The MLA International Bibliography is an essential tool for research in all aspects of modern languages and literature. Updated frequently throughout the year, the MLA Bibliography indexes more than 70,000 new items annually, enabling researchers to find citations for the latest scholarship as well as publications dating back to the 1880s. Academics and students at all levels rely on the bibliography to lead them to the journals, books, Web sites, and other publications they need to succeed in their research projects.
A detailed bibliography of journal articles, books, and dissertations plus 1,000 full text journals, such as Applied Linguistics, Critique, Comparative Literature, Renaissance Quarterly and College Composition & Communication. Produced by the Modern Language Association (MLA), the electronic version of the bibliography dates back to the 1920s and contains over 1.8 million citations from more than 4,400 journals & series, and 1,000 book publishers. Subjects consist of 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 to the bibliography, the database includes the MLA Directory of Periodicals; the association's proprietary thesaurus used to assign descriptors to each record in the bibliography; and a proprietary, searchable directory of noted authors' names, with links to brief descriptive notes.
Coverage Dates: 1920s - present
Make the most of your searches in the MLA International Bibliography
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The most effective ways to use the MLA International Bibliography to find books, articles, and other publications that are about an author or other individual. It also demonstrates how to find and use the preferred form of a name to maximize results.
eveloped by the MLA to teach you how to use the MLA International Bibliography for college-level research. Each of the five units in the course presents a lesson, followed by questions to reinforce the lesson through active engagement with the bibliography, and a quiz. You will receive a badge upon passing each quiz and a course-completion badge after completing all the lessons and passing all five quizzes. Create a free account to take the course and start earning badges.
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