It depends on the context. In many stores, a "self-help aisle" is an aisle where you take goods from the shelves yourself, instead of a shop worker helping you. In a book store, the "self help aisle" will be an aisle containing "self help" books - life advice, career help, books on how to carry out certain tasks, that sort of thing.
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