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About the Database MLA International Bibliography with Full Text The MLA International Bibliography with Full Text combines the definitive index for the study of language, literature, linguistics, rhetoric and composition, folklore, and film with full text for more than 1,000 journals, including many of the leading publications in these fields. Produced by the Modern Language Association (MLA) and international in scope, the bibliography covers scholarly publications from the early 20th century to the present, including journal articles, books, articles in books, series, translations, scholarly editions, websites, and dissertations. The database also includes the MLA Directory of Periodicals and the MLA Thesaurus, a proprietary, searchable collection of thousands of subject terms, and personal names used in indexing the bibliography. Click a link to view MLA tutorials for MLA International Bibliography on EBSCOhost: [back to top]
Searching Tips There are a number of helpful tips and hints you can use to improve your search results. You can choose one or more searching tools that are described below. For example, you can use Boolean operators; control the search order; or limit the search to a specific title. Note: Stopwords are commonly used words such as articles, pronouns, and prepositions. These words are not indexed for searching in the database. For example, 'the', 'but', and 'or' are stopwords. When a stopword is used in a query, any single word or no word is retrieved in place of the stopword. Boolean Operators Sometimes a search can be overly general (results equal too many hits) or overly specific (results equal too few hits). To fine-tune your search, you can use AND, OR, and NOT operators to link your search words together. These operators will help you narrow or broaden your search to better express the terms you are looking for and to retrieve the exact information you need quickly. USING THE "AND" OPERATOR: If you have a search term that is too general, you can append several terms together using "AND". By stringing key terms together, you can further define your search and reduce the number of results. Note: Unless you define a specific search field, the result list will contain references where all your search terms are located in either the citation or the full display. - For example, type drama AND tragedy to find results that reference drama and tragedy.
USING THE "OR" OPERATOR: In order to broaden a search, you can link terms together by using the "OR" operator. By using "OR" to link your terms together you can find documents on many topics. Linked by this operator, your words are searched simultaneously and independently of each other. - For example, type drama AND tragedy OR satire to find results that contain either "drama" and "tragedy", or the term "satire".
USING THE "NOT" OPERATOR: In order to narrow a search, you can link words together by using the "NOT" operator. This operator will help you to filter out specific topics you do not wish included as part of your search. - Type: drama OR tragedy NOT satire to find results that contain the terms "drama" or "tragedy", but not the term "satire".
- To further define your results, type: drama AND tragedy AND satire to constrict the search to include all terms linked by the "AND" operator.
Grouping Terms Together Using Parentheses Parentheses also may be used to control a search query. Without parentheses, a search is executed using "AND" operations first, then others from left to right. Words that you enclose in parentheses are searched first. Why is this important? Parentheses allow you to control and define the way the search will be executed. The left phrase in parentheses is searched first; then based upon those results the second phrase in parentheses is searched. Generalized Search:
drama OR play AND tragedy OR satire Focused Search:
(drama OR play) AND (tragedy OR satire) In the first example, the search will retrieve all drama, all play with tragedy as well as satire. In the second example, we have used the parentheses to control our query to only find titles about drama or play specifically referencing tragedy or satire. [back to top]
Searchable Fields The default fields for unqualified searches consist of the following: Title, Author, Journal Title, ISSN or ISBN, Series, General Subject Areas, Subject Terms, Document Information, Electronic Access and Accession Number. The following list will help you locate detailed information referenced in this database as a field. | Searchable Tag | Description | Example |
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| AL | Alternate Language of Literary Work
[Word Indexed] Performs a keywords search for subjects associated with Alternate Language of Literary Work. | AL German | | AN | Accession Number
[Phrase indexed] Performs an exact search for an article's unique identification (accession) number. | AN 2001873053 | | AP | Scholarly Approach
[Word Indexed] Performs a keywords search for subjects associated with the concept Scholarly Approach. | AP Linguistic Approach | | AR | Author Phrase
[Phrase Indexed] Performs an exact search for an article's author, in the format of last name, first name, and sometimes middle initial or name. | AR Roscoe, Jane | | AU | Author
[Word Indexed] Performs a keyword search in a record’s author field. | AU Ratkai | | BT | Collection Title
[Word Indexed] Searches for keywords in a record's source field. | BT Annual Reports | | CL | Classification
[Word Indexed] Performs a keyword search for subjects associated with classification information. | CL letters | | CP | Scholarly Theory or Discipline
