Infobase is committed to ensuring digital accessibility for people with disabilities. We are continually improving the user experience for everyone, and applying the relevant accessibility standards.
Measures to support accessibility
Infobase takes the following measures to ensure accessibility of Issues & Controversies in American History:
- Include accessibility as part of our mission statement.
- Include accessibility throughout our internal policies.
- Integrate accessibility into our procurement practices.
- Appoint an accessibility officer and/or ombudsperson.
- Provide continual accessibility training for our staff.
- Assign clear accessibility targets and responsibilities.
- Employ formal accessibility quality assurance methods.
Conformance status
The Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) defines requirements for designers and developers to improve accessibility for people with disabilities. It defines three levels of conformance: Level A, Level AA, and Level AAA. Issues & Controversies in American History is partially conformant with WCAG 2.1 level AA. Partially conformant means that some parts of the content do not fully conform to the accessibility standard.
Feedback
We welcome your feedback on the accessibility of Issues & Controversies in History. Please let us know if you encounter accessibility barriers on Issues & Controversies in History:
- Phone: 1-800-322-8755 - Press (7)
- E-mail: Database.support@InfobaseLearning.com
- Visitor address: 132 West 31st Street
- Postal address: 16th Floor, New York, NY 10001
We try to respond to feedback within 2 business days.
Technical specifications
Accessibility of Issues & Controversies in History relies on the following technologies to work with the particular combination of web browser and any assistive technologies or plugins installed on your computer:
- HTML
- WAI-ARIA
- CSS
- JavaScript
These technologies are relied upon for conformance with the accessibility standards used.
Assessment approach
Infobase assessed the accessibility of Issues & Controversies in History by the following approaches:
- Self-evaluation
- External evaluation
- We test the interface for screen reader accessibility using JAWS with Internet Explorer.
- We employ a variety of additional tools used to test accessibility that include WAVE (web accessibility evaluation tool) provided by WebAim, Focus indicator, Manual keyboard testing, http://validator.w3.org/ and HTML_CodeSniffer.
VPAT Information
- VPAT version 2.4 International. Last Updated: December 2022 (current version)
VPAT 2.4 INT: Incorporates Revised Section 508 standards (the U.S. Federal accessibility standard), EN 301 549 (EU's Accessibility requirements), and WCAG 2.1 (W3C/WAI's Web Content Accessibility Guidelines)