Normandale Community College - Database Trial(s)

The following databases are being considered for purchase by the Normandale Community College Library. As part of the decision making process, we have been given free access to these products for a trial period. In order to help us evaluate these products we invite our users to use these products as part of your research and to give us your feedback. Trial databases may be available on campus only.

Please send your comments about these products to Rosie Bunge by May 14, 2008.

Short Story Index (3 versions) - All work on and off campus || All utlize Find Full Text Options

Short Story Index - (through 05/31/2008)

Locate more than 96,000 stories—plus the full text of more than 4,000 stories—with the pinpoint accuracy of electronic searching! For the reader seeking short fiction by a favorite author, the teacher looking for the quintessential example of a particular genre, or the student researching the body of work of a literary figure, Short Story Index is a practical resource. The periodicals included are those indexed in Readers' Guide to Periodical Literature and Humanities Index.

Indexing 1984-present || Full Text 1994-present

The Short Story Index Retrospective - (through 05/31/2008)

Short Story Index Retrospective is a bibliographic index of short stories written in or translated into English that have appeared in collections and selected periodicals. The periodicals are those indexed from Short Story Index, going back to its beginnings in 1915. In-depth subject indexing helps to find stories by topics and themes, locales of where the story takes place, genre, and by people.

Indexing 1915-1983 || Index Only

Short Story Index Plus Retrospective - (through 05/31/2008)

Access nearly a century of short stories. Entries feature links to other works by the author and other stories in the source collection.

Indexing 1915-present || Full Text 1994-present