[Word Indexed] Performs a keywords search for subjects associated with the concept Scholarly Theory or Discipline. | CP Feminism | | DE | Descriptors
[Phrase Indexed] Searches for the exact descriptor term within the Subject Terms field. | DE narrative | | DS | Dissertation Info
[Word Indexed] Searches for keywords in the dissertation abstract number, the institution at which the degree was earned, and the year the degree was earned. | DS Bowling Green State | | DT | Date
[Date Indexed] Searches for the date of a record's publication in the format of CCYYMMDD. | DT 20001201 | | DX | Exclude Dissertation Abstracts
[Phrase Indexed] "Y" value searches for records that are not dissertation abstract publication types. | DX Y | | ED | Editors
[Word Indexed] Searches for editors’ names in a record’s Source field | ED Smith | | FE | Literary Feature
[Word Indexed] Performs a keywords search for subjects associated with the concept Literary Feature. | FE Picture | | FK | Folklore Topic
[Word Indexed] Performs a keywords search for subjects associated with the concept Folklore Topic. | FK Magic | | GC | Genre/Classification
[Word Indexed] Searches for keywords within the Genre/Classification field. | GC "Folk Literature" | | GD | Genre
[Word Indexed] Searches for keywords within the Genre field. | GD Drama | | GE | Location
[Word Indexed] Searches for keywords within the Location field. | GE Boston | | GP | Group
[Word Indexed] Searches Subject Terms field for terms associated with the concept Group. | GP Christian | | GR | Genre
[Phrase Indexed] Searches for exact terms within the Genre field. | GR Science Fiction | | GT | Literature Topic
[Word Indexed] Searches for keywords within the General Subject Area field. | GT Themes and Figures | | IB | ISBN (International Standard Book Number)
[Phrase Indexed] Searches for the exact match of a record's ISBN. | IB 1-8203-1767-5
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IB 1820317675 | | IP | Issue
[Word Indexed] Searches for a records issue number within the Source field. | IP 2 | | IS | ISSN (International Standard Serial Number)
[Phrase Indexed] Performs an exact search for a record's ISSN. | IS 1062-4783
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IS 10624783 | | JN | Journal Title
[Phrase Indexed] Searches for the exact match of a record's journal title. | JN Arab Journal for the Humanities | | LA | Language of Publication
[Word Indexed] Searches for language of publication.. Note: If one of the words in the search term is also a searchable field code, such as foreign terms like “la” and “de,” that word will be treated as a searchable field code unless search phrase is enclosed by quotation marks. | LA French | | LN | Linguistics Topic
[Word Indexed] Searches for keywords within the Linguistics Topic field. | LN Psycholinguistics | | LS | Literary Source
[Word Indexed] Searches Subject Terms field for terms associated with the concept Literary Source. | LS German Literature | | LT | Subject Literature
[Word Indexed] Searches for keywords within the Subject Literature field. | LT Palestinian Literature | | MD | Media
[Word Indexed] Searches for keywords within the Media field. | MD Theater | | NF | Literary Influence
[Word Indexed] Searches Subject Terms field for terms associated with the concept Literary Influence. | NF Chinese | | NT | Notes
[Word Indexed] Searches for keywords within the Notes field. Note: "The Electronic Publication limiter searches this field for the term "Electronic Publication. (The limiter does not evaluate other electronic access.)" | NT Hungarian Association of Applied Linguistics | | PB | Publication Info
[Word Indexed] Searches for keywords in a record's publisher, publication location, Journal place and series fields. | PB Boston | | PG | Pages
[Word Indexed] Searches for a record's page number, or range of page numbers in the source of publication. | PG 22-27 | | PR | Literary Process
[Word Indexed] Searches Subject Terms field for terms associated with the concept Literary Process. | PR Language Translation | | PT | Publication Type
[Phrase Indexed] Searches exact record type, of the document. Values consist of the following: - Book
- Book Article
- Book Collection
- Dissertation Abstract
- Journal Article
- Website
| PT Book Collection | | RV | Peer Reviewed
[Phrase Indexed] Performs an exact search for the value Y or N. Y indicates that the articles are peer-reviewed. | RV Y | | SA | Primary Subject Author
[Word Indexed] Searches for keywords within the Primary Subject Author field. | SA Gide, André | | SE | Series
[Word Indexed] Searches keywords within the Book Series field. | SE Comparative History | | SK | Primary Subject Work
[Word Indexed] Searches for keywords within the Primary Subject Work field. | SK The Lord of the Rings | | SL | Subject Language
[Word Indexed] Searches for keywords within the Subject language field. | SL French | | SO | Journal Title
[Word Indexed] Searches for keywords in the journal title, journal abbreviation, book title, and series fields. | SO Quadrant | | SP | Start Page
[Phrase Indexed] Searches for an exact match of a record's start page in the source of publication. | SP 25 | | SR | Scholar
[Word Indexed] Performs a keyword search for subjects associated with the concept Scholar. | SR theory | | SU | Subject
[Word Indexed] Searches for keywords in a record's General Topic Area and Subject terms. | SU African American Writers | | TC | Table of Contents
[Word Indexed] Searches for keywords within the Contents field. | TC Part I | | TD | Scholarly Tool or Device
[Word Indexed] Searches Subject Terms field for terms associated with the concept Scholarly Tool or Device. | TD Database | | TH | Literary Theme/Motif
[Word Indexed] Searches for keywords within the Literary Theme/Motif field. | TH Themes and Figures | | TI | Record Title
