Contact: Michael Miyazaki
(301) 961-6761 or E-mail: mmiyazaki@csa.com

For Immediate Release

MLA International Bibliography Now Available Through CSA

BETHESDA, Maryland, USA (11 November 2004) -- The MLA International Bibliography, one of the premier research tools for all areas of languages, literatures, folklore, and linguistics, is now available through the CSA platform.

“The MLA International Bibliography vitally enhances the resources available from CSA in the humanities,” said Matt Dunie, president of CSA. “It is the most respected database in its field produced by the premier organization dedicated to the study of modern language, its teaching and its application.”

The MLA International Bibliography provides more than 1.6 million records with backfiles to 1963. It is produced by the Modern Language Association (MLA), dedicated to the study and teaching of language and literature. The database is compiled by the staff of the MLA Office of Bibliographic Information Services with the cooperation of more than 100 contributing bibliographers in the United States and abroad. Subscription to the MLA International Bibliography also includes access to the MLA Directory of Periodicals database.

Topics covered in the MLA International Bibliography include:

Belief systems	Literary theory and criticism
Comparative linguistics	National literatures (more than 200)
Comparative literature	Rhetoric and composition
Dramatic arts (film, radio, television, theater)	Rituals
Folk art	Teaching of language and literature
Folk literature	Translation
Folk music	Semantics
History and theory of linguistics	Stylistics
History of printing and publishing	Syntax

More than 100 databases are available through CSA including other humanities titles such as ARTbiblioigraphies Modern, Design and Applied Arts Index (DAAI), BHI: British Humanities Index, RILM Abstracts of Music Literature, and The Philosopher’s Index.

CSA is a worldwide information company, serving as a guide to researchers to help them be more effective in their work by enabling and expediting discovery, aiding the management and organization of quality information and providing tools to assist in its subsequent dissemination. CSA specializes in publishing and distributing in print and electronically 100 bibliographic and full-text databases and journals in four primary editorial areas: natural sciences, social sciences, arts & humanities, and technology. A privately held company, CSA is headquartered in Bethesda, Maryland, with offices throughout the U.S., and in Australia, Hong Kong, Japan, Europe and the United Kingdom. Researchers in more than 4,000 institutions worldwide use CSA information resources, and CSA’s print journals are used in more than 80 countries. CSA has been a leader in publishing and providing quality abstracts and indexes and an innovator in the information field for over 30 years.

For further information, contact Michael Miyazaki, Marketing Manager, CSA (Tel. +1 301 961 6761 / E-mail: mmiyazaki@csa.com).

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