Salem Press

Activating your free Salem Health and Salem History databases is quick and easy. Just follow the instructions below.

THE REFERENCE CONTENT
Salem Health and Salem History are online platforms that make a wide variety of Salem Press reference content available to patrons and students through participating institutions. Access to the content found in printed reference sets is available online free to purchasers of those printed sets. Schools and libraries may include some or all of the qualifying titles in their database.

Previously published reference sets in series covered by Salem History may be included in that database free, provided an institution owns the printed set. There are some restrictions on the fair use of Salem's content online. Those restrictions are described below. If you have any questions, please give Salem a call at (800) 221-1592.

ACTIVATING TITLES
Libraries and schools gain access to Salem Health and Salem History by purchasing any new title in the qualifying series of the database. Titles published (or soon to be published) which activate Salem databases are:

SALEM HEALTH ACTIVATING TITLES

	Printed Set	Publication	Free Online Thru
	Magill's Medical Guide	Nov. 2007	Dec. 2010
	Salem Health: Cancer	Nov. 2008	Dec. 2011
	Psychology & Mental Health	Oct. 2009	Dec. 2012
	For information on other Salem Health titles, click here.

SALEM HISTORY ACTIVATING TITLES

	Printed Set	Publication	Free Online Thru
	Milestones: American History	Apr. 2008	Dec. 2011
	The Eighties in America	May 2008	Dec. 2011
	Great Lives: The 20th Century	Sep. 2008	Dec. 2011
	The Nineties in America	Feb. 2009	Dec. 2011
	Great Events: Scandals	Mar. 2009	Dec. 2011
	Milestones: American Leaders	Apr. 2009	Dec. 2011
	Musicians & Composers	May 2009	Dec. 2011
	Great Athletes	Sep. 2009	Dec. 2012
	Milestones: World History	Oct. 2009	Dec. 2012
	Great Lives: Inventions & Inventors	Nov. 2009	Dec. 2012
	For information on Salem History titles, click here.

THE ACTIVATION PROCESS
All of the reference sets listed above include an "Activation Number" bound into the inside back cover of Volume 1 of the printed set. This number is used to activate your Salem Health or Salem History online account. The number is unique to each printed set and can only be used by one school, college or library.

Once you have your Activation Number in hand, librarians and administrators should go to the appropriate database listed below:

For the Health database: www.Health.SalemPress.com

For the History database: www.History.SalemPress.com

NEW (FIRST-TIME) ACTIVATIONS
New activations (libraries and schools signing up for the first time) will discover a page like the one below:


	Clicking the "New Library Activation" tab will take a new, activating librarian to the next, appropriate page.
	The red "Salem Health Activation" button will also move an activating librarian to the next page.
	Any user can access Salem Health or Salem History remotely (from outside the library or school) with a password or library card number.
	Libraries and schools wishing a free trial should call Salem Press: (800) 221-1592.
	If your activation process is interrupted midstream or you wish to administer your database from outside the library, click here.

Clicking on the "Salem Health Activation" button (or "New Library Activation" tab) on the screen above will prompt the administrator to input the Activation Number and provide some information about your library. The process should require no more than 15 minutes. Help is always available by calling (800) 221-1592.

ALREADY-ACTIVATED SCHOOLS & LIBRARIES
Librarians who have already activated their database and have a subsequent printed set to add to either Salem Health or Salem History must go to their "Administrative Profile" online. There, they will discover a page like the one below:


	Under the "Profile" tab at the top of both Salem Health and Salem History is the "Profile" area. The lower set of tabs here includes an "Account Information" tab. In the "Account Information" area, click the "Institutional Administration" buttong.
	By clicking "Account Information" in the Profile area, and then "Institutional Administration" you will find a number of administrative functions. Included is a button for "Additional Activations."
	Clicking the "Additional Activations" button opens an area where you may input additional activation numbers. Input the new Activation Number from your new printed set here and click "Submit." Your additional content will be immediately available.

Inputting new and additional Activation Numbers on this page will make the contents of additional sets active in your online database.

RETROACTIVE TITLES
School and libraries that have previously purchased titles in Salem Press history series (The Decades, Great Lives from History and Great Events from History) qualify to activate the content in those sets which they own, free. (Those who subsequently purchase these previously published works will, of course, be entitled to access their content via Salem History, free. Be sure to call about our special prices on these past sets.)

Titles that can be added to your Salem History database (whether your already own them or plan to purchase them) are listed below:

RETROACTIVELY QUALIFYING TITLES - THE DECADES

	Printed Set	Publication	Free Online Thru
	The Fifties in America	Jan. 2005	Dec. 2011
	The Sixties in America	Mar. 1999	Dec. 2011
	The Seventies in America	Dec. 2005	Dec. 2011

RETROACTIVELY QUALIFYING TITLES - GREAT EVENTS FROM HISTORY

	Printed Set	Publication	Free Online Thru
	The Ancient World	Apr. 2004	Dec. 2011
	The Middle Ages	Nov. 2004	Dec. 2011
	The Renaissance	Feb. 2005	Dec. 2011
	The 17th Century	Nov. 2005	Dec. 2011
	The 18th Century	May. 2006	Dec. 2011
	The 19th Century	Nov. 2006	Dec. 2011
	The 20th Century: 1901-1940	Nov. 2006	Dec. 2011
	The 20th Century: 1941-1970	Nov. 2006	Dec. 2011
	The 20th Century: 1971-2000	Nov. 2006	Dec. 2011

RETROACTIVELY QUALIFYING TITLES - GREAT LIVES FROM HISTORY

	Printed Set	Publication	Free Online Thru
	The Ancient World	Apr. 2004	Dec. 2011
	The Middle Ages	Nov. 2004	Dec. 2011
	The Renaissance	Apr. 2005	Dec. 2011
	The 17th Century	Nov. 2005	Dec. 2011
	The 18th Century	May. 2006	Dec. 2011
	The 19th Century	Oct. 2006	Dec. 2011
	Notorious Lives	Jan. 2007	Dec. 2011

ACTIVATING EARLIER REFERENCE SETS
The reference sets described above can be activated in your Salem History database by calling (800) 221-1592.

QUALIFYING INSTITUTIONS
Activations of Salem Health and Salem History by any "Activating Title" (see the list at the top of this page) entitles an institution (library system or school) to unlimited use of that title throughout the institution. The size of your student body, the number of branch libraries in your system, none of these issues comes into play. If your school or library owns the printed set, it has unlimited access to the content online.

All subsequent purchases within Salem's Health and History series will be available on the same basis. Purchasing the printed version entitles you to online access to its content.

RETROACTIVELY QUALIFYING TITLES
All previously-published titles (listed above as "Retroactively Qualifying Titles") are activated in Salem History across entire systems. Only one printed set need be purchased for such access. However, you will have to call Salem to activate this content. (800) 221-1592.

CONSORTIA
Salem Health and Salem History are not offered to consortia, State-wide programs or other multiple-institution purchasing groups. For details, please call us at: (800) 221-1592.