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	Magill’s Medical Guide is recommended for public libraries, special libraries, and academic libraries.
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Magill's Medical Guide, 4th rev. ed.
Introducing Salem Health - The free online companion to Magill's
Medical Guide that brings online reference to your library or school at a remarkable price.

The publication of the fourth edition of Salem Press' bestselling Magill's Medical Guide is unlike any reference work published before it. This edition grows to five volumes and 3,206 pages. But even better, the purchase of the printed set entitles a school or library to three years of free online access to the Medical Guide's content.

THE PRINTED REFERENCE

Five volumes, including 3,206 pages

1,017 articles and 644 sidebars

Hundreds of photos, illustrations and graphs

Appendixes, indexes and resource listings

THE ONLINE SUBSCRIPTION

Fully supported

Free access through 12/31/2010

Unlimited users at your library

Full access from home or dorm room

Immediate access via online registration

A simple, intuitive interface

User profile areas for students and patrons

Sophisticated search functions

Complete content, including back matter and illustration

CRITICALLY ACCLAIMED
Previous editions of Magill’s Medical Guide have been acclaimed by every major reference reviewer. During the growth of its prior three editions, the Guide has become a staple in high school, college, medical school and public libraries. Designed for laymen and written for healthcare consumers, the Guide is a perfect mix of accessibility and depth, providing general readers with an authoritative reference source that helps bridge the gap between medical encyclopedias for professional and popular self-help guides. It is an up-to-date and easy-to-use compendium of medical information suitable for student research as well as use by general readers, including patients and caregivers.

AUTHORITATIVE AND COMPLETE
Every entry in Magill’s Medical Guide has been evaluated by the panel of medical consultants and then updated by experts or re-edited to ensure currency and accuracy. The Guide includes over 1,000 essays, ranging in length from 500 to 3,500 words each; 58 topics are new and 37 essays replace those from the previous edition. There are more than 400 photographs and drawings plus 644 sidebars and tables. The new edition introduces particularly current subject areas such as facial transplantation and avian influenza (bird flu). Plus, the Guide includes 44 "In the News" sidebars that evaluate recent media stories about ongoing research and experimental treatments. These boxes both highlight the latest information and provide readers with a critical view of popular reports. The topics covered include the dangerous side effects of Ambien and other sleep aids, new treatments for Alzheimer's disease and breast cancer, and Iraq War-related diseases. Also noteworthy is the addition of a list of "Symptoms and Warning Signs" listing possible causes and a "Pharmaceutical List" surveying brand-name and generic drugs.

SPECIAL FEATURES
Special features include the "Alphabetical List of Contents," "Entries by Specialties and Related Fields," and "Entries by Anatomy or System Affected." There is also a "Glossary" of medical terms, a list of almost 900 "Diseases and Other Medical Conditions," an appendix detailing the training and duties of various "Health Care Providers," a list of "Medical Journals," a "General Bibliography" and "Web Site Directory," a helpful "Resources" list, the new "Symptoms and Warning Signs" and "Pharmaceutical List," and a comprehensive subject index. For each disease and disorder, a concise information box lists causes, symptoms, duration, and treatments, acting as a quick reference tool for the reader.

The Free Database
Salem Health is the free online companion to Magill's Medical Guide that brings online reference to your library or school. The database is free with the purchase of the printed reference.

Magill’s Medical Guide is available as an online database free to all purchasers of the printed reference work. Virtually all of the content of the printed version is online, including illustrations and sidebars, indexes, appendixes, and other back matter.

A POWERFUL & COMPLETE ONLINE DATABASE
Salem Health offers libraries a user-friendly interface that provides all the content of our printed resource. Along with the complete 1,017 articles, 644 sidebars, hundreds of photographs, illustrations, indexes, appendixes, and directories, users get terrific online tools to enhance the value of this great reference source.

EASY REGISTRATION
Libraries and schools will find an “Activation Number” in their printed volume of Magill’s Medical Guide. With this number it’s easy to log onto Salem Health, register and get your library connected to this resource. The whole process takes only minutes and our Customer Service department is ready to help every step of the way.


	Saving articles to personal profile areas is easy and available to all users.
	Key terms and definitions are included in sidebars.
	Special sidebars on common ailments accompany most articles.
	Links to related subjects in Magill's Medical Guide appear in every article.
	Complete bibliograhies are included with every article.
	Hightlighted words provide popup definitions with a click.
	There are many illustrations and graphs throughout the text. Most can be enlarged with a single click.

SIMPLE AND ADVANCED SEARCH
Searching Salem Health can be as simple and direct or detailed and precise as users wish. Search results appear in a variety of user-defined ways, sorted and organized to help users find what they need, quickly. Traditional finding aids, such as indexes, are also available and hyperlinked cross-references abound.


	Our "simple" search is quick and intuitive.
	Articles in search results can be saved to personal profiles for later use, their citations can be saved, and they can be emailed.
	Both simple and advanced searches can be saved and re-run at a later time.
	Search results are organized in categories for quick, convenient viewing.
	Search results include brief descriptions and word counts.
	Results can be sorted by relevance, word length or alphabetically by title.


	Advanced searching employs powerful Boolean logic.
	You can refine your search by querying any of the eight major categories of the Guide.

PERSONALIZED PROFILES FOR EVERY STUDENT & PATRON
Every individual user can establish a simple personalized profile to save important information such as articles, searches or citations. These personalized areas are free and unlimited.


	Saved searches are easy to manage in a user's profile.
	Citations can be saved in a variety of formats and for all major bibliographic management software.
	Articles are saved with author identifcation and word count.

UNLIMITED ACCESS
Every library with Salem Health provides an unlimited number of users access to the content. There are no restrictions on how many people can use the database, nor are there restrictions on how many buildings are allowed access. (Consortia and state-wide subscriptions are available. Call for information.)

PATRON & STUDENT ACCESS
With a library card number (or some other identifying key) students and patrons can access all the functionality of Salem Health from home. It’s easy for your library to set up and terrific for your users.

EXTRAORDINARY VALUE
The pricing, distribution and effective costs of this resource are remarkable. Smaller libraries and high schools will be able to provide extensive online history reference at a very low cost. Larger institutions, especially multiple-branch libraries, will find that full-system coverage is a great value. The purchase of one printed set of Magill's Medical Guide delivers online access at every branch or school in your institution to its content. The size of your student body, the number of branch libraries in your system, none of these issues comes into play. The print with electronic combination will make teaching research a more robust experience. And having both forms available will provide those who prefer one over the other the resource they want.

For more information about activating Salem Health and adding reference sets to your online access, click Activating Salem Health.

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.