1. Welcome to a guided tour of Oxford African American Studies Center. Please click the forward arrows to advance to the next section or click on a topic in the left- hand table of contents to skip ahead. Revisit the previous section by clicking the back arrow. Next The Online Authority on the African American Experience Oxford African American Studies Center Welcome Home Featured Content Browse Search Tools and Resources Updates For More Information

2. What is Oxford African American Studies Center? The 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. The Oxford African American Studies Center provides students, scholars and librarians with more than 10,000 articles by top scholars in the field. The core content includes: Articles from: Africana, Encyclopedia of African American History, 1619-1895, Encyclopedia of African American History, 1896 to the Present, Black Women in America, Second Edition, African American National Biography AfricanaEncyclopedia of African American History, 1619-1895Encyclopedia of African American History, 1896 to the PresentBlack Women in America, Second Edition African American National Biography Timelines, lesson plans, family trees, and interviews with notable figures Content updated three times per year Welcome Home Featured Content Browse Search Tools and Resources Updates For More Information

3. Discover more about the texts available or peruse added or updated content Welcome Home Featured Content Browse Search Tools and Resources Updates For More Information Access usage statistics and the Librarian Resource Center Perform specific searches or peruse different types of available content Jump straight to expertly written lesson plans, profiles of countries that have influenced African and African- American heritage, and the full archive of Focus On essays Browse different categories of content within Oxford African American Studies Center

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6. Welcome Home Featured Content Browse Search Tools and Resources Updates For More Information A Letter from the Editor addresses topical content and directs users to content within Oxford African American Studies Center

7. Welcome Home Featured Content Browse Search Tools and Resources Updates For More Information Expert guest scholars write feature essays on items of topical note with links to enriching sources within African American Studies Center

8. Welcome Home Featured Content Browse Search Tools and Resources Updates For More Information View all timelines together, or choose to compare only a few Easily navigate to a particular year, or scroll through the years from 4 million B.C.E. to the present day Click on links to related content within African American Studies Center Seven distinct but related timelines show how events and people throughout African and African- American history are related

9. Welcome Home Featured Content Browse Search Tools and Resources Updates For More Information Henry Louis Gates Jr. interviews prominent people in the African American community

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16. Welcome Home Featured Content Browse Search Tools and Resources Updates For More Information The Learning Center offers resources for novice to senior researchers and professors Highlights the contributions of hundreds of women whose lives demonstrate the centrality of black women to American society Over 90 entries on countries, territories, and regions across the globe that have been central to the history of Africans and African Americans The entire collection of Focus On entries Expand the scope of your research using extensive bibliographies, organized by subject category for quick, focused access, from Africana and Black Women in America Each lesson plan highlights the resources available on Oxford African American Studies Center and provides discussion questions, supplementary reading suggestions, and a summary of the topic for lecture preparation Chart some of the most accomplished African American families while highlighting the reference resources available on Oxford African American Studies Center Tips, resources, testimonials, and other tools that can help teachers to enhance their students' understanding of the African American experience A catalogue of interviews with prominent African Americans A list of editorially- selected links, organized by subject, to outside sources relevant to the African- American experience

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