English Language and Literature Subject Guide
Short Stories
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If you are looking for a whole book of short stories by a specific author, look under his or her name as an author search in the library catalog. Some short story writers do not publish books, however, or a specific story you want may never have been published in a book exclusively devoted to stories by that author. If you are looking for specific stories published separately either in anthologies or in periodicals you will need to consult sources like the following:
Contains over 125,000 full text poems, and some short stories, essays, and plays. Biographies of the authors are included and over 800,000 more poems are cited.
Indexes popular magazines, scholarly journals, newspapers and trade publications in a wide range of subject areas, including business, education, humanities, social sciences, and sciences. Full-text available for over 2,500 journals. Coverage from 1971.
Indexes and abstracts a core list of approximately 300 popular magazines. Includes current events; book reviews; and music, dance, theatre, and motion picture reviews. Coverage from 1983 to the present, abstracts from 1984. Updated monthly.
Print: AI 3 .R48 (Ref) (1904-1998)
Indexes the most popular general-interest periodicals published in the United States from 1890 to 1982. Some of these periodicals published short stories and book reviews.
Print: AI 3 .R48 (Ref.) 1904-98
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Includes more than 6,400 stories and folktales by African, African American, and Caribbean authors. (When complete the collection will contain approximately 8000 works.) Most of the stories are in English, but some in French, Portuguese, and Gullah language are also included. Search by keyword, title, author, language and date.
Chicorel Index to Short Stories
Z 5917 .S5 C47x (Ref)
Overlaps somewhat with the Short Story Index, but indexes some stories not covered there. This source only indexes collections of stories in books, not stories published in periodicals. You will need to use WestCat, the Libraries' catalog, to see if we own the book(s) cited.
Provides index entries for almost 250,000 short stories published from the 1830s to date. Selected full text is available from 1994-date. Once you've found a book containing your short story, go to the Libraries' catalog, to see if we own that book. Also available in Central Reference (1953-2008) Z 5917 .S5 .C62 (Ref)
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Twentieth Century Short Story Explication
Z 5917 .S5 W33 (Ref)
Selectively indexes interpretations of the best-known short stories. Use WestCat, the Libraries' catalog, to see if we own the print books and journals indexed here. Use Journal Finder to check for full text online articles explicating a short story.
Librarian's Comment: This general index will contain short stories from popular and literary magazines.