Calling all research geeks: MLA goes full article

ByGWEnglish

Yes, I know: it’s summer, and most of us have turned our brains off (I am just back from a family vacation at Disney World, and if that doesn’t constitute adequate proof of cranial de-activation, I do not know what would). Here, though, is some exciting news, courtesy of Cathy Eisenhower at the Gelman Library: the MLA database that we all know, use, and adore will contain article-level records soon.

OK, you may whisper your small “yahoo” and go back to aestivating.

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