Of the thousands of books published every year, only a small percentage
of those are ever reviewed. It is a possibility that the book in
which you are interested was never reviewed. If you have difficulty finding
a review, please ask for assistance at the Reference
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ABELL
(Annual Bibliography of English Language and Literature) 1920-present.
Contains book reviews as well as formal criticism for British, American
and Commonwealth literature. Full text of 71 literature related journals.
Academic OneFile 1980-present.
Frequently full text, covers arts, humanities, science, social sciences and general news.
Alt-Press Watch
Dates of coverage vary.
Full-text coverage of newspapers, magazines and journals of the alternative
and independent press in America
American Periodicals Series 1741-1900.
Early American professional journals and several consumer magazines still in publication, such as Vanity Fair , Harper's Magazine , and Ladies' Home Journal.
Arts & Humanities
Citation Index 1989-present
Part of the Web of Science index trilogy.
Books In Print
Updated daily.
Includes selected reviews of scholarly, popular, adult, juvenile, reprint
and all other types of books distributed, published or forthcoming in the
U.S.
EthnicNewsWatch
1985-present.
Full-text coverage of newspapers, magazines and journals of the ethnic,
minority and Native press in America.
Factiva
Dates of coverage vary.
A global information resource, providing full-text access to top national and international newspapers, including full text of the Wall Street Journal.
Gender Studies Database 1997-present.
Provides abstracts to popular and scholarly publications of interest
to the Women's Studies, Gender Studies and the gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgendered communities. Reviews include fiction, non-fiction, music and film.
JSTOR Dates of coverage vary.
Includes the complete backfile for over 200 scholarly journals, including major titles from all subject disciplines.
Lexis/Nexis Dates of coverage vary.
Broadest available coverage of international general-interest wire
services, newspapers and magazines, including full text of The Times (London), The New York
Times and the Irish Times.
New York Times Historical Backfile 1851-2001.
Full text access to the entire backfile of the New York Times.
PCI Full Text 1770-1995.
Scope is international and multi-disciplinary, with particular strength
in 18th and 19th century periodicals.
Poole's Plus 1802-1903.
Covers American and English periodicals published between 1802 to 1903.
Readers Guide Retrospective 1890-1982.
Contains comprehensive indexing of the most popular general-interest periodicals published in the United States.
Atlantic Unbound
(http://www.theatlantic.com)
Click on Archives to search back issues of the Atlantic Monthly. The
archive is virtually complete back to November 1995, with selected articles
online back to 1857. Note especially the "Classic Reviews" section--check
out what the Atlantic reviewer thought about Whitman's Leaves of Grass
in 1882, and a response to Nabokov's Lolita from 1958.
BoldType (www.boldtype.com)
Reviews of books published by Random House, 1997 to the present.
Booklist
(http://www.booklistonline.com/default.aspx?page=general_info&id=49)
Published by the American Library Assocaiation, Booklist is a great source for brief reviews of current publications. Reviews from
1995 to the present available on the site, indexed by date, author, and
genre.
BookWire (http://www.bookwire.com)
This book industry website provides links to several major review publications,
including Publishers Weekly, Library Journal, The Book Report (from AOL), the Boston Book Review, and others.
electronic
book review (http://www.electronicbookreview.com)
Online since 1995, reviews books that address the electronic future
of fiction, poetry, criticism, and the visual arts. Each issue has a different
theme.
H-Net Reviews
(http://www2.h-net.msu.edu/reviews/)
A searchable and browsable archive of scholarly reviews in many humanities
and social sciences fields. Full text back to 1993.
London Review of Books
(http://www.lrb.co.uk)
A biweekly publication from a British perspective with reviews by prominent
literary essayists. Dates back to 1979; also available in print, check the Library Catalog for details.
New York
Times Book Review (http://www.nytimes.com/pages/books/)
The gold standard of popular book reviews. Full text of reviews
back to 1980. Free registration required.
New York Review of
Books (http://www.nybooks.com/)
Current reviews are full text and free. Archives back to 1963 are full text, but some are free and some are not, the presiding rationale for which is undisclosed.
