Indexes essays and articles contained in collections of essays and miscellaneous works published in the United States, Great Britain, and Canada. Areas covered include the humanities and social sciences, with subject coverage ranging from economics, political science, and history to criticism of literary works, drama, and film.

- Indexes some 3,800 essays from over 300 collections and anthologies each year. - Electronic version available, see p. 30. - Annual Subscription: $310 ($360 outside U.S. & Canada)

Vol. 1 is "a cumulation in one alphabet of parts 1-6 of the Essay and general literature index ... published ... January 1931 ... [to] July 1933 ... 173 additional volumes have been indexed."