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April 2008

April 29, 2008

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.

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April 25, 2008

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:

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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.

April 03, 2008

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.