EBSCO Publishing is pleased to announce the release of H.W. Wilson's Short Story Index, a database of citation information for thousands of short stories, available via EBSCOhost®. With this release, EBSCO now provides more than a dozen H.W. Wilson databases on EBSCOhost, covering a variety of important subjects.

Short Story Index is a detailed index of more than 76,500 stories from more than 4,025 collections. Short Story Index is searchable by author, title, subject, keyword, date, literary technique and source, alone or by any combination. Subjects include theme, locale, narrative technique or device, and genre for pinpoint accuracy. This reference database grows by 4,000 records each year, and includes coverage dating back to 1984.

The availability of Short Story Index further enhances the collection of databases accessible via EBSCOhost that cover a myriad of niches in the realm of humanities. Other complementary databases currently or soon to be available include American Humanities Index, Columbia Granger's World of Poetry, H.W. Wilson's Essay & General Literature Index, Humanities Abstracts, MagillOnAuthors™, MagillOnLiterature™ and MLA International Bibliography.

About H.W. Wilson
Since 1898, the independent publisher H.W. Wilson has provided researchers with indexing and abstracting information with unmatched editorial integrity. H.W. Wilson products are created for librarians, by librarians; and more than 50 H.W. Wilson reference databases meet the research needs of customers around the globe. Over 150 Wilson editorial staff members with MLS or MLIS degrees-multi-lingual trained librarians and subject specialists-build the Wilson references every day. For more visit www.hwwilson.com.

About EBSCO
EBSCO Publishing, EBSCO Subscription Services and EBSCO Book Services form the EBSCO Information Services group. EBSCO is a worldwide leader in providing information access and management solutions through print and electronic journal subscription services, research database development and production, online access to more than 100 databases and thousands of e-journals, and e-commerce book procurement. EBSCO has specialized products and services for academic, medical, government, public and school libraries as well as for corporations and other organizations. EBSCO maintains a comprehensive database of more than 282,000 serial titles and upholds active relationships with more than 60,000 publishers worldwide. EBSCO has been serving the library and business communities for almost 60 years. For more information, visit www.ebsco.com.

Contact: Scott Bernier (800) 653-2726, ext. 278 sbernier@epnet.com

Release Date: Nov. 25, 2003