A convenient digital guide to some 86,000 essays in anthologies and collections!

This unique reference offers precise access to nearly 86,000 essays contained in some 7,000 anthologies and collections—a wealth of information that might be otherwise hidden away in your library. Some 300 single and multi-author collections are indexed annually, plus more than 20 selected annuals and serials. Coverage spans the entire range of the humanities and social sciences, including literary works, art history, drama, and film.

• Unlocks the wealth of literature often locked away in larger works, with information on some 86,000 essays from some over 7,000 collections published in the U.S., Canada, and Great Britain.

• Some 300 volumes indexed annually, plus more than 20 selected annuals and serials.

• Find the precise articles you need, with searching by keyword, subject, title, author, date of publication, or any combination.

• Find related articles at a click: each citation links to a list of other works in the collection, others by the author, and others on the subject, as well as to an entry for the source collection.

• Works of literary criticism are searchable by names of fictional characters and titles of literary works.

• Retrospective coverage back to 1985 enriches search capability.

• Up-to-date subject headings keep pace with current topics.

• Library holdings indicator, linked to your OPAC, lets users know if they’ll find cited volumes on your shelves.

• Wilson quality indexing—done by professionals—guarantees user satisfaction with results.

• Updated daily on WilsonWeb; annually on WilsonDisc.

• Also available in print. 

Essay & General Literature Index covers a wide range of specialties:

Archaeology • Architecture • Art • Children’s Literature • Classical Studies • Drama • Economics • Fiction • Film • Folklore • History • Linguistics • Music • Poetry • Political Science • Psychology • Religion • Women’s Studies