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International Bibliography Database Information Screen! Browse the topics
listed below to find what you are looking for:
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MLA International Bibliography is an index of journal articles,
books and dissertations. Produced by the Modern Language Association, the
electronic version of the Bibliography dates back to 1963 and contains over 1.5
million citations from more than 4,400 journals and series and 1,000 book
publishers. Coverage is international and subjects include literature, language
and linguistics, folklore, literary theory & criticism, dramatic arts, as well
as the historical aspects of printing and publishing. Listings on rhetoric and
composition and the history, theory and practice of teaching language and
literature are also included. In addition, the MLA Directory of Periodicals and
the association's proprietary thesaurus used to assign descriptors to each
record in the Bibliography are also included. Examples of titles offered in MLA
International Bibliography include: Journal of International Folklore, Journal
of English and German Philology, Journal of Linguistics, Journal of Popular
Film and Television, Language and Communication, Language Teaching Research,
Modern Language Journal, etc.
The default sort for this database is the following: Descending
Date Published, Journal, Start Page then Title. Other sort options include
Author and Source.
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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.
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.
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 satireFocused 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.
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The default fields for unqualified searches consist of the
following: Title, Author, Source, 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.
SearchableTag Description Example AN Accession Number AN 2001873053 [Phrase indexed] Searches the exact 10-digit accession number of a record. AR Author [Exact] AR Roscoe, Jane [Phrase Indexed] Searches the last name followed by first name, and sometimes middle initial or name, in the Author field. AU Author AU Ratkai, Arpad [Word Indexed] Searches for keywords in a record's author fields. BT Collection Title BT The Selected Works of [Word Indexed] George Gerbner Searches for keywords in a book or book article record's source book title. DE Descriptors DE teaching of literature [Phrase Indexed] Searches for exact matches of assigned subjects, including specific literature, specific language, folklore topic, linguistic topic, general literature topic, time, genre, subject author, media, and location. DS Dissertation Info DS Bowling Green State [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. DT Date DT 20001201 [Date Indexed] Searches for the date of a record's publication in the format of CCYYMMDD. DX Exclude Dissertation Abstracts DX Y [Phrase Indexed] Searches for records that are not dissertation abstract publication types. The value searched for is "Y" ED Editors ED Endresen, Rolf Theil [Word Indexed] Searches for keywords in a record's editors fields. IB ISBN (International Standard Book Number) IB 1-55753-207-9 [Phrase Indexed] or Searches for the exact match of a IB 1557532079 record's ISBN. IS ISSN (International Standard Serial Number) IS 1062-4783 [Phrase Indexed] Searches for the exact match of a record's ISSN. IP Issue IP 2 [Word Indexed] Searches for a publication's issue number. JN Journal Title JN Arab Journal for the Humanities [Phrase Indexed] Searches for the exact match of a record's journal title. LA Language LA French [Word Indexed] Searches for the language in which a record was published. NT Notes NT Hungarian Association [Word Indexed] of Applied Linguistics Searches for keywords in the title page notes, bibliographic notes, and electronic format fields. PB Publication Info PB Knopf [Word Indexed] Searches for keywords in a record's publisher, and publication location fields. PD Publication Date PD 2001 winter [Word Indexed] Searches for keywords in a record's publication date. The format of the date does not adhere to any convention and may include seasons. PG Pages PG 22-27 [Word Indexed] Searches for a record's page number, or range of page numbers in the source of publication. PT Publication Type PT Book Collection [Phrase Indexed] Searches exact record type, of the document. Values consist of the following: - Book - Book Article - Book Collection - Dissertation Abstract - Journal Article PY Publication Year PY 1999 [Date Indexed] Searches for a record's year of publication in the format of CCYY. SE Series SE Comparative History [Word Indexed] of Literatures in Searches keywords in the book European Languages series field. SO Journal Title SO Quadrant [Word Indexed] Searches for keywords in the journal title or journal abbreviation field. SP Start Page SP 25 [Phrase Indexed] Searches for an exact match of a record's start page in the source of publication. SQ Sequence Number SQ 2001-2-5508 [Word Indexed] Searches for a record's sequence number which consists of the bibliography year, volume, and item number. Order records do not include volume characters. Records may have multiple sequence numbers, as it may have been published in several documents. SU Subject SU African American writers [Word Indexed] Searches for keywords in a record's assigned subjects, including specific literature, specific language, folklore topic, linguistic topic, general literature topic, time, genre, subject author, author, media, and location. TI Record Title TI Remembering James McAuley [Word Indexed] Searches keywords in a record's Title field UD Update Code UD 198201 [Number Indexed] or Searches for exact match of a UD 199101-200101 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. UR Universal Resource Locator (URL) UR http://www.ade.org/ [Word Indexed] Searches for keywords in the URL field of the electronic publisher. VI Volume VI 8 [Word Indexed] Searches for a publication's volume number. ---------------------------------------------------------------------
The following table explains the contents of each field in a
record's detailed display (not all fields are listed in every record).
Field name Description 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, and publication date 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. ISSN Displays the International Standard Serial Number of the record's publication. ISBN Displays the International Standard Book Number of the record's publication. Series Displays the book series information, including book series title, abbreviation, and number. General Subject Lists the record's general subject descriptors, such as Subject Literature,Areas Subject Language, Folklore Topic, Linguistics Topic, Literature Topic, Time, Genre, Primary Subject Author, Primary Subject Work, Media, and Location. Subject Terms Lists the record's subject additional descriptors and their modifiers. Document Lists various information relating to the document, such as PublicationInformation Type, Language of Publication, Update Code, and Sequence Numbers. Electronic Access Displays the publisher's, and sometimes the electronic document's, URL. May include access note. Accession A unique 10-digit number identifying the record.Number---------------------------------------------------------------------
The Thesaurus authority file is 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).
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The Names as Subjects 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).
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The MLA Directory of 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).
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The data contained in MLA International Bibliography is the
property of Modern Language Association and its content may not be copied
without the copyright holder's express written permission except for the print
or download capabilities of the retrieval software used for access. This
content is intended solely for the use of the individual user.
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