Selection of newspapers and magazines with reviews of books, movies, plays, etc.
Book Reviews
Major Research Tools
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
Coverage: September 1988-present
Brief reviews of books and electronic resources for academic libraries. Also includes all editorial content from Choice magazine.
Coverage: 1994-present
Scholarly reviews of books and other materials in the humanities and social sciences from the H-Net discussion networks.
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.
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 of articles published in popular press magazines from 1890 through 1982.
Coverage: 1902-2008
Index and full text of the Times Literary Supplement (London), an important source of reviews of books, plays, and films.