Washington
Post BookWorld (http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/style/books/)
Reviews from most recent week only, available free.
Women's
Books Online (http://home.cybergrrl.com/review/)
Reviews of women's books by women; includes fiction, non-fiction, and
poetry.
American book review.
Current issues: online and PCL Periodicals Room
1983-2004: -Q- Z 1035 A1 A447 PCL Stacks
American literary and drama reviews : an index to late nineteenth century
periodicals. / Marks, Patricia, 1943- / Boston, Mass. / 1984
PN 2256 M37 1984 PCL Reference
Book review index.
Current volumes in PCL Reference
1965-last year: Z 1035 A1 B6 PCL Stacks
British humanities index. / London 1962-
1962-1992: AI 3 B7 PCL Stacks
Comprehensive index to English-language little magazines, 1890-1970,
series one. / Sader, Marion. / Millwood, N.Y. 1976
PN 4836 S235 Vols. 1-8 PCL Reference
Combined retrospective index to book reviews in humanities journals,
1802-1974. / Woodbridge Ct. 1982-
Z 1035 A1 C65 Vols. 1-10 PCL Reference
Combined retrospective index to book reviews in scholarly journals,
1886-1974. / Arlington, Va. 1979-
Z 1035 A1 C64 Vols. 1-15 PCL Reference
A guide to critical reviews of United States fiction, 1870-1910. / Eichelberger,
Clayton L., 1925- / Metuchen, N.J. 1971
Z 1225 E35 Vols. 1-2 PCL Reference
Index to book reviews in England, 1749-1774. / Forster, Antonia, 1951-
/ Carbondale 1990
Z 1035 A1 F67 1990 PCL Stacks
Index to book reviews in England, 1775-1800. / Forster, Antonia, 1951-
/ London 1997
Z 1035 A1 F675 1997 PCL Stacks
An Index to book reviews in the humanities.
1960-1990: Z 1035 A1 I63 PCL Reference
International index to periodicals. / Social sciences and humanities
index. / New York etc. 1907-1974
1907-1974: AI 3 R49 Vols. 1-27 PCL Reference
Literary reviews in British periodicals, 1789-1797 : a bibliography
/ Ward, William Smith, 1907- / New York 1979
Z 2013 W36 1979 PCL Stacks
Literary reviews in British periodicals, 1798-1820 : a bibliography
/ Ward, William Smith, 1907- / New York 1972
Z 2013 W36 Vols.1-2 PCL Stacks
Literary reviews in British periodicals, 1821-1826 : a bibliography
/ Ward, William Smith, 1907- / New York 1977
Z 2013 W36 1977 PCL Stacks
Literary writings in America : a bibliography. / Millwood, N.Y. 1977
Z 1225 L58 Vols. 1-8 PCL Reference
Review of the arts. Literature.
1975-1993: AP 2 N495 PCL Stacks
1988-: MCFICHE 1890 Microforms PCL Level 1
Science fiction book review index; SFBRI.
1973-1986: PN 3448 S45 H3443 PCL Reference
Times Literary Supplement Index
-Q- FILM 2946 INDEX 1902-39 V.1 Index Tables Microforms PCL Level 1
-Q- FILM 2946 INDEX 1902-39 V.2 Index Tables Microforms PCL Level 1
-Q- FILM 2946 INDEX 1940-1980 V.1 Index Tables Microforms PCL Level 1
World literature written in English.
Current issues: PCL Periodicals
1967-1991: PR 1 W65 PCL Stacks
Writing literature reviews : a guide for students of the social and behavioral
sciences. 2nd. ed. / Galvan, Jose L. / Los Angeles, CA / 2004
H 61.8 G3 2004 PCL Stacks
Scholarly book reviewing in the social sciences and humanities : the
flow of ideas within and among disciplines. / Lindholm-Romantschuk, Ylva
/ Westport, Conn. / 1998
H 61.8 L56 1998 PCL Stacks
