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Gale and American Antiquarian Society Partner to Digitize American Historical Periodicals ArchivesFARMINGTON HILLS, Mich. and WORCESTER, Mass., Nov. 5, 2018 /PRNewswire/ -- The American Antiquarian Society has partnered with Gale, a Cengage company, to make the world's largest collection of Americana from the Colonial period through the 20th century more accessible to researchers. As part of the partnership, Gale has released American Historical Periodicals from the American Antiquarian Society, Series 6, a newly digitized series of nearly 200 titles that provides researchers with a history of the American people, offering multiple perspectives on the thought, culture, and society of North America through the eyes of those who lived and experienced it. Read Gale's blog about the partnership and new series. "Over the years, we have been impressed by Gale's leadership in the library market, the strength of their editorial process, and their innovative approach to the development of digital technology tools," said Ellen S. Dunlap, President of the American Antiquarian Society. "American Historical Periodicals is an important project for the American Antiquarian Society, representing decades of collecting, cataloging, conserving and digitizing, and we are pleased to have a solid partner in Gale to help us take it to the next generation of researchers." Series 6 includes unusual and short-lived magazines as well as better-known titles with long runs. Topics cover a broad spectrum including: agriculture, anthropology, art, archaeology, education, family life, fashion, industrialization, literature, medicine, music, photography, politics, religion, science, sport and temperance. This new series brings the collection more firmly into the 20th century. It extends coverage and fills gaps in approximately 45 titles from Series 1-5, enabling researchers to explore a more comprehensive documentary history of American life. Additionally, Gale is offering free access to more than 6 million pages of American periodicals in Series 1-5 to any U.S. or Canadian institution that owns a Gale Primary Sources archive. Examples of newly acquired titles in Series 6 include:
Titles that extend coverage or fill gaps in Series 1-5 include:
To provide a better research experience, the entire American Historical Periodicals collection (Series 1-6) has been integrated into Gale's new Digital Scholar Lab. This integration allows researchers to apply natural language processing tools to raw text data (OCR) from the periodicals or Gale Primary Sources archives and perform textual analysis on large corpora of historical texts. Now researchers can analyze and explore historical text more interactively, generating new research insights and content sets not previously possible. American Historical Periodicals from the American Antiquarian Society, Series 6 offers:
"American Historical Periodicals represents one of the most comprehensive libraries of American periodicals in the world," said Seth Cayley, vice president of Gale Primary Sources. "Through our partnership with the American Antiquarian Society, Gale provides a unique documentary history of the American people and nation from the Colonial Era through to the Civil War, Reconstruction and the early 20th century." American Historical Periodicals from the American Antiquarian Society, Series 6 is currently available. Gale will showcase the new series at the Charleston Conference, November 6 in Charleston, South Carolina at Gale booth #141. To request a trial, visit the American Historical Periodicals from the American Antiquarian Society, Series 6 webpage. About Cengage and Gale Follow Gale on: Media Contact: View original content to download multimedia:http://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/gale-and-american-antiquarian-society-partner-to-digitize-american-historical-periodicals-archives-300743302.html SOURCE Gale, a Cengage company |