User's Guide & Site Help
8. At a Glance Pages
At a Glance pages provide an overview of the articles that matched your search term.. They also provide access to the key content in the site on that topic.
A. Biographical Details
At a Glance pages for people display key biographical information:
- Sex
- Birth place
- Birth date
- Death place
- Death date
- Activity/profession
B. Articles
In order to help you choose the article most relevant to your research, each article listing contains:
- Title
- Source: The encyclopedia or resource where the article was originally published.
- Word count: The length of the article.
- Includes: Some articles have Tables of Contents that can help you locate relevant article sections.
- Excerpt from the article
- Link: Last but not least, each article listing contains a link to the full article.
C. Print & Email
The Print button opens a new window with a printable version of the At a Glance page.
The Email button opens a new window with a form to fill out to email a link to this page. Recipients of the email will have five (5) days' free access to the page, after which they will need a site subscription.
D. On the Timeline
Moments that relate to the topic of the At a Glance page are listed here. Click on the moment to jump to the Timeline and see what else was happening in African American history at that time.
E. Related Images
Browse through all of the images associated with this topic by clicking on the arrows. Click on the image to view a larger version of the image.
F. You may also be interested in...
This section contains links to other At a Glance pages that are related to the current At a Glance page.