The following resources are particularly good for finding book reviews.
NOTE: Not all databases have the full-text
of the book review.
Academic
Search Premier
Some full text. SEARCHING:
Type in author’s last name AND the
name of the book you need to review AND
"book review" all in the keyword
search field.
Lexis-Nexis
Academic Universe
Full text. Covers
reviews of popular books from a wide variety
of subject areas. SEARCHING: Enter the
title of the book and the author of the
book.
ReviewsofBooks.com
To find all published reviews of a work, use the SITE MAP option or enter the title in the search box. The drop down menu is a limited selection and provides you only the site owner's review.
JSTOR
Full text. SEARCHING:
Type in the title of the book in the search
box and limit the search to “reviews”
in the Refine Search box. All of the articles
will be full text.
MLA
Links to full text via SFX.
SEARCHING: This database
contains literary criticism rather than
book reviews. Type the title of the book
and the author of the book in the keyword
search field.
America:
History & Life
Links to full text via SFX.
SEARCHING: In the Keyword search field,
type in the title of the book and “book
review.” This will give you a list
of abstracts.
Historical
Abstracts
Links to full text via SFX.
SEARCHING: In the Keyword
search field, type in the title of the
book and “book review.” This
will give you a list of abstracts.
Ethnic
News Watch
Full text. SEARCHING:
Select the Advanced Search tab. Type in
the title of the book under "Words
in Article" and type in “book
review” under Type of Article. All
of the articles will be full text.
HAPI
Online *
SEARCHING: To search, type in the title
of the book and “book review.”
*
Search for the journal title in our library
catalog to find the full review.
Sociological
Abstracts
Links to full text via SFX.
SEARCHING: Click on the
advanced search button. Set the first
search field to "Keyword" and
type in the title of the book and the
author’s last name. In the second
search field set it to "Publication
Type" and type in "book review."
PsychInfo
Some full-text.
SEARCHING: Enter the title of the book
you want to review and the author in the
“Default Field” setting. Type
“book review” in the "Key
Concepts" search field.
Particularly good for older reviews.
Book Review Digest
Z1219.C96 (Reference)
Covers book reviews from 1905 to current
SEARCHING: Select year that the book was
published (also check the year or two
after publication). Then look up the author’s
last name to find a list of reviews of
the book. Use the citation listed to locate
the full review by searching the journal
title in our library catalog.
Children’s Book Review
Index
Z1037. A1 C475 (Reference)
SEARCHING: Select the year that the book
was published (also check the year or
two after publication). Look up the author’s
last name to find a list of reviews of
the book. Use the citation listed (and
the abbreviation list in the front of
the book) to locate the full review by
searching the journal title in our library
catalog.
Good for recently published popular books.
