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Thanks to UW-Madison and Alexander Street Press<\/a>, we now have access to two interesting electronic collections, Twentieth Century Advice Literature<\/a> and the Gilded Age<\/a>.<\/p>\n Have you ever found a book written a long time ago and thought, “Times sure have changed…”? Try an entire database. Twentieth Century Advice Literature<\/a> contains over 150,000 pages of guidance on everyday life – written from the viewpoint of the first half of the previous century. Topics range from preparing for a trip to Europe (1908), styling your hair (1964) and hosting a successful party (1945). If anything, it’s definitely enjoyable just to flip the pages and take a trip down memory lane.<\/p>\n If you’re doing research on the late 1800s and the turn of the century, then you’ll definitely want to check out the Gilded Age<\/a>. Focusing on the time period of 1865-1902, the collection features primary source documents on hot topics of the time, such as race, immigration and labor. It also includes scholarly commentary to supplement the materials.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Thanks to UW-Madison and Alexander Street Press, we now have access to two interesting electronic collections, Twentieth Century Advice Literature and the Gilded Age. Have you ever found a book written a long time ago and thought, “Times sure have … Continue reading