The African American Historical Serials Collection™ from EBSCO Publishing, developed in collaboration with the American Theological Library Association (ATLA), has been named an Outstanding Academic Title by Choice Magazine.
The African American Historical Serials Collection includes African American periodicals, annuals and reports published from 1829-1922 including materials from African American religious organizations and social service agencies. In the Choice review the collection was called, “a fantastic primary source tool for understanding a specific epoch from a unique perspective.”
The African American Historical Serials Collection was developed as part of an effort to preserve endangered serials related to African American religious life and culture. Compiled and accessible to researchers in one digital collection, this unique resource of formerly fragmentary, widely dispersed, and endangered materials contain more than 60,000 pages of content from over 170 unique titles. It documents the history of African American life and religious culture in America during the 19th and early 20th centuries.
EBSCO Publishing has continued to significantly increase the number of resources offered in its collection of digital archives. For more information on the complete collection and how to access the products please go to: http://www.ebscohost.com/archives.