Introduction

Students will choose 2 short stories by the same author to research using literary criticism articles.

Keywords and Dewey Numbers

Library Catalog

Find a short story: Use the "Power Search" tab in the catalog and set "Type" to Book. Search the title of your story or your author's name. Most short stories will be in the Story Collection (SC in the catalog), but some may be in the Fiction section. If another high school in Mesquite has a book with your story in it, we will be happy to use an interlibrary loan (ILL) to get it.

Find literary criticism: Search the Library Catalog on your author by using the "Power Search" tab. Set "Type" to "Book", and put your author's name in the subject line. Literary criticism will be in the 800 nonfiction section. Use the Table of Contents and the Index to find criticism on your selected short story.

Print Resources in the Reference Section of the Library

Two series focus on short stories only:

• Short Stories for Students - R 809.3 S - Search the Cumlulative Author Title Index
• Short Story Criticism - R 809 S - Search the Author Index for SSC

Other series that may have short story criticism:

• Contemporary Literary Criticism (CLC) - R 809 C
• Twentieth Century Literary Criticism (TCLC) - R 809 T
• Nineteenth Century Literary Criticism (NCLC) R 809 N
• Contemporary Authors (CA) R 920.03 C

Online Databases

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Literature Databases

• Literature Resource Center
• Scribner Writers Series
• TwayneAuthors Series

In-depth information for biographies, criticism, history, and more

• Student Resource Center Gold
• Discovering Collection

Websites

  netTrekker

Find a copy of short stories that are no longer under copyright.

• Project Gutenberg         

• Read Book Online
• Google

           Search the title of your short story by enclosing it in quotation  

           marks.

Citing Sources

Don't neglect to site your sources. Use these sites for MLA documentation.

• Citation Maker
• Citation Machine