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The Oxford African American Studies Center--April 08 Research Spotlight
Enjoy new online access to important works about the African-American experience (1500s- present), through The Oxford African American Studies Center (AASC), the April 2008 KSL Research Spotlight.
This new database offers a rich experience of history, biographies, encyclopedia to multi-volume sets like Africana, with:
- text
- images
- maps & vital statistics
- multimedia
- charts & tables
- timelines
- primary sources, and more.
Example: Timelines has sections for Women's History, Business & Labor, Sports, Military History, Literature, General, and more—select & search by years, decades, or centuries! Features (under Learning Center) has an array of research topics from Hip Hop to Kwanzaa, or Jazz Greats to Jim Crow Justice.
The KSL Research Spotlight is always easy to find from the KSL homepage:
Use the left sidebar for Research Tools; mouseover it to find online resources like the Research Spotlight (plus the database list, ejournal list, ebooks & more.)
Research Databases require a network computer connection (on campus) or
VPN that is logged on with your Case network ID & password if you are on wireless or off-campus.
Posted by Karen Oye on April 1, 2008 06:25 PM
