Literature: Books & Book Reviews

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When searching for for book reviews, it is useful to include the following as search terms:

Gale Literature: Book Review Index This link opens in a new window
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Find book reviews for numerous disciplines, including literature, history, education, psychology, and more. Reviews are pulled from thousands of journals, general interest publications, and newspapers, including New York Times Book Review, Publisher’s Weekly, Times Literary Supplement, Kirkus Reviews and more.
Choice Reviews Online This link opens in a new window
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Book reviews for academic library collections, 1987 to present.

London Times Literary Supplement
Literary culture and book reviews from The Times Literary Supplement.
Magill Book Reviews
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Magill's provides summaries of classic literature as well as current best sellers with 500 new reviews added each year going back to 1990.
New York Review of Books
This database provides access to both the current issue of the New York Review of Books and to an archive dating back to 1963.
New York Times Book Review
A free collection of book reviews published in The New York Times since 1981. Look for the search box at the bottom of the page.

Some databases will let you limit your search to 'book reviews' as the publication type, so take advantage of that feature if it's offered.

Academic Search Complete This link opens in a new window
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Scholarly articles and general interest sources in all fields.
JSTOR This link opens in a new window
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Scholarly journals and books in all disciplines.
Alt-PressWatch This link opens in a new window
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Selected newspapers, magazines, and journals of the alternative and independent press.
Ethnic NewsWatch This link opens in a new window
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Journal, magazine, and newspaper articles written primarily by Black, Indigenous, Latinx, Asian & Pacific Islander, and Jewish people, covering 1959-present.

Historical Los Angeles Times
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Find book reviews published in the Los Angeles Times between 1886 - 1986.
Historical New York Times
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Find book reviews published in the New York Times dating back to 1857.

Readers' Guide Retrospective This link opens in a new window
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American magazine articles published between 1890 and 1982.
Humanities & Social Sciences Index Retrospective This link opens in a new window
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Scholarly journal articles from humanities and social sciences, 1907-1984.