Salem History Database: An Introduction

“Never in history has there been so much competition for the attention of the average individual,” Frank Magill stated in 1960. What would the founder of Salem Press think about the state of information in 2015? Salem Press, publisher of Masterplots and other reference works much-beloved by pre-Internet librarians, now has an online component. Mechanics’ Institute subscribes to a selection of the publisher’s database of historical materials. Members can access biographical and historical information via the library's website, without resorting to the sometimes-unreliable and often-overwhelming glut of data found on the web. In this class, you will discover the scope of materials the library subscribes to, and learn how to search for information on historical topics of interest using the Salem History Database.