This online version starts coverage in 1949. The database includes over 500,000 citations from about 1,500 periodicals and hundreds of monographic volumes. 
Truncation Most searching terms, including words and "ancient authors," can be truncated by adding an asterisk (*) to search for variations on that term. Example: homer*.
Combining Terms When doing a "Full Text" search, you can search for citations containing two or more search terms. Example: homer* funeral* 
Abbreviations Many of the journal titles in citations are expressed in acronyms. To identify a complete journal title, go to the main search screen, scroll down to the red box, find "List of Journal Abbreviations".

The electronic version of the Bibliography dates back to 1925 and contains over 2.2 million citations from more than 4,400 periodicals (including peer-reviewed e-journals) and 1,000 book publishers. It is compiled by the staff of the MLA Department of Bibliographic Information Services with the cooperation of more than 100 contributing bibliographers in the United States and abroad. Such international coverage is represented by literature from Africa, Asia, Australia, Europe, and North and South America, and while the majority of records are from English-language publications, at least sixty other languages are represented including French, Spanish, German, Russian, Portuguese, Norwegian, and Swedish.
The database also has an identifiable subset of more than 100,000 records that constitute the JSTOR subfile. This consists of citation records for documents in JSTOR's Language and Literature Collection as well as relevant articles from their Asian Studies collection. The documents date back as far as 1881 and contain direct links to the full-text articles on the JSTOR website.
Our subscription to the MLA International Bibliography also includes access to the MLA Directory of Periodicals database. Full text links to Project Muse journal and ProQuest Digital Dissertations are also included in this database. Subject coverage: Modern literatures, Literary theory and criticism, Linguistics, Teaching of language, Film, television and theater, Rhetoric and composition, History of the book, Folklore.