It does not attempt to serve the literature of applied linguistics or the historical study of language and dialects. Many of the abstracts are written by the authors of the articles cited, coming from just over 100 journals. . Sociological Abstracts Inc., 1967- . Abstracts are grouped under such headings as linguistics, psychology, communication sciences, hearing, etc. with appropriate subdivisions. Entries are drawn from more than 1,000 journals, reports, occasional papers, etc.
Publication is quarterly with an annual cumulated index.
MLA Bibliography . The largest and most comprehensive online database covering scholarship in the modern languages, linguistics, literatures, folklore, theater, and drama. Updated ten times per year. Online access is restricted to the Cornell community. Periodical Abstracts indexes and abstracts over 1500 periodicals, covering general interest magazines and scholarly journals in the social sciences, humanities and sciences.