Friday, October 12, 2007

New Content and Features for African-American History Online


The Library’s African-American History Online database has just become a richer, more functional tool for scholarly research. Many new records and powerful features were added, including 70 historical videos, more than 60 new images, 70 new or updated maps, graphs, and tables, plus helpful new search and page options. The introduction of video into the database promises to make the study of history more visual and accessible for all learning levels. The African American Video Gallery includes footage of civil rights protests and marches, as well as historic videos of Martin Luther King, Jr. and Malcolm X. In another sequence, Marian Anderson is seen in performance at the Lincoln Memorial.

New graphic enhancements include a Tuskeegee Airman War Bonds Poster (1943) and data on the proportions of white, black, and Hispanic populations that are incarcerated (2006). And now search results can be sorted into two categories: “Biographies” and “Events and Topics” to make it easier to locate desired citations.


For more information contact: Nenita Buenaventura at nbuenaventura@lbcc.edu

Library Update #45

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