Book Review Sources
The first three sources in this list focus entirely on book reviews; the rest are article databases that
include a substantial number of book reviews. You can limit your search to reviews only; see each database description for details.
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Book Review Digest Plus
Indexes book reviews of English-language fiction and nonfiction books for children and adults, from over 8000 leading magazines from the United States, Canada, and Great Britain. Covers books published since 1983.
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Book Review Digest Retrospective: 1905-1982
Some 1.5 million reviews of more than 300,000 books.
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New York Review of Books
Online collection of reviews and essays from the New York Review of Books covering all areas of intellectual thought including science, philosophy, history, politics, and literature. Covers books published since 1963.
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Academic Search Complete
Use the Document Type limiter to search only for book reviews.
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JSTOR
Use the Advanced Search option and limit to Review.
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Readers' Guide Retrospective
Near the bottom of the search screen, choose Book Review from the Document Type drop-down menu.
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Periodicals Archive Online (formerly PCI Full Text)
Choose Article Search and in the menu on the right, search only in Book Reviews.
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Periodicals Index Online (formerly PCI)
Choose Article Search and in the menu on the right, search only in Book Reviews.
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Literature Online
Select Criticism & Reference from left menu, click on Criticism link, and at the bottom of the search interface, limit to reviews.
Last Update: October 30, 2012 13:36

