Free Database Trial for ResourceShelf Readers: The Sixties: Primary Documents and Personal Narratives, 1960 to 1974
The
folks at Alexander Street Press are offering a free trial of this new
database through the end of the month. Login and Password details
below.
From the News Release:
Electronic publisher Alexander Street Press [has]
announced the release of The Sixties: Primary Documents and Personal
Narratives, 1960 to 1974, the first online collection of primary
sources to document the key events, trends, and movements—as well as
the look and feel of everyday life—in 1960s America.
When complete, the collection will contain 150,000 pages
of cross-searchable content, including thousands of artifacts from
“hidden” archives and other materials not available anywhere else. The
collection includes a wide range of interviews—with the Beatles, the
Weathermen, commune members, and women beat writers—as well as memoirs
and diaries from Vietnam War veterans, civil rights workers, feminists,
and regular people caught up in the times. Included are autobiographies
of Abbie Hoffman, Medgar Evers, Bill Graham, and Roger Mudd; Civil
Rights Commission hearing transcripts; and books documenting the
Sixties, such as Like a Rolling Stone, by Greil Marcus; Forever Young:
Photographs of Bob Dylan; and The Genius of Huey B. Newton, originally
published by the Black Panther Party. Additional content is being added
monthly, including political buttons, photographs, news coverage of
demonstrations and marches, and rare underground radio broadcasts.
To Access the Free Trial Go To:
http://asp6new.alexanderstreet.com/sixt/
Then, run a search, you’ll be asked for a login and password when you’re ready to access the content.
Login: bringback
Password: thesixties
The free trial is available through March 31, 2009
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