Short Story Research Guide

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Contents 1 REVIEWS OF SHORT STORIES 2 INFOTREE – Research Sources 3 ALICE –TITLE SEARCH 4 ANTHOLOGIES OF SHORT STORIES, or "Where can I find this short story?" 5 INFOTREE 6 ALICE 7 BIOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION ON AUTHOR 8 INFOTREE – Research Sources 9 CRITICAL COMMENTARY ON A SPECIFIC STORY 10 ALICE – SUBJECT SEARCH on AUTHOR 11 ALICE – WORD SEARCH on TITLE or SUBJECT SEARCH on TITLE 12 ALICE – Title Search 13 INFOTREE 14 GENERAL INFORMATION ON AUTHOR 15 ALICE – Title Search 16 INFOTREE – Info on Author 17 ALICE & INFOTREE 18 MEDIA REVIEWS AND INFORMATION 19 ALICE – VIDEO SEARCH 20 INFOTREE 21 WEB

REVIEWS OF SHORT STORIES

INFOTREE – Research Sources

• Literature Resource Center

• Academic Search Premier

• Book Review Digest (1983-)

• Book Review Index (1965-)

• PCI (1770-1995)

• Readers Guide Retrospective (1890-1982)

(FYI: Individual short stories not usually reviewed, try searching within an anthology) (Journal Titles to Avoid: Choice, Library Journal, Publishers Weekly, Booklist)

ALICE –TITLE SEARCH

• Book Review Index – blue/yellow (1965-current, reviews collections, not individual stories)

• Short Story Criticism

• Book Review Digest ( 1905-current)

• Twentieth Century Short Story Explication (Ref Desk)

ANTHOLOGIES OF SHORT STORIES, or "Where can I find this short story?"

INFOTREE

• Short Story Index (1983-current)

ALICE

• Short Story Index

• Chicorel index to short stories in anthologies and collections: Z5917.S5 C44

BIOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION ON AUTHOR

INFOTREE – Research Sources

• Literature Resource Center
• Biography Resource Center
• Biography and Genealogy Master Index

CRITICAL COMMENTARY ON A SPECIFIC STORY

ALICE – SUBJECT SEARCH on AUTHOR

Looks for.....

• LC Subjects
• Criticism & Interpretation
• Bibliography
• Characters

ALICE – WORD SEARCH on TITLE or SUBJECT SEARCH on TITLE

ALICE – Title Search

Looks for.....

• Short Story Criticism
• Nineteenth Century Literature Criticism
• Critical Survey of Short Fiction
• Twentieth Century Short Story Explication

INFOTREE

• Literature Resource Center
• MLA International Bibliography
• Literary Criticism (Web)

GENERAL INFORMATION ON AUTHOR

ALICE – Title Search

Search for:

• Dictionary of Literary Biography
• Author as SUBJECT search in ALICE

INFOTREE – Info on Author

• Literature Resource Center

==WEB BASED INFORMATION==

ALICE & INFOTREE

• Voice of the Shuttle
• Literary Criticism

MEDIA REVIEWS AND INFORMATION

ALICE – VIDEO SEARCH

• Word search on name; and
• Subject search on name

INFOTREE

• Literature Resource Center
• Media Adaptations

WEB

• Internet Movie Database

• IPL Internet Public Library Online Literary Criticism