Electronic Reference Books

Designed and written to be understood by high school students and college undergraduates, the Encyclopedia of American Immigration covers the full breadth of American immigration history, providing a clear and innovative approach to immigration history using alphabetically arranged and easy-to-understand articles.

Covers the “long” Enlightenment, from the rise of Descartes' disciples in 1670 to the restoration of the Bourbon monarchy in 1815.

A comprehensive guide to the essentials of evolutionary biology, covering essential concepts and theories, the history of the field and current controversies.

Online reference books.

Covers the visual arts of the Classical period (Greece and Rome), including biographies and thematic entries on architecture, ceramics, metalwork, mosaics, painting and sculpture.

Provides historical and current uses of materials and techniques in a wide range of areas from painting and sculpture to non-traditional media such as digital and video art.

Covers the full spectrum of dance: theatrical, ritual, dance-drama, folk, traditional, ethnic, and social dance.

Contains over 6,000 A-Z entries, covering theology, churches and denominations, patristic scholarship and the bible, the church calendar and its organization, popes, archbishops, saints, and mystics.

Covers American literary history from the 1600s to the present day, including poets, playwrights, essayists, and novelists, literary movements, periods, and themes.

Covers ancient Egyptian civilization from the predynastic era to its eclipse in the seventh century CE, including art, architecture, religion, language, literature, trade, politics, everyday social life and the culture of the court.

Offers a comprehensive overview of the major cultures of the classical Mediterranean world—Greek, Hellenistic, and Roman—from the Bronze Age to the fifth century CE.

Covers the significant events, inventions, and social movements in American history that have affected the way Americans view, prepare, and consume food and drink.

Covers the religious and social changes that altered the face of Europe in the sixteenth century, encompassing not only issues of church polity and theology but also developments in politics, economics, demographics, art and literature.

Includes The Oxford Dictionary of Music, Grove Music Online (includes the New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians, Grove Dictionary of Jazz and Grove Dictionary of Opera) and The Oxford Companion to Music.

Electronic access to over 1,000 articles on diseases, disorders, treatments, procedures, specialties, anatomy, biology, and medical issues. Also contains over 400 photographs and illustrations. This electronic resource includes the entire contents of both Magill's Medical Guide and Salem Press's reference book, Cancer.

Salem History provides online access to the following reference books: Milestone Documents of American Leaders, Milestone Documents of American History, Musicians and Composers of the Twentieth Century, The Seventies in America and The Sixties in America. Browse and search for full-text articles and primary sources with this online reference collection.

Searchable literary criticism of selected authors and works. More titles added as they arrive. Current offerings include volumes on Toni Morrison and Jane Austen, and individual works by Tennessee Williams and Arthur Miller.

Online access to Salem Press's Forensics Science Reference. Science reference itles will be added to the Salem Science portal as purchased.