Modern Language Association Video Tutorials

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"Demonstrates how to make the most of your searches in the MLA Bibliography on EBSCO using the Advanced Search screen, the thesaurus’s Explode tool, wildcards, and truncation."

Contents:
0:05 A Brief History of Scholarship on Literature in the Bibliography
1:05 Use of Subject Terms Relating to Literary Studies
4:55 Publications Focusing on Literary Authors
6:09 How Subject Terms Help You Find Scholarship in Different Languages
7:20 Using Subject Terms to Understand Search Results

Contents:
0:22 The Classification System for Literary Scholarship
0:45 Classification of Broad Literary Topics
3:17 National Literature Classification
4:30 Time Periods for National Literature Classifications
4:55 Works by Literary Authors
5:38 Classification for Publications on Newspapers and Magazines
6:12 Classification Language vs. Language of Publication
6:35 Literary Author Types and Characteristics
8:00 Researching Literary Works from Collections and Series
8:38 Editions and Translations as Publication Types