E.B. DuBois
  • "Editor's Selection of the Month"
  • "Focus on History through Video" feature with video gallery
  • Dictionary
  • "Did You Mean...?" search feature
  • Persistent record links
  • Examples of full citations in MLA, Chicago Manual of Style, and APA styles.

--------- African-American History Online Facts On File 01/01/2000

"...authoritative...very useful for students, teachers, and librarians."


American Reference Books Annual

"...easy to navigate and authoritative. Highly recommended."
Choice

"...pulls together a variety of material and packages it into one attractive resource."
Booklist

"This online encyclopedia ambitiously aims to explore all aspects of the African American experience, from the past to the present...with impressive results. Even obscure topics ignored by other resources are covered here...makes some insightful connections...an excellent resource for school and public libraries and is highly recommended for them."
Library Journal

"Recommended."
The Book Report

"...a thorough subject encyclopedia in coverage...the synergy of all the various components...provides students and researchers with a rich web of information."
Electronic Resources Review

"...a detailed overview...contains a vast amount of information...effective for research in a social studies class."
Infotech

"...the Facts On File databases...have a clear, intuitive, easy-to-use and understand interface...the Facts On File databases, with their reference book resources, their collection of maps and images, and the number of videos included, is a great value for its subscription price. I like the special resources, like posters, tent cards and web page icons...I also appreciate how easy it was to download MARC records for my library's OPAC program."


Paul Zaccagnino, Salesian High School, New Rochell

"...highly recommended for small and medium-sized public, academic, and school libraries...easy to use...extremely student-friendly."
Booklist

"...very useful for students, teachers, and librarians."


American Reference Books Annual

"...browseable and attractive...very useful...a gorgeous update on an already superlative...database."
VOYA

"...offers a tremendous amount of information on the African American experience over the last 500 years...Clearly organized and easy to use, this is an excellent resource for student research."
KLIATT

"This is a very thorough online subject encyclopedia…The breadth and coverage make this a definite recommendation for those interested in Black Studies."
MultiCultural Review