Twentieth Century Advice Literature

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Overview

Twentieth Century Advice Literature brings together more than 150,000 pages of rare material to provide a reflection on historical American attitudes towards race, citizenship, education, work, sex, gender roles, life cycles, family, and religion.

Provider:

Alexander Street Press

Posted:

Aug 6, 2015 12:30pm

Updated:

Aug 24, 2016 10:10am

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:

Arts and Humanities

Social Sciences

Resource Types:

Books

Pamphlets

Print journals

Reference books

Transcription

Major Languages:

English

- Denotes data sourced directly from publisher

Content Details:


Topics Covered	race, gender, sex, and family
Geographic coverage	North America
Chronological coverage	1859-2007
Source format(s)	paper (handbooks, manuals, textbooks, etiquette guides, self-help books, instructional pamphlets, and how-to books)
Total titles	887
Total pages	152,489
Major language (s)	English
Digital collection launch date	2007
Completion date	Complete
Collection ongoing	N
Update frequency	Complete
Available supplements	N

Specifications

Metadata:


MARC records available	Y
Creator of MARC records	Alexander Street
Source for obtaining MARC records	http://alexanderstreet.com/twentieth-century-advice-literature-all-custo...
Name authorities used	Controlled vocabularies for names are based on AACR2 guidelines, with the addition of "flourish dates" when we could find no birth or death date for an individual ("Pacheco, Paulita, 1943-" or "Abbott, Edward, fl. 1763-1778").

Technical Platform:


Browser compatibility	Microsoft Internet Explorer 7.0 or higher; Firefox 3.0 or higher; Adobe Reader 8 is recommended in order to view PDFs.
Authentication options	IP, user name and password, proxy,or referrer URL
Archiving solution (master files)	We use a third-party solution (library can request archival copy should ASP cease ability to provide the data)
Archiving solution (derivative files)	same
Available in web discovery tools	Y
Open url target	N
Federated searching, z39.50	N
Local host option	Y
Usage stats based on Counter code	N

Interface Tools:


Full text displayed	Y
Page images	Y
Color images	Y / nearly 100%
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)	Y
Relevance sorting	Y
Save searches	N
Download PDF	N
Download HTML	N
Print page	Y
Print full document	N
Export citations	N
Annotation tools	N
Cross-product searching	N
ILL permitted	Y
Text/data mining permitted	Y
Restrictions on use	Per license terms (authorized users defined, not to be reproduced for commercial purposes, etc.)

Terms and Provider Details

Terms:


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

Provider:

Alexander Street Press

Website:

http://alexanderstreet.com/

Main Address:

3212 Duke Street

Alexandria, VA 22314

United States

CRL Review

Collection Content:

Twentieth Century Advice Literature provides access to more than 150,000 pages of material on historical American attitudes towards race, citizenship, education, work, sex, gender roles, life cycles, family, and religion.

This collection makes available traditionally published items, including how-to books and guides; professional and employee manuals; society publications, among them sorority and fraternity pledge manuals and Boy Scout and Girl Scout manuals; textbooks discussing home economics, health and hygiene, and sex education; teacher-training and course manuals; commercial literature; and government instruction manuals for various workplaces and industries.

Includes are materials published during World War I, World War II, and the Korean War such as:

Etiquette and Ceremonies of the Stars and Stripes: National and Personal Salute Required by the United States Army Regulations (1915)
Instructions for American Servicemen in Britain (1942)
How To Write Interesting Letters to Your Men in the Service (1943)
The Airman's Handbook (1951)

According to Alexander Street Press, "these documents encapsulate the evolution of the American psyche." They go on to state that "much of the material is classified as ephemeral and was rarely catalogued and preserved by libraries at the time of original publication."

Twentieth Century Advice Literature was last updated on January 7, 2015 with 52,813 pages, in 246 books. As of this update Twentieth Century Advice Literature includes 152,489 pages from 960 sources. Latest updates can be seen in the "What's New" tab in the database.

Delivery:

Interface feature include key word searching and page-by-page viewing. All text has been indexed by subject, author data, and original intended audience.

Terms:

Twentieth Century Advice Literature is available on the Web, either through one-time purchase of perpetual rights or through annual subscription. CRL is only providing an offer for the one-time purchase of perpetual rights.

Strengths and Weaknesses:

Strengths in this database include the capabilities to to do both keyword searching and page-by-page image viewing of the texts. In advanced search, users are also able to narrow down their searches by the following categories: Christianity; etiquette; guides to business, finance, & professional life; guides to character & self-improvement; guides to citizenship; guides to education & student life; guides to health, hygiene, & personal appearance; guides to home management; guides to leisure activities & entertaining; guides to parenting & child-rearing; among others. Links to these various categories are also made available on the home page of the database.

In addition users are able to search by the intended audience of the original publication, such as: African Americans; American Indians; boys & young men; employees; employers; faith community; gay, lesbian, bisexual, transgender, or queer; general audience; girls & young women; men (adults); military personnel; parents & educators; and women (adults).

An additional strength, is that static url links are provided on all pages allowing users to return to that exact page or cite on documents, teaching resources, or on services such as WebCT and Blackboard. In addition, users are also able to print pages of interest or download the whole publication as a PDF file.

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.

Endnotes:

Most of the information found on this tab was taken from the vendor's description of the product.

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.

Appendix

Bibliography of Twentieth Century Advice Literature

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