This groundbreaking resource gives every library—public and academic alike— a vital core collection in Black Studies, shaped by the foremost experts in the field.  It serves every user—from young people just beginning to explore the African-American experience to senior researchers in search of materials available nowhere else.

Schomburg Studies on the Black Experience is the product of a partnership between ProQuest and the Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, one of the four research libraries of the New York Public Library.  It provides utterly unique primary and original content, plus background materials that put these primary sources in their proper setting.

• Cross-disciplinary Black Studies overviews by leading scholars
• Primary and secondary sources—articles, book chapters, dissertations, grey literature, and more
• Reference materials—glossary, bibliographies, multi-thematic timelines, weblinks, and more
• A complete multimedia library—captioned and searchable

Schomburg Studies on the Black Experience is interfaced to serve every need, with virtually no learning curve. Beginning researchers will appreciate intuitive features like these:

• Easy Quick Search and simple browsing
• Quick, single-search access to the entire content base
• One-click navigation to and from essays and contextual aids
• Access to a complete Multimedia Library without leaving the interface

Experienced researchers will appreciate:

• The MyArchive feature for saving relevant content—helpful for lesson planning and collaborative projects
• Durable URLs for pasting links into emails, webpages, and reading lists—ideal for passing on links to other users at subscribing institutions

The database also offers OpenURL compliance for inbound and outbound linking, free MARC records, and COUNTER-compliant usage statistics.