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Database Title	Summary - Full Description	Coverage	Full Text
Garland Encyclopedia of World Music Online	Covers music of all the world's peoples. Each volume contains an overview of the region, a survey of its musical traditions and themes, descriptions of specific musical genres, practices, and performances, including photographs of musicians, instruments, and the cultural context of dances. Volume 1. Africa; 2. South America, Mexico, Central America, and the Caribbean; 3 The United States and Canada; 4. Southeast Asia; 5. South Asia: The Indian Subcontinent; 6. The Middle East; 7. East Asia: China, Japan, Korea; 8. Europe; 9. Australia and the Pacific Islands; 10. The World's Music: General Perspectives and Reference Tools. Ten volume printed set in HSSE, Call Number 780.9 G183 1998	ancient-current	Yes
Godey's Lady's Book, 1830-1890	Godey`s Lady`s Book (1830-1885) (includes 18,000 images) has both a cultural and an egalitarian thrust. Intended to entertain, inform, educate, and empower the growing audience of middle class women in America. In addition to extensive fashion descriptions and plates, the early issues included biographical sketches, articles about mineralogy, handcrafts, female costume, the dance, equestrienne procedures, health & hygiene, recipes, remedies, etc. Each issue also contained two pages of sheet music, written essentially for the piano forte. Gradually the periodical matured into an important literary magazine and contained extensive book reviews and works by Harriet Beecher Stowe, Edgar Allen Poe, Nathaniel Hawthorne, Henry Wadsworth Longfellow and many other celebrated 19th century authors who regularly furnished the magazine with essays, poetry and short stories. The Lady`s Book was also a vast reservoir of handsome illustrations, which included hand-colored fashion plates, mezzotints, engravings, woodcuts, and ultimately chromolithographs. In 1836, Sarah Josepha Hale (1788-1879) became the new editor of Godey`s Lady`s Book. Mrs. Hale brought substance to the magazine, and wrote frequently about the notion of "women`s sphere." In 1846 she stated, "The time of action is now.We have to sow the fields-the harvest is sure. The greatest triumph of this progression is redeeming woman from her inferior position and placing her side by side with man, a help-mate for him in all his pursuits." Her steadfast devotion of purpose and her unwavering editorial principles regarding social inequalities and the education of American women, made her one of the most important editors of her time. Under Mrs. Hale`s leadership the magazine flourished, reaching a pre-civil war circulation of 150,000. Editor, then publisher Louis Antoine Godey (1804-1878) and editor Sarah Hale became a force majeure in 19th century American life and culture.	1830-1885	Yes
Graphic Novels Core Collection	Highlights over 2,000 recommended titles with descriptive and evaluative annotations (including review excerpts and awards the title has won), plus cover art. Standards for rating material by age appropriateness are strictly applied, plus all titles are searchable by author, title, subject, genre, and grade level.	1974-current	Partial
Grove Art Online	Art encyclopedia covering all aspects of Western and non-Western visual art. It includes the full text of The Dictionary of Art, edited by Jane Turner (1996, 34 volumes) and images from numerous collections.	ancient to 21st century	Yes
Grove Music Online	Provides direct access to the New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians, a 29 volume collection of reference articles, biographies, bibliographic entries, and discographies.		Yes