The Essay and General Literature Index is most useful for locating what?

• A. A publisher
• B. A periodical's frequency
• C. Specific chapter of a book
• D. An author’s biography

Answer: (C)

The key idea is that this index is built to locate essays and articles within journals and in edited collections. It provides entries for individual essays—giving the author, title, and where the piece appears (which journal or which book/edited volume) along with bibliographic details. Because of that, it’s especially useful for finding a specific piece within a book, such as a particular chapter that is written as an essay. That’s why the best choice is a specific chapter of a book. The other options point to things you’d use different resources for: publishers aren’t the primary focus of this index, periodical frequency is better found in cataloging or indexing tools specific to journals, and biographical details belong to biographical references rather than this index. In short, EGLI helps you zero in on the exact essay or chapter you need within periodicals and collections.