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Book Reviews

Databases

Academic Search Premier

This scholarly database provides journal coverage for most academic subjects including arts and literature, biological sciences, communications, computer sciences, economics, engineering, language and linguistics, medical sciences and women's studies. Coverage dates back to 1965 for certain titles. Academic Search Premier also contains book reviews, many of which are available full-text. To access book reviews, select Advanced Search. Type the title of the work within quotations in the search box and for document type, select Book Review.

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Book Index with Reviews

This database contains information on over 3.8 million book titles in a wide range of formats with more than 800,000 full-text searchable reviews from sources such as Library Journal, CHOICE, Kirkus Reviews, and Publishers Weekly. To find books with reviews, type the title of the book in the Find box in Basic Search and check the box that appears next to Contains Review.

Book Review Digest (1983-present)

The records in Book Review Digest provide summaries or abstracts of book reviews. Book reviews are from journals in the humanities, sciences and social sciences and generally cover more popular rather than scholarly titles. For reviews prior to 1983, check the print volumes.

Books in Print

Books in Print is a database of bibliographic records for books and media published by various publishers in North America. The titles covered are those that are currently available in print or those that are recently out of print or those that are forthcoming. Reviews from well-known resources are included when available and titles that have reviews are indicated by a star.

Essay & General Literature Index (1985-present)
To search for book reviews select the Advanced Search option. In the first box type the title of the book and choose Title from the drop down menu. In the second box type review. For reviews published before 1985, check the print indexes.

Expanded Academic Index

This database indexes scholarly journals, news magazines and newspapers covering all academic disciplines. Many of the articles are full-text and contain images. Coverage dates back to more than 25 years. The best way to access book reviews is to select Advanced Search. Enter the book's title in keyword search. In the second search box type book review.

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InfoTrac OneFile

InfoTrac OneFile indexes numerous periodicals many of which are full text. When searching for reviews type the title or words from the title in the search box. You can add the word review or reviews to narrow your search. You may also use the search strategy listed for Expanded Academic Index. (See above).

Humanities International Complete

Humanities International Complete provides cover-to-cover indexing and abstracting for over 1,900 titles, and full text of hundreds of journals books and other publications. The database includes citations and abstracts for articles, essays and reviews, as well as original creative works including poems, fiction, photographs, paintings and illustrations.

JSTOR
JSTOR is a journal storage project which provides coverage right to the very first issue of every journal that the database contains. JSTOR is an archival project and does not contain current issues of journals. Please see a librarian for assistance with current issues of journals indexed in JSTOR. To find book reviews, select the Advanced Search option, enter words from the title in the search box and limit your search by selecting Review from the options provided. If too many titles appear, you can modify the search by entering the author's name in the second search box.

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NoveList

NoveList is a reader's advisory database for readers of all ages. It features over 147,000 titles, 100,000 searchable reviews, book discussion guides, annotated thematic bibliographies, award lists, genre and theme-based lists, book talks, and customized classroom content for students and teachers.

Project Muse

Project Muse covers the fields of literature and criticism, history, the visual and performing arts, cultural studies, education, political science, gender studies, economics, and other areas. Coverage varies by title and goes as far back as 1998. When looking for a book review, you can limit your search within Author reviewed or Title reviewed which are options available under All Fields w/text in Basic Search or select Advanced Search and enter the title of the work in the search box. From the pull-down menu in the box next to in select Title Reviewed. Then limit your search to Review from the pull-down menu next to By Type.

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Proquest Newspapers

Proquest Newspapers provides full-text coverage of seven major newspapers - Boston Globe, Christian Science Monitor, The Hartford Courant, The Los Angeles Times, The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, and The Washington Post. coverage dates back to 1980 but we have access to The Historical Hartford Courant from 1923 to the present, and to the Historical New York Times from 1851 to the present. To search for book reviews select the Advanced Search option. In the first box, enter the author or the title of the book and choose Citation and abstract. In the next box type book review and choose Document Type from the drop down menu.

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Web of Science (1965-present)

Web of Science consists of Arts and Humanities Citation Index, Science Citation Index and Social Sciences Citation Index. The library subscribes to the Arts and Humanities Citation Index and the Social Sciences Citation Index. These multidisciplinary databases index thousands of articles. To search for book reviews, select Advanced Search and highlight Book Review in the pull-down menu under Restrict search by languages and document type. In addition to book reviews, you can find reviews of art exhibits, dance performances, databases, films, hardware, music performances, music scores, records, software, TV and radio, and theater.

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WilsonSelectPlus (1994-present)

WilsonSelectPlus provides full text articles in science, humanities, education and business. Articles appear in professional publications, academic journals, and trade magazines. To search for reviews, select Advanced Search. Enter title or keywords from title in the search box. From the pull-down menu next to Record Type Phrase, select Book Review.

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