Essay and General Literature Index (EssayGenLit)
Find contents in collected works focusing on humanities and social sciences
Why select this database?
- Cites essays and articles contained in collections of essays and other works published in the United States, Great Britain and Canada.
- More than 300 volumes and 20 annual or serial publications indexed annually.
- Includes full bibliographic information for the titles in which the collected works are found.
- Focuses on humanities and social sciences literature.
| Database details |
| Subjects |
| archaeology |
folklore |
| architecture |
history |
| art |
linguistics |
| children's literature |
music |
| classical studies |
poetry |
| drama |
political science |
| economics |
religion |
| fiction |
women's studies |
| film |
| |
| Sources |
More than 300 volumes and 20 annual or serial publications indexed annually.
View recent Wilson selections for this database at:
http://www.hwwilson.com/databases/eglbk.htm |
| Number of records |
Over 73,000 |
| Dates covered |
1985 to present |
| Updated |
Annual |
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Index labels and examples of an expert search in Essay and General Literature
Index
Use a colon after an index label (for example, au:)
when you are not certain of your search terms. Use an equal sign
after an index label (au=) for
an exact match search. You can search with an index label from any
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searches.
| Search indexes |
Labels |
Examples |
| Keyword |
kw: |
shakespeare criticism
(keyword searches the Notes, Source Phrase, Subject, and Title indexes) |
| Accession number |
no: |
200641010407004 |
| Author |
au: |
valdes |
| Author phrase |
au= |
valdes maria elena de
[last name first] |
| Corporate author phrase |
co= |
hofstra university |
| Descriptor |
de: |
languages |
| Descriptor phrase |
de= |
language and languages |
| Document type phrase |
dt= |
chapter |
| Geographic coverage phrase |
gc= |
india |
| Monograph record number |
mr: |
200641010407000 |
| Named company phrase |
nc= |
federal bureau of investigation |
| Named person phrase |
na= |
davis jefferson
[last name first] |
| Notes |
nt: |
historical survey |
| Publication date |
pd: |
1997
[browse index for available publication dates] |
| Publisher |
pb: |
locust hill |
| Series title |
se: |
atlantic |
| Series title phrase |
se= |
classics and contemporary thought |
| Source |
so: |
scholarship |
| Source phrase |
so= |
american literary |
| Standard number |
sn: |
1885266685
1058-563X |
| Subject |
su: |
landscape |
| Subject phrase |
su= |
landscape in literature |
| Subject all phrase |
sa= |
lincoln abraham 1809-1865 american president in literature |
| Table of contents |
tc: |
wisdom |
| Target audience |
ta: |
adult |
| Title |
ti: |
chaos theory |
| Title phrase |
ti= |
can stories heal |
| Year |
yr: |
1998-1999 |
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