American Pamphlets, Series 1, 1820-1922: From the New-York Historical Society

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Overview

Provider:

Readex [2]

Posted:

Mar 5, 2014 2:48pm

Updated:

Aug 15, 2014 1:23pm

Source

CRL reviews are based on independent research. Information is researched by CRL staff and other specialists at CRL libraries. See CRL Review for additional source notes.

Details

Collection Content

Subject Areas:

Social Sciences

Resource Types:

Pamphlets

Major Languages:

English

- Denotes data sourced directly from publisher

Content Details:


Topics covered	Agriculture, Commerce, Education, Indians of North America, Labor, government agencies, government publications, literature, medicine, law, politics, religion, science, technology, slavery
Geographic coverage	United States
Chronological coverage	1749-1900
Source format(s)	paper
Total titles	c. 25,000
Total pages	NA
Major language (s)	English
Digital collection launch date	2013
Completion date	2016
Collection ongoing	N
Update frequency	monthly (through completion)
Available supplements	NA

Specifications

Metadata:


MARC records available	Y
Creator of MARC records	New-York Historical Society
Source for obtaining MARC records	Readex
Fee for MARC records	N
Subject authorities used	Library of Congress
Name authorities used	NA

Technical Platform:


Browser compatibility	IE+6, Firefox, Chrome, Safari, Opera
Authentication options	IP recognition, username & password, library card, shibboleth
Archiving solution (master files)	400 dpi group 4 TIFF- bitonal or grayscale (dependent on source material
Archiving solution (derivative files)	400 dpi group 4 TIFF (bitonal)
Available in web discovery tools	N
Open url target	Y
Federated searching, z39.50	Y
Local host option	Y
Usage stats based on Counter code	Y

Interface Tools:


Full text displayed	N
Page images	Y
Color images	Y
Search full text	Y
Advanced search	Y
Search within results	Y
Limit results by dates and/or document types	Y
Display highlighted search terms	Y
Display snippet (search term in context)	N
Relevance sorting	N
Save searches	N
Download PDF	Y
Download HTML	N
Print page	Y
Print full document	Y (up to 75 pp. at one time, can do multiple downloads for long documents)
Export citations	Y
Annotation tools	N
Cross-product searching	Y
ILL permitted	Y
Text/data mining permitted	Upon request
Restrictions on use	Y

Terms and Provider Details

Terms:


Subscription option	Y
Purchase option	Y
Multiple year payments option	Y
Maintenance fees	Y
Hosting charges	Y
Provider notes

Provider:

Readex [2]

Website:

http://www.readex.com/ [3]

Main Address:

5801 Pelican Bank Boulevard

Suite 600

Naples, FL 34108

United States

CRL Review

Collection Content:

American Pamphlets, Series 1 [1], offers a collection of pamphlets ancipated ultimately to total more than 25,000 short works printed in every region of the United States between 1820 and 1922. Launched in 2013 with completion expected in 2016, this collection joins American Broadsides and Ephemera to form Readex's America's Historical Imprints platform. While the collection comes from the New-York Historical Society, its geographic coverage is broad, as is the tremendous range of subjects. Pamphlets range from: political (such as debates in the New York House of Assembly on nullification and states rights issues in the 1830s prior to the Civil War); to corporate public relations (such as a 1919 document from Armour & Company entitled "Humanizing a Great Industry," on improving employee welfare); to a program of classes offered by the City History Club of New York in 1905.

Delivery:

Metadata

As with the American Broadsides collection, cataloging is extremely detailed, provided here by the source institution the New-York Historical Society. Documents can be browsed by genre, subject, author, “history of printing” (e.g. imprint documentation for printers and printing companies), place of publication, and language. There are over 85 terms describing pamphlet genres--less than for the American Broadsides but still very specialized--ranging from "Anti-abolition literature" to "privately published books", to "White supremacist literature."

Interface

Through a cross-collection interface with the overal title America’s Historical Imprints, one can search American Pamphlets and American Broadsides together or separately.The search, browse, results, and image viewer have a similar appearance to other Readex products, demonstrating the same straightforward logic and low-key design. Multiple options offered for some functions should not lead to excessive confusion; for instance, the presence of a search term in a document can be discovered through picking out the rather subtle icons displayed next to page numbers in a full contents list of pages, or alternatively by re-executing the search within the document to narrow the page listings to just those containing the search term(s). Search terms are highlighted within the page image of the document (reflecting the full text OCR), but this display can be turned off if desired.The interface allows for easy reference to the full citation or a shorter version. And subject headings listed within the catalog entries are clickable, offering an additional method for expanding a subject browse.

Searches can be saved, as can document entries in a personalized "my collection" window.

The advanced search interface is very straightforward and allows flexible combinations of the various indexed fields.

Strengths and Weaknesses:

This collection ultimately will offer a very rich resource for scholars. It may be best suited for an experienced researcher who will anticipate what treasures lie waiting to be unlocked through the application of specialized genre and subject terms, and is accustomed to the low-key, rational layout of a Readex interface. Less experienced researchers and students may be somewhat put off by Readex's typical muted color scheme and print-oriented layout, which lacks inviting, dynamic design and interactive features.

Sources

Sources for this review include information publicly posted or obtained directly from the publisher; data collected by CRL staff and specialists at CRL libraries; and examination of the digital collection when possible. Other sources are noted where cited. CRL continues to gather additional information on this resource and to solicit critical assessment.

CRL Offers & Status

Status	Current	Description
CRL Flagged	no	Potential interest to CRL community
Offer Pending	no	Currently a candidate for CRL offer
Active Offer	no	Currently offered for purchase or new subscription
Trial Access	no	Available for trial
Renewal Offer	no	Currently offered for renewal
Expired Offer	yes	Past offers
Inactive / Declined	no	No longer under consideration by CRL
Reviewed by CRL	yes	Evaluation available by CRL and community
Special Access	no	Member-only access available for a limited time

The complete offer and activity details for this resource are only available to CRL members.

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