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American National Biography & African American Studies Center for Museums (MLAG member libraries)

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American Dictionary of National Biography Online is a source of information about over 19,000 people from all eras who have influenced and shaped American history and culture. The Oxford African American Studies Center is the online authority on the African American experience.

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Subject Areas

  • Arts and Humanities

Academic Levels

  • Undergraduate
  • Postgraduate
  • Research

Resource Types

  • e-books
  • databases with full text
  • research materials
  • reference works

Further information

This resource is updated irregularly.

American National Biography Online:

In quarterly updates, ANB Online will be steadily enhanced with new entries, additional illustrations, updated bibliographies, and corrections or modifications in previously published entries.

African American Studies Center:

The publisher will be updating the site three to four times a year with new content and with revisions to existing articles. Updates will include articles from forthcoming print publications as well as content commissioned specifically for online publication. In addition, the editors will provide bi-monthly Focus On features on a topic of current or historical interest. This Focus On feature will be freely available to all visitors to the site.