Alexander Street Press News and Updates

Images of the American Civil War is live

We are excited to announce the beta release of the highly anticipated Images of the American Civil War: Photographs, Posters, and Ephemera.  This new online collection presents the dramatic imagery of nineteenth-century Americana as experienced from the social, political, and military perspectives.

Cheryl LaGuardia, author of the E-Views blog on LibraryJournal.com, notes the collection's robust search capabilities and says, "it's an important, fascinating collection of photos and ephemera." 

At completion, Images of the American Civil War will contain 75,000 images allowing researchers and students to see the moments that occurred as the nation stood divided. 

Access to Images of the American Civil War is open through June 30th as part of our extended Civil War open access period.  For more details visit http://www.alexanderstreet.com/resources/civilwar.access.htm.

MLA and Alexander Street Announce Agreement

Alexander Street Press and the Museums, Libraries and Archives Council (MLA) today announced an agreement as part of the MLA’s Reference Online programme for English public libraries. The agreement will give participating libraries access for their users to Alexander Street’s acclaimed  Music Online: Listening, and Music Online: Reference at discounted rates.

The Museums, Libraries and Archives Council works with the nine regional agencies in the MLA Partnership to improve people’s lives by building knowledge, supporting learning, inspiring creativity and celebrating identity. The Partnership acts collectively for the benefit of the sector and the public, leading the transformation of museums, libraries and archives for the future. For more information, visit www.mla.gov.uk.

Please email Hayley Harris (hharris@alexanderstreet.com), Alexander Street’s Sales Director for the UK and Ireland, if you would like additional information about Alexander Street’s Music Online products.

Open Access is Back

Due to the many trial requests and wonderful feedback we received in April, Alexander Street is once again opening access to The American Civil War Online, our comprehensive series of online Civil War collections.  Through June 30th you can enjoy free access to these popular online resources. No registration is required and you can begin exploring immediately.

Additionally, we will be launching the beta-version of Images of the American Civil War: Photographs, Posters and Ephemera in the next few days.  As part of The American Civil War Online, this brand new collections will be included in our open access offer.

Start your research now by going to http://alexanderstreet.com/resources/civilwar.access.htm.

Important Blog Updates

We are in the process of updating and enhancing the Alexander Street Press blog sites.  We have taken steps to make our RSS feeds compatible with a wider range of readers and browsers.  If you currently subscribe to the News and Updates feed you may want to update your feed address.

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World Literature Online is now Alexander Street Literature

The online collection formerly known as World Literature Online has been renamed Alexander Street Literature.  The URL and any bookmarks you have made will not be affected, but libraries should update their catalogs and Web sites to reflect the new title.

Year-End Specials: Pre-Publication Discounts Available Now

If your library has year-end money, there’s still time (but not much time) to take advantage of our pre-publication discounts for many Alexander Street collections.

Order by June 30th to receive the pre-publication discount. These collections are available for outright purchase of perpetual rights or via annual subscription. Discounted collections include:

Twentieth Century Advice Literature 
The Romantic Era Redefined
The Gilded Age
The American Civil War Research Database
Black Drama: Second Edition
The Sixties
Images of the American Civil War
Manuscript Women’s Letters and Diaries
Radio Drama: The L.A. Theatre Works Collection
                          Opera in Video
                          Dance in Video

Click on the catalog above, or go to http://www.alexanderstreet.com/products/discnew.htm for a complete list of Alexander Street collections. 

Please contact us for additional discount offers.

Social and Cultural History: Letters and Diaries Online is Live

I am pleased to announce that Social and Cultural History: Letters and Diaries Online is now live. Seamlessly browse and cross-search all of Alexander Street's letter and diary collections, as well as search personal narrative materials that are freely available on the web. Users will experience the past viscerally—through personal and private writings presented as searchable full-text documents, audio files, images, and online videos. Letters and Diaries Online is the most comprehensive archive of social memory yet created, and the the ideal starting point for historians, sociologists, genealogists, linguists, and psychologists who want to explore and analyze human experiences.

Learn more about this unique resource and contact sales@alexanderstreet.com to find out how Letters and Diaries Online can be a part of your library.  Free trials are also available.

Open Access to Alexander Street's Civil War Collections

As we approach the bicentennials of both Abraham Lincoln and Jefferson Davis, Alexander Street Press is offering free access to some of our most popular collections. Through April 30, 2008 you can explore three of our Civil War databases with no restrictions. As a bonus, we are also offering free access to two streaming music databases, which contain songs from the Civil War era.

No registration is required and you can begin exploring these resources immediately. You can also enter to win a one-year subscription to The American Civil War Research Database. Take advantage of this offer today!

Celebrate Women's History Month with Free Resources

To help your library promote Women's History Month, Alexander Street is offering free access to some of our most popular titles.  Throughout the month of March you and your patrons can have access to:

• Women and Social Movements: Scholar's Edition
• North American Women's Drama
• North American Women's Letters and Diaries
• British and Irish Women's Letters and Diaries

Sign up now and make these resources part of your Women's History Month celebration.  You can also sign up for free access to our Latino History Month (April) databases.

To help your library promote Women's History Month, Alexander Street is offering free access to some of our most popular titles.  Throughout the month of March you and your patrons can have access to:

• Women and Social Movements: Scholar's Edition
• North American Women's Drama
• North American Women's Letters and Diaries
• British and Irish Women's Letters and Diaries

Sign up now and make these resources part of your Women's History Month celebration.  You can also sign up for free access to our Latino History Month (April) databases.

Celebrate Black History Month with Free Resources

To help your library promote Black History Month, Alexander Street is offering free access to some of our most popular titles.  Throughout the month of February you and your patrons can have access to:

• Black Thought and Culture
• Black Drama
• Black Short Fiction and Folklore
• Black Women Writers
• African American Music
• African American Music Reference

Sign up now and make these resources part of your Black History Month celebration.  You can also sign up for free access to our Women's History Month (March) and Latino History Month (April) databases.