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	The best reference book about this decade, recommended for general and academic libraries.
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	Here is a set covering, in 554 articles, the sweep of issues, events, culture, and individuals of a momentous decade... Recommended for high-school, public, and undergraduate libraries.

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	Libraries experiencing a high demand for materials on this subject will find this set valuable.

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	Because the signed articles not only explain an event... but tease out its significance in subsequent decades.

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The Sixties in America
Comprehensive coverage of the impact of the 1960's on the United States and Canada. With free, unlimited online access to all the "Decades" titles in your collection.

THE PRINTED REFERENCE

Three volumes, including 941 pages

554 articles plus scores of lists and tables

Hundreds of photos, illustrations and graphs

Appendixes, indexes and resource listings

THE ONLINE SUBSCRIPTION

Fully supported

Free access through 12/31/2011

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 appendixes

Fully illustrated

Salem Press's three-volume set, The Sixties in America, surveys the events and people of the 1960's, a turbulent decade that had a profound and lasting effect on the life and culture of the United States. The set not only provides in-depth coverage of all aspects of the three major events of the 1960's that give the decade its distinctive character—the Civil Rights movement, the social revolution, and the Vietnam War—but also surveys important developments in the arts, science and technology, business and the economy, government and politics, and gender issues.

In addition, to impart a sense of what people were doing and thinking during the decade, the set looks at the most important people and events in the arts, media, music, and sports and covers the headline-grabbing news items of the period.

The encyclopedia's 554 articles range from 250-word, focused articles on subjects such as Olympic track star Billy Mills to 3,000-word surveys of broad, far-reaching topics such as the Cold War. Given the focus of this work on a significant, tumultuous period of time, many articles are associated with the three events that shaped the decade: 68 articles concentrate on civil rights, 21 on the Vietnam War, 74 on government and politics (roughly divided between the Vietnam War and the Cold War), and 80 on the social revolution. The 61 articles on the arts, the 39 on the media, and the 43 on music demonstrate how the dramatic happenings of the decade were both reflected in and inspired by artistic efforts.

The impact of the Civil Rights movement and social revolution are evident in the 25 articles on gender issues, which include essays on the developing women's movement and fledgling gay liberation movement. The space race, the triumphant lunar landing, and major scientific developments including heart and kidney transplants and lasers are covered in the 44 articles on science and technology.

The 14 articles on demographics and the environment look at the interplay between what humankind has produced and the forces of nature—a consciousness that was first raised during the decade by such clarions as Rachel Carson—and the 19 articles on business and the economy examine the industries and institutions that people have created and how they affect and are affected by each other and the world around them. The 41 articles on sports show, among other things, how television helped turn fun and games into major sporting events and eventually big business, and the 25 articles on crimes and scandals reveal the violence and corruption that sometimes accompanied the social experimentation of the decade.

Written with the needs of students and general readers in mind, the articles present clear discussions of the topics, explaining any terms and references that may be unfamiliar. The articles in the encyclopedia are arranged in alphabetical order, with clear, concise titles followed by brief descriptions or definitions of the topic. The essays are divided into six easy-to-use formats: 199 overviews, 153 biographical pieces, 82 events, 73 artistic works, 38 organizations, and 10 Supreme Court cases. Important dates and selected facts are highlighted in ready-reference top matter at the beginning of the biographical pieces, events, and artistic works. Boldfaced subheads such as "Impact" or "Subsequent Events" make finding information within each article quick and easy. The cross-references at the end of each article will guide readers to additional entries on the topic or related subjects, and the "Additional Information" section will direct them to other publications on the subject.

No encyclopedia on the first full "television decade" would be complete without photographs and other visual elements. This set contains nearly 300 photographs of the decade's events and more than 40 graphs, charts, and sidebars highlighting interesting facts and trends.

The encyclopedia contains a number of useful tools to help readers find the entries of interest. An alphabetical list of all entries appears at the beginning of each volume. A list of entries by thirty-one subject categories appears at the end of each volume, and the third volume contains a comprehensive index and personages index. Also in the third volume are fourteen appendices that provide additional information about selected aspects of the decade in easily and quickly accessible formats. The three drama appendices list the major films, major Broadway plays and theatrical awards, and most-watched television shows of the 1960's. The literature appendix lists the U.S. best-selling books and Pulitzer Prize winners, and the two music appendices list the decade's top-selling recordings and its popular musicians and their hits. A sports index provides a quick look at the winners of the major sporting events of the 1960's. The two legislative appendices look at the U.S. Supreme Court and its major decisions and major legislation passed by Congress during the decade. A statistical appendix provides a snapshot of major demographic trends in the United States through a series of graphs and charts. Among the appendices are two time lines, one listing the major developments in science and technology and the other providing a view of the decade's major events in civil rights, the Vietnam War, and numerous other areas as they unfolded. Rounding out the appendices is a bibliography and mediagraphy listing sources to which readers can turn for additional study. The annotated bibliography is divided into twelve categories so that readers interested in a particular aspect of the 1960's can find additional resources more easily. The mediagraphy lists electronic materials (including CD-ROMs), videocassettes, and Web sites that involve the decade.

The Free Database
The purchase of The Sixties entitles a school or library to a free subscription to Salem History, our online historical database, including all the content in this set PLUS all the content in any of the other "Decades" titles a library owns. Free through 12/31/2011.

A Powerful & Complete Online Database
Salem History is the new online database offering three key elements in the study of history: Biography, History/Events and Source Documents. The purchase of The Sixties entitles you to a free subscription to its content online. Plus, other sets in the Decades series that are in your collection will be added to your online access, free.


	Saving articles to personal profile areas is easy and available to all users.
	Links to related subjects in The Sixties appear in every article.
	Complete bibliograhies are included with every article.

Easy Registration
Libraries and schools that purchase this reference set may simply call Salem Press for immediate access to its content online. Access requires activation of Salem History - for details on activation, click Activating Salem History.


	The registration process for a librarian is intuitive and simple.
	A valid email address and a password of your choice are used for logging on and off.
	A unique Activation Number is supplied in the first volume of the printed set and immediately activates Salem History online for use throughout your school or library (including branches).

Intuitive Searching
Searching Salem History 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, also are 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.

Personalized Profiles for Every Patron and Student
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 identification and word count.

Unlimited Access
Every library with Salem History 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 not available. For information, please call (800) 221-1592 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 History 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 The Sixties 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 History and adding reference sets to your online access, click Activating Salem History.

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.