Book Reviews

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• Book Review Digest
  Provides citations to and excerpts from book reviews published in journals from 1983-present.
  Note: Book Review Digest is also available in print from 1905 - present (REF PN80 .B662).
  
  
• Choice Reviews
  Provides reviews of significant current books and electronic resources of interest to those in higher education. Reviews date from 1988-present.
  
  
• Academic Search Premier
  Provides citations to and some full-text articles covering all subjects from 1971-present.
  Tip: Use "books" as a search term.
  
  
• LexisNexis Academic
  Provides mostly fulltext news, law, business, and health articles from varied years.
  Tip: Select "News" from the left menu, then "Arts & Sports News" from the first drop down menu. Next, select "Book, movie, music & play reviews" under the second drop down menu.
  
• Social Sciences Abstracts
  Provides citations to articles in the social sciences from 1984-present.
  Tip: Use "book review" as a search term.
  
  
• Humanities Abstracts
  Provides citations to articles in the humanities from 1984-present.
  Tip: Use "book review" as a search term.
  
  
• Readers' Guide to Periodical Literature
  Provides citations to articles on all subjects in general and popular magazines [no scholarly journals]. Citations date from 1890-present.
  Tip: Use "book review" as a search term.
  
  
• Wilson Select Plus
  Provides full-text articles covering all subject areas from 1994-present
  Tip: Use "book review" as a search term.
  

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• Book Review Index, Ref PN 80 .B664
  Note: provides citations to thousands of book reviews covering both academic and popular titles. Book Review Index covers books published from 1965-present.

• Book Review Digest, Ref PN 80 .B662
  Note: provides citations to and excerpts of reviews of English language books. Covers books published 1905-present. Book Review Digest is also available online from 1983-present.
  
  
• New York Times Index, Ref AI 21 .N44
  Note: To find book reviews look under the subject heading "Books and Literature"; time period covered, 1851-present.
  
  
• Readers' Guide to Periodical Literature, Ref AI 3 .R48
  Note: To find reviews look at the back of each volume for the section "Book Reviews"; time period covered, 1900-present. Readers Guide is also available online from 1890-present.
  
  
• Combined Retrospective Index to Book Reviews in Scholarly Journals, 1886-1974, Ref Z1035 .A1 C6
  Note: Citations for reviews are located under author entry. Author entries are located in the first 12 volumes. If only titles is known, search by title in last 3 volumes, then refer back to author entries.
  
  
• Humanities Index, Ref AI AI 3 .H8
  Note: To find reviews look at the back of each volume for the section "Book Reviews"; time period covered, 1974-1995.
  
  
• Social Sciences Index, Ref AI 3 .S61
  Note: To find reviews look at the back of each volume for the section "Book Reviews"; time period covered, 1974-1995.
  
  
• Washington Post Index, Ref AI 21 .W33 W36
  Note: To find reviews look under the subject heading "Books-Titles"; time period covered, 1979-present.
  

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• New York Times Books
• BookWorld (Washington Post)
• Booklist
• Boston Book Review
• Boston Globe (book reviews)
• Bryn Mawr Classical Review
• Civil War Book News

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