An American Mosaic Online Resource
The African American Experience (AAE) is a full-text digital resource exploring the history and culture of African Americans, as well as the greater Black Diaspora.
Wide-ranging and easy-to-use, AAE is the definitive electronic research tool for African American history and culture from one of the most respected publishers in the field. Its two primary goals: to provide rock-solid information from authorities in the field, and to allow African Americans to speak for themselves through a wealth of primary sources. Drawing on over 400 volumes, and designed under the guidance of leading librarians of color, this database gives voice to the black experience from its African origins to the present day.
Benefits
- Expands Your Collection: Features access to full-text content from more than 400 titles, 3,000 slave narratives, over 2000 images, 5,000 primary sources, and 250 vetted Web sites
- Provides Trustworthy Content: Built on content by authorities in the field and designed, developed, and indexed by African American librarians and subject specialists
- Keeps Growing: Twice-annual enhancements enrich the site with newly published titles - at no additional cost
- Facilitates Research: Provides access to primary source material, including over 3,000 interviews with former slaves—the WPA slave narratives—from the acclaimed The American Slave: A Composite Autobiography, now re-indexed and for the first time fully searchable; and 67 Negro Universities Press texts from the late 1700s to the early 1970s—classics in black scholarship
- Provides Context: An attractive and easy-to-use interface facilitates full search and browse functionality to content, including access to The American Heritage® College Dictionary, Fourth Edition, Copyright © 2002 Houghton Mifflin Co.
- Ties into Curriculum: Includes Topic Guides designed to spark classroom discussion and research, 88 lesson plans, a 170-page Timeline searchable by keyword and time period, and Content and Features tied to state-required curriculum on African American history
Awards and Reviews for The African American Experience
Library Journal Best Online Reference
"For school and public libraries, it's an 11 [out of 10] for its extraordinary combination of content and design." —Library Journal
Library Media Connection Editor's Choice
"This comprehensive, in-depth research database presents an uncluttered, easy-to-use, and appealing online research database." —Library Media Connection
Along with twice-annual enhancements, subscribers have the option to purchase new databases in the American Mosaic online family at a discount as they become available. All installments can be purchased individually or fully integrated. Additional modules for The American Mosaic are listed below.
Reviews for The Latino American Experience (Available Now!)
"[No other resource] provides the breadth of coverage—from cooking and music to politics and literature—found here. This is a spectacular resource, reasonably priced." —Choice
"This is the most beautifully designed electronic product I've ever seen, as creatively functional as it is attractive." —Library Journal
The American Indian Experience (Available Now!)
The Asian and Middle Eastern American Experience (Fall 2009)