User's Guide & Site Help

2. Publicly Available Content

Some content on the site can be accessed without a subscription.

2.1. Descriptive Content

Information about the editorial content, general features and functionality of the Oxford African American Studies Center is available to all visitors to the site.

This includes our Browse feature, which contains an organized hierarchical list of all the content contained in this site. All visitors can view the Browse lists, but access to the items on the lists is only open to subscribers.

2.2. Feature of the Month

Each month, we will feature a selected topic on the site, one chosen because of its topicality and interest. The Feature of the Month is an editorially-curated section which will include specially commissioned essays and photo essays. In addition, it will include editorially-selected content from the site pertaining to the month's topic. This content, consisting of articles, images, maps, primary sources, charts and tables, will be available to all visitors while the topic is featured.

Past Features of the Month are archived on the site, but the site content they point to will no longer be accessible without a subscription.

2.3. Feature of the Month Email

You can sign up to receive the Feature of the Month email alert here. Once you have signed up, each month we will send you a notification that a new Feature has been posted to the site.

If you decide you no longer want to receive the Feature of the Month by email, you can remove yourself from the list by following the instructions at the bottom of each Feature email.