Official style manual from the Modern Language Association which documents the correct style for literary research. These guidelines on MLA documentation style are the only ones available on the Internet that are authorized by the Modern Language Association of America. This program from Gale Research, Inc. provides extensive biographical and bibliographic information about authors in all genres and from all time periods. It leans heavily toward western languages. Basic encyclopedia of all literary figures, genres, characters and major works from all time periods and all geographic location.
Contents range from poetry, fiction, drama and essays to history, theology and political writing.
The set encompasses a broad range of writing on humorists, publicists, orators, newspaper columnists, religious leaders, economists, Native Americans, song writers, and even non-English writers, such as Yiddish and Creole. An index to scholarly periodical articles, books, and dissertations on modern languages and literatures. Features full text for over 1,000 journals, abstracts and indexing for over 3,100 scholarly journals, and coverage of The Wall Street Journal, The New York Times and The Christian Science Monitor. Users will need to come to the Main Library and use central card catalog on the first floor. All serial titles currently received are noted by their title in InfoHawk.