Book Reviews

Major Research Tools

Full-text

Selection of newspapers and magazines with reviews of books, movies, plays, etc.

Full-text, Index

Tool that allows you to search across many library databases simultaneously (including the Library Catalog).

Skillman's guide to resources for locating book reviews and tips for searching them.

Other Suggested Research Tools

Full-text

Coverage: September 1988-present

Brief reviews of books and electronic resources for academic libraries. Also includes all editorial content from Choice magazine.

Full-text

Coverage: 1994-present

Scholarly reviews of books and other materials in the humanities and social sciences from the H-Net discussion networks.

Full-text

Coverage: 1963-present

Full text of the New York Review of Books back to its first issue. Includes lengthy book reviews plus essays by major writers on politics, literature, and culture.

Full-text

Coverage: 1851-2009

Cover-to-cover, full image backfile of the New York Times from the first issue through 2009. (For an electronic version of articles from 2010 forward, use LexisNexis Academic.)

Index

Index of articles published in popular press magazines from 1890 through 1982.

Full-text, Index

Coverage: 1902-2008

Index and full text of the Times Literary Supplement (London), an important source of reviews of books, plays, and films.