AfricanAmericanDatabase

== toc =African American Experience Database=

This guide is designed to help you navigate the outstanding features of this database. The African American Experience contains:
 * Over 400 volumes of reference sources and books
 * 5,000 primary sources
 * 3,000 slave narratives
 * 2,000 images
 * 88 lesson plans
 * Timelines
 * Audio files
 * Links to more than 250 web sites

=Finding the African American Experience=
 * Go to the [|RCC Library Web Site].
 * Click on "Databases" under the "Electronic Resources" heading.
 * Click on "Alphabetical" list.
 * Scroll down and click on [|African American Experience].

=Exploring the African American Experience=

[|African American Experience]
Example: Plessy vs. Ferguson




 * Quick Search/ Advanced Search**







Example: Civil Rights
 * Browsing**











Example: Underground Railroad
 * Topic Guides**






 * Lesson Plans**







=Basic Research Help= Please click the Ask a Librarian icon if you have any questions concerning these guides, need help finding material for your research or any general questions you might have.
 * Looking for books? Search our [|Online Catalog].
 * Looking for articles? Search our [|Databases].
 * Can't find what you are looking for? Use our [|InterLibrary Loan Form].

**General Library Information**

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Research guide prepared on 01/26/09 by William Hoag: whoag@rcc.mass.edu