  Over the last two decades, several experiments have reported anomalous
results that could be hinting at the exciting possibility of sterile neutrino
states in the $eV^{2}$ mass scale. Liquid Argon Time Projection Chambers
(LArTPCs) are a particularly promising technology to explore this physics due
to their fine-grained tracking and exceptional calorimetric capabilities. The
MicroBooNE experiment, a 170 ton LArTPC scheduled to start taking data very
soon with Fermilab's Booster Neutrino Beam (BNB), will combine LArTPC
development with the main physics goal of understanding the low-energy
electromagnetic anomaly seen by the MiniBooNE experiment. Looking towards the
future, MicroBooNE will become a part of the \textit{short-baseline neutrino}
program which expands the physics capabilities of the BNB in many important
ways by adding additional LArTPC detectors to search for light sterile
neutrinos and bring a definitive resolution to the set of existing experimental
anomalies. This paper will give an overview of the accelerator-based
short-baseline neutrino oscillation program with a focus on the MicroBooNE
experiment while highlighting the prospects for further addressing the
short-baseline anomalies in the near future.
