How To Locate Plays And Short Stories

Minerva

• long or well-known plays or short stories published as entirč books
• plays or short stories that appear within book collections or anthologies

Use the Browse an Alphabetical List option of Minerva if you have exact information. Otherwise, use the Keyword Searching option. (Examples of exact subject headings: Monologues, Radio plays, Short stories, American--Indian authors).

To Search for Individual Works Within Collections or Anthologies:

Use the keyword searching option on the left side of Minerva. Then enter a title or author in the Search for box and click on the down triangle to select the Notes option. After clicking on Search, a list of records will be displayed. Select “View Full Record” to view the “Contents” since irrevelant items might also be retrieved.

PLAY AND SHORT STORY INDEXES

• Play Index [ReadyRef Z 5781 P53]
  This multivolume source covers separate plays and plays in collections written in or translated into English from 1949 to 1992. Comprehensive in scope, it includes full-length plays, one-act plays, radio and TV plays, and plays written for children. Plays can be located by title, author, subject, type (e.g., miracle play, puppet play), and cast requirements (e.g., all female, 11 characters). Features include brief descriptions and number of acts, scenes, and sets.

• Ottemiller's Index to Plays in Collections [ReadyRef PN 1655 2999 088x 1988]
  This single volume covers plays in collections published in the "English-speaking world" from 1900-1985. Focused on "standard" full-length plays, it excludes one-act plays and plays for children, radio, and TV. Plays can be located by author or title. Features include author's dates, play dates, and first performance dates.

• Index to Plays in Periodicals [ReadyRef PN 1721 2999 K44X 1979]
  Offering an international perspective, this single volume covers plays found in periodicals from 1914-1979 and includes plays in foreign languages. Plays can be located by author or title. Features include brief descriptions, number of acts, and author's dates.

• Short Story Index [ReadyRef PN 3451 2999 C65X]
  This comprehensive source covers stories in book collections and periodicals. The first volume includes stories published before 1949. After that, volumes generally appear annually with five-year cumulations. Short stories in collections can be located by author, title, and subject; the detailed subject categories make this a useful source for finding stories by topic. Short stories in periodicals, first-included in 1974, are not indexed by subject.

GENERAL INDEXES