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EDITOR's NOTE. This should of interest to all who publish scholarly
material about Nabokov. Although the MLA Bibliography does include
articles that appear in NABOKOV STUDIES, the coverage is rather
erratic. Zoran Kuzmanovich, editor of NABOKOV STUDIES, has contacted the
Modern Languages Association about the problem and received the reply
below. In order to be absolutely certain that YOUR article is cited in
the MLA listings, you may want to follow the procedure outlined below.
Additionally, I (DBJ) have noticed that the MLA bibliography is
especially unreliable in citing Russian and other foreign-language
scholarship on Nabokov. Overseas Nabokovians in particular may wish to
note the instructions below. A goodly number of the overseas
Nabokov-related publications mentioned on NABOKV-L are not to be found
in the MLA listing. (The Silver Platter" referred to below is the C-D
version of the MLA bibliography.)
-------- Original Message --------
Subject: MLA Info.
Date: Wed, 30 Jan 2002 12:31:35 -0500
From: "Nabokov Studies" <NabokovStudies@davidson.edu>
To: "D. Barton Johnson" <chtodel@gte.net>
Here is the promised message from Barbara Chen about having the
work we do included in the annual MLA bibliography. The MLA does receive
Nabokov Studies, something I confirmed at the MLA convention in New
Orleans, but its index for the journal is very spotty. The MLA person
there blamed SilverPlatter. At any rate, this is the way to correct any
slights and oversights.
__________________
How to be Included in the MLA International Bibliography
My colleagues and I are eager to include your work in the bibliography.
We invite you to send us information about your articles, essays, and
books that appeared in 2001 and those from before 2001 that have not
been indexed previously. With the 2000 edition, we have expanded the
scope of the bibliography to include rhetoric and composition and the
history, theory, and practice of teaching language and literature at the
college level. We have also endeavored to improve our coverage of
scholarship about Arabic, Persian, and Turkish languages and
literatures.
Bibliographic Information Services receives most of the periodicals on
the Master List of Periodicals (found at the front of each issue of the
bibliography or online through SilverPlatter). Authors of journal
articles may assume that their material will be indexed if the MLA
receives the journal; members should check with the journal editor to be
sure. Authors of monographs and articles in book collections
(Festschriften, conference proceedings, books of essays, etc.) should
ask the publisher to send a copy of the collection to the MLA. Authors
in doubt about whether the MLA has received a journal or a book should
send materials according to the following guidelines.
Articles in journals. Send an offprint or photocopy of the entire
article, with the complete date, volume, and number of the journal issue
in which the article appeared. Include a photocopy of the title and
content pages of the journal.
Book collections. Send the book. A single essay in a collection of
essays may be indexed if the following documentation is provided; an
offprint or photocopy of the essay; a photocopy of the title, copyright,
and contents pages of the book; the number of pages in the book and the
ISBN.
Books by a single author. Send the book. Or send a photocopy of the
title, copyright, and contents pages, together with an abstract of a
photocopy of the introduction, the number of pages in the book and the
ISBN.
Bear in mind that the following kinds of writing are generally excluded
from the bibliography: fiction, poetry, book reviews, unpublished
dissertations, and entries in reference books.
The deadline for the receipt of material for the 2001 printed
bibliography is 26 January 2002. Address materials or questions to MLA
International Bibliography, 26 Broadway, 3rd Floor, New York, NY
10004-1789 (646-576-5053; fax: 646-458-0033; bibliography@mla.org.
Barbara Chen
material about Nabokov. Although the MLA Bibliography does include
articles that appear in NABOKOV STUDIES, the coverage is rather
erratic. Zoran Kuzmanovich, editor of NABOKOV STUDIES, has contacted the
Modern Languages Association about the problem and received the reply
below. In order to be absolutely certain that YOUR article is cited in
the MLA listings, you may want to follow the procedure outlined below.
Additionally, I (DBJ) have noticed that the MLA bibliography is
especially unreliable in citing Russian and other foreign-language
scholarship on Nabokov. Overseas Nabokovians in particular may wish to
note the instructions below. A goodly number of the overseas
Nabokov-related publications mentioned on NABOKV-L are not to be found
in the MLA listing. (The Silver Platter" referred to below is the C-D
version of the MLA bibliography.)
-------- Original Message --------
Subject: MLA Info.
Date: Wed, 30 Jan 2002 12:31:35 -0500
From: "Nabokov Studies" <NabokovStudies@davidson.edu>
To: "D. Barton Johnson" <chtodel@gte.net>
Here is the promised message from Barbara Chen about having the
work we do included in the annual MLA bibliography. The MLA does receive
Nabokov Studies, something I confirmed at the MLA convention in New
Orleans, but its index for the journal is very spotty. The MLA person
there blamed SilverPlatter. At any rate, this is the way to correct any
slights and oversights.
__________________
How to be Included in the MLA International Bibliography
My colleagues and I are eager to include your work in the bibliography.
We invite you to send us information about your articles, essays, and
books that appeared in 2001 and those from before 2001 that have not
been indexed previously. With the 2000 edition, we have expanded the
scope of the bibliography to include rhetoric and composition and the
history, theory, and practice of teaching language and literature at the
college level. We have also endeavored to improve our coverage of
scholarship about Arabic, Persian, and Turkish languages and
literatures.
Bibliographic Information Services receives most of the periodicals on
the Master List of Periodicals (found at the front of each issue of the
bibliography or online through SilverPlatter). Authors of journal
articles may assume that their material will be indexed if the MLA
receives the journal; members should check with the journal editor to be
sure. Authors of monographs and articles in book collections
(Festschriften, conference proceedings, books of essays, etc.) should
ask the publisher to send a copy of the collection to the MLA. Authors
in doubt about whether the MLA has received a journal or a book should
send materials according to the following guidelines.
Articles in journals. Send an offprint or photocopy of the entire
article, with the complete date, volume, and number of the journal issue
in which the article appeared. Include a photocopy of the title and
content pages of the journal.
Book collections. Send the book. A single essay in a collection of
essays may be indexed if the following documentation is provided; an
offprint or photocopy of the essay; a photocopy of the title, copyright,
and contents pages of the book; the number of pages in the book and the
ISBN.
Books by a single author. Send the book. Or send a photocopy of the
title, copyright, and contents pages, together with an abstract of a
photocopy of the introduction, the number of pages in the book and the
ISBN.
Bear in mind that the following kinds of writing are generally excluded
from the bibliography: fiction, poetry, book reviews, unpublished
dissertations, and entries in reference books.
The deadline for the receipt of material for the 2001 printed
bibliography is 26 January 2002. Address materials or questions to MLA
International Bibliography, 26 Broadway, 3rd Floor, New York, NY
10004-1789 (646-576-5053; fax: 646-458-0033; bibliography@mla.org.
Barbara Chen