Off campus use of the electronic resources is restricted to Ramapo College students, faculty, and staff.

At its core, AASC features the new, three-volume Encyclopedia of African American History 1619-1895, the three-volume Black Women in America, the highly acclaimed Africana, a five-volume history of the African and African American experience. The Center also includes content from much-anticipated forthcoming print publications including the African American National Biography project

Core reference content will be enhanced by material and features that help students expand their research, including bibliographies, interactive timelines and maps, thematic photo essays and image collections, key primary source documents, and editorially selected links to Internet resources.