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Use the sources listed below to find criticism of short stories. For help with using the sources described in this guide and for further assistance with your research, consult a Reference Librarian at the Information Desk.

• If you need a QUICK FIX on a short story, use the following sources which include critical articles on hundreds of short stories:

Critical Survey of Short Fiction. Includes essays on almost 500 short fiction writers and their works.
REFERENCE 1ST FLOOR PN3321 .C7 2001

Masterplots II. Short Story Series. Contains critical evaluations of 721 short stories.
REFERENCE 1ST FLOOR PN3326 .M27 2004

Reference Guide to Short Fiction. Includes critical essays on 403 works of short fiction.
REFERENCE 1ST FLOOR PN3373 .R36 1999

Masterplots II. African American Literature Series.
REFERENCE 1ST FLOOR PS153 .N5 M2645 1994

Masterplots II. Women’s Literature Series.
REFERENCE 1ST FLO0R PN471 .M37 1995

A Reader’s Guide to the Short Stories of . . .
Authors covered in this series include Sherwood Anderson, Cather, Crane, Faulkner, Hawthorne, Hemingway, James, Melville, Twain, and Welty.
REFERENCE 1ST FLOOR: Type A Reader’s Guide to the Short Stories of as a title in the library’s catalog to obtain call numbers.

• If you are doing SERIOUS RESEARCH for a paper on a short story, use the following sources:

Connelly Library Catalog.
To locate criticism of a short story in books that are in the library’s circulating collection, type the short story writer’s name in the library’s catalog as a subject. Your search results will display the short story writer’s name followed by various subdivisions, such as BIBLIOGRAPHY, CRITICISM AND INTERPRETATION, and ENCYCLOPEDIAS. Collections of criticism of a particular short story will appear under the title of the short story as a subdivision (e.g., FAULKNER, WILLIAM, 1897-1962. BEAR).

Literary Index.
This online source indexes various critical series, such as Short Story Criticism. To locate criticism of a short story, type the title of the story in the Title Search form that is provided. Your search results will list the series that contain entries on the short story. Check the library’s catalog under the series title to obtain its location and call number.

MLA International Bibliography.
Produced by the Modern Language Association of America, this database provides indexing of critical articles in periodicals and books from 1926 to the present. MLA contains many links to full-text articles.