[Word Indexed] Searches for keywords in a record's Title field. | TI Remembering James McAuley | | TM | Period
[Word Indexed] Searches for keywords or date within the Period field. | TM 1900-1999
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TM Victorian period | | TQ | Literary Technique
[Word Indexed] Searches Subject Terms field for terms associated with the concept Literary Technique. | TQ Radicalism | | TR | Time Period
[Word Indexed] Performs a search for keywords within the Time Period information. | TR 19 | | TX | All Text
[Word Indexed] Performs a keyword search of all the database's searchable fields. Using the TX field code will cause the search to look for the keyword in the full text as well as the citation record. | TX cultural history | | UD | Update Code
[Number Indexed] Searches for exact match of a record's update code, which consists of bibliography year and number of update in the format of YYYYNN. Update Codes can also be searched in ranges. | UD 198201
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UD 199101-200101 | | UR | Universal Resource Locator (URL)
[Word Indexed] Searches for keywords in the URL field. | UR http://muse.jhu.edu/ | | VI | Volume
[Word Indexed] Searches for a publication's volume number within the Source field. | VI 8 | [back to top]
Definition of Fields The following table explains the contents of each field in a record's detailed display. Note: Not all fields are listed in every record. | Field name | Description |
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| Title | Indicates the title of the record. | | Author(s) | Indicates the author(s) of the record. | | Source | Displays the journal title, place of publication, journal abbreviation, publication date, volume, issue, and pagination for journals. For books or book collections the pagination, editor(s), book title, publication location, publisher, publication date and collation is displayed. If the record is a dissertation abstract, the institution granting the degree, the year the degree was granted, and the dissertation abstract number is displayed. May also include notes. | | Notes | Contains Title page and Gloss notes. | | Peer Reviewed | Indicates whether or not the record is peer reviewed. | | ISSN | Displays the International Standard Serial Number of the record's source publication or the Serial ISSN. | | ISBN | Displays the International Standard Book Number of the indexed book or source book. | | Series | Displays the book series information, including book series title, abbreviation, and number. | | Contents | Contains chapter contents items. | | General Subject Areas | Lists the record's general subject descriptors, such as Literary Theme/Motif, Subject Literature, Subject Language, Folklore Topic, Linguistics Topic, Literature Topic, Period, Primary Subject Author, Primary Subject Work, Genre, Media, and Location. | | Subject Terms | Lists the record's subject additional descriptors and their modifiers. | | Document Information | Lists various information relating to the document, such as Publication Type, Language of Publication, Update Code, and Sequence Numbers. | | Electronic Access | Displays the publisher's URL and sometimes the electronic document's. When available the Digital Object Identifier (DOI) is mentioned as well as when the site was last visited and updated. | | Accession Number | A unique number to identify the record. | [back to top]
Browse Thesaurus Authority File The Browse Thesaurus authority file is a controlled vocabulary thesaurus that assists in more effectively searching the MLA database. Subject headings, as well as cross-references terms, assist in finding the most appropriate subject heading. You can browse this list alphabetically, or as Relevancy Ranked (keyword search). [back to top]
Browse Authors Authority File The Browse Authors authority file is an alphabetical, controlled list of the name(s), or group name(s) of figures used as subjects in this database. You can browse this list alphabetically, or as Relevancy Ranked (keyword search). [back to top]
Browse Periodicals Authority File The Browse Periodicals authority file is an alphabetical list of publication titles of serials indexed by the MLA. You can browse this list alphabetically, or as Relevancy Ranked (keyword search). [back to top]
Index Browse Index browsing allows the user to view all values that occur in specified fields in a database, along with corresponding hit counts. Access the index browse feature by clicking the green "Indexes" button on the upper portion of the "Advanced" search screen. Use the drop-down menu to choose an index to browse. Indexes can also be searched using tags. Since browsable indexes are phrase indexed, the exact form and spelling of terms as they appear in the database must be used in conjunction with the tags when entering a search manually. Indexes available for browsing in the MLA International Bibliography database are listed below. Tags for all fields included in the index browse feature begin with "Z" (e.g. "ZA" for Author). | ZC | Accession Number | | ZA | Author | | ZK | Book Source | | ZG | Dissertation Source | | ZH | Editors | | ZY | Folklore Topic | | ZN | ISBN | | ZI | ISSN | | ZJ | Journal Title | | ZL | Language | | ZX | Linguistics Topic | | ZP | Literary Influence | | ZZ | Literary Source | | ZV | Literary Technique | | ZF | Literature Topic | | ZM | Location | | ZQ | Primary Subject Author | | ZO | Primary Subject Work | | ZT | Publication Type | | ZR | Publication Year | | ZB | Publisher | | ZS | Series | | ZE | Subject Language | | ZD | Subject Literature | | ZU | Subjects-All | [back to top]
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