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

For Immediate Release

MLA Enhanced on the CSA Illumina Platform

BETHESDA, Maryland (18 April 2006) - CSA has enhanced the MLA International Bibliography ( MLA ) on the CSA Illumina platform, improving the descriptor search as well as adding searchable descriptor subfields and browsable descriptor subfield indexes.

"This addresses feedback we have received since the launch of MLA on the CSA Illumina platform last year," said C. Alan Golden, Director of Arts and Humanities at CSA. "The enhancements give the descriptors far more value for an advanced user of the MLA and set a new standard for the CSA Illumina interface."

Role indicators, supplemental information about descriptors such as author dates, are still displayed alongside the descriptor but are now parsed out of the search. This results in more sharply focused descriptor searches.

MLA now also features descriptor subfields, based on the controlled vocabulary assigned to facets pertinent to that item.  These facets control the record's classification, providing subject access to it in the index. The CSA Illumina platform now supports searches of these descriptor
subfields, giving the researcher greater search specificity. In addition, browsable indexes are now available for each of the following descriptor subfields:

•  Alternate Language	•  Literary Technique	•  Scholarly Tool
•  Author	•  Literary Theme	•  Source
•  Folklore	•  Literature Topic	•  Specific Language
•  Genre	•  Location	•  Specific Literature
•  Influence	•  Publication Type	•  Subject Author
•  Journal Name	•  Scholar	•  Subject Work
•  Language	•  Scholarly Approach
•  Linguistic Topic	•  Scholarly Theory

The MLA International Bibliography is a subject index for books and articles published on modern languages, literatures, folklore, and linguistics produced by the Modern Language Association (MLA), dedicated to the study and teaching of language and literature. It 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.

MLA abstracts and indexes references from more than 4,400 periodicals (including e-journals) and 1,000 book publishers.

Named as an EContent top 100 company for 2005, CSA serves as a guide to researchers to facilitate their effectiveness 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. as well as in such locations as Australia, China, Finland, France, Germany, Hong Kong, Japan, Korea, Mexico, Russia and the United Kingdom. Researchers in more than 4,000 institutions in 80 countries use CSA's information resources. CSA has been a leader in publishing and an innovator in the information field for over 30 years. www.csa.com

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

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