Oxford Companion to American Literature	Ref PS21.H3
Oxford Companion to English Literature	Ref PR19.H3
Cyclopedia of World Authors	Ref PN451.W3
Reader's Encyclopedia	Ref PN41.B4
Twentieth Century Authors	Ref PN771.K86

Contemporary Authors	Ref PN700.C59
Dictionary of Literary Biography	Ref PN701.D5
European Writers	Ref PN501.ET
American Writers	Ref PS129.A55
British Writers	Ref PR85.B688
Hispanic Writers	Ref PQ7081.3.H58
Latin American Writers	Ref PQ7081.A1L37

Contemporary Literary Criticism	Ref PN771.C59
Critical Survey of Short Fiction	Ref PN771.S56
Twentieth Century Literary Criticism	Ref PN771.G27
Twentieth Century American Literature	Ref PS221.7834

Masterplots II: Short Story Series	Ref PN3326.M27
Masterplots II: World Fiction Series	Ref PN3326.M26

Reference Guide to Short Fiction	Ref PN3373.R36
Elements of Fiction Writing: Plot	Ref PN3378.D5
Elements of Fiction Writing: Characters & Viewpoint	Ref PN3383.C4C37

Use the Online Catalog to look for short stories by a specific author. Search by AUTHOR.
(Type: Author's last name, First name).

Short stories are published within a collection or anthology. Look for titles that contain:
Complete Works, Readers, Anthologies, Collections, Other Stories.

For example:

Books about individual authors are found in the Online Catalog.
Search by SUBJECT (Type Author's last name, first name).

For books containing anthologies of short stories search by SUBJECT. For example: