Transcript Oxford African American Studies Center

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About the Guided Tour
1. Navigating the Home
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Searching
Viewing Search Results
Browsing
Entry Structure
Timelines
Links
Learning Center
9. Site Help
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ABOUT THE GUIDED TOUR
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The home page allows
the user to navigate
quickly and intuitively
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Available on every
page, the navigation
bar lets you quickly
search or browse a
variety of content
types
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Quick Search is
accessible from
every page within
the site
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Focus On: A
collection of articles,
essays, images and
editorially-selected
links on a topic or
individual relevant to
African American
studies
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NAVIGATING THE HOME PAGE
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Conduct searches
within biographies,
images and multimedia,
primary sources, or
bibliographies
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SEARCHING
Filters, including era
and thematic
category, allow you
to refine your search
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Biography Search:
search over 5,000
biographies of
prominent figures in the
study of the African
American experience
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times, and places of
birth and death,
locate information on
people based on…
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BIOGRAPHY SEARCH
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Biography Search:
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biographies of
prominent figures in the
study of the African
American experience
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BIOGRAPHY SEARCH
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…Place of Origin,
Activity/Profession,
and more!
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biographies from
specific eras or
thematic categories
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Image Search: search an
expanding collection of
over 1,750 images and
multimedia including
video clips, maps,
charts, and tables
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image and
multimedia titles,
captions, and
sources
IMAGE & MULTIMEDIA SEARCH
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thematic category
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Primary Source Search:
search an expanding
collection of primary
sources, including
speeches, essays, legal
documents, and more,
each accompanied by
specially written
commentaries providing
insightful context
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document
information: title,
author, date or date
range, document
type, commentary
text, and more
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PRIMARY SOURCE SEARCH
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Bibliography Search
enables the user to
search over 30,000
bibliographic citations
and discover new
research paths
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based on author
name, work or
journal title,
publisher, publication
year, and a range of
other criteria
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Search results are
clearly organized to
make finding content
simple
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Search Results can
be viewed together
or filtered by
content type
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Source and entry
type are prominently
displayed for all
search results
VIEWING SEARCH RESULTS
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Search results are
clearly organized to
make finding
content simple
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Print or Email your
search results
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search results by
filtering based on
Era or thematic
Category and subcategory
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Browse thousands of
available entries based
on a variety of criteria
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BROWSING
Browse based
on a specific
Era, Topic or
Region
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particular content
type, or jump
immediately to
entries beginning
with a specific letter
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Source information
and entry type are
prominently
displayed for entries
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Get the most out of
article content with a
wide range of features
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ENTRY STRUCTURE
Print, email, or cite
using ProCite™,
RefWorks™,
EndNote™ or
ReferenceManager™
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Highlight any word
and perform an
expanded search
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Highlight your
original search term
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Article information
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Related Content
points users to similar
articles within the site
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Get the most out of
article content with a
wide range of features
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Bibliography
provides additional
avenues for research
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OpenURL enables
you to locate a work
in your library’s
online catalog
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Timelines allow you to
navigate
chronologically
through African
American and related
history
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Select a single
timeline, or compare
many side-by-side
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Events are
hyperlinked to
relevant articles
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Editorially-selected
links help guide further
research into areas
including Arts and
Leisure, Business and
Labor, Education,
Government and
Politics, History,
Religion and
Spirituality, Science
and Medicines, and
Statistical Resources
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The Learning Center is
a collection of learning
and teaching resources
editorially-designed to
help guide users as
they explore the AASC
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Featuring Black
Women in America
highlights the
centrality of black
women to American
society
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Country Maps and
Vital Statistics
include over 90
entries on countries,
territories, and
regions
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The Learning Center is
a collection of learning
and teaching resources
editorially-designed to
help guide users as
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“Focus On” features
are archived in
Features of the
Month
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Further Reading
offers extensive
subject
bibliographies
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Context-sensitive help
is available throughout
the site
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