Fields in the MLA International Bibliography

Records in the MLA International Bibliography database are complete bibliographic citations with full subject and keyword indexing. Records are divided into the following fields, shown with their associated tags. Highlighted fields are limit fields.

AN      Accession Number

AU      Author(s)

AUI      Author(s) Index

DE      Descriptors

DOI      Digital Object Identifier*

DSF      Descriptors Subfield

IB      International Standard Book Number

IS      International Standard Serial Number

JN      Journal Name Index

JSTR      JSTOR Document Link

LA      Language

NT      Notes

PB      Publication Information

PT      Publication Type

PY      Publication Year

SAUI      Subject Author Index

SE      Series

SO      Source (Bibliographic Citation)

SQ      Sequence Number

TI      Title

UD      Update Code

XURL      URLs Etc

*This field is for display only; you cannot search in this field.

The Citation (CITN), a brief record, consists of the AN, AU, SO, and TI fields. Use the citation to display, print, or save just those fields for a set of records.