LibGuides: Book Reviews: Step 2

Resources Containing the Full-Text of Book Reviews

Below are links, date ranges, and search tips for some of the library databases which contain book reviews. If your book's publication date matches the date range you may find some useful reviews. Use the button when the full-text of the review isn't right there in the database.

Choice Reviews Online This link opens in a new window
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(1988 to present) Provides an online archive of objective, high-quality evaluations of nonfiction academic books.
Subject Coverage:
multi-disciplinary

Dates of Coverage:
1988 to present
Update Frequency:
monthly
Size:
more than 200,000 book reviews
Book Review Digest This link opens in a new window
(1983 to present) Cites and excerpts reviews appearing in periodicals published in the U.S., Canada, and the U.K. which cover English-language fiction and non-fiction. Children's books are included, but excluded are: textbooks, government publications, and technical books in law and the sciences.
Subject Coverage:
thousands of subjects
Dates of Coverage:
January 1983 to present
Update Frequency:
monthly
Size:
more than 600,000 records
Library Literature This link opens in a new window
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(1984 to present) Indexes magazines of interest to librarians which contain book reviews including: Booklist, Library Journal, Publishers Weekly, and School Library Journal.
Subject Coverage:
automation, cataloging, CD-ROMs, censorship, circulation, classification, copyright, education in librarianship, employment opportunities, library schools, material preservation, online searching, personnel management, and publishing trends
Dates of Coverage:
December 1984 to present
Update Frequency:
monthly
Size:
more than 256,000 records
NoveList This link opens in a new window
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(1800 to present) Provides a brief one or two paragraph review of fictional works.
Subject Coverage:
covers a variety of subjects that appear in fiction
Dates of Coverage:
1800 to present
Update Frequency:
quarterly
Size:
more than 56,000 records
Academic Search Complete This link opens in a new window
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(? to present for full text) -- To limit to reviews, scroll down to the "Limit your results" section. Under "Document Type," select one or more of the types of reviews, which include Book Review, Entertainment Review, Literature Review, Poetry Review and Product Review.
Subject Coverage:
animal science, anthropology, astronomy, biology, chemistry, engineering, ethnic & multicultural studies, general science, geography, geology, law, mathematics, music, pharmaceutical sciences, philosophy, physics, psychology, religion, science, technology, veterinary science, women's studies, zoology
Dates of Coverage:
PDF content dating back as far as 1887
Update Frequency:
daily
Size:
over 13,780 indexed and abstracted journals
JSTOR This link opens in a new window
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(date range depends on particular journals - most recent 5 years excluded) -- Click on the "Advanced Search" link. Click on the check box labeled "Review". Run your search.
Subject Coverage:
covers many subject areas
Dates of Coverage:
varies by title (1665 is the earliest year covered)
Update Frequency:
varies by title
Size:
more than 2,800 journals
Notes:
There is a gap, typically from 1 to 5 years, between the most recently published journal issue and the back issues available in JSTOR.
Project Muse This link opens in a new window
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(date range depends on particular journals) -- Click on the "Advanced Search" link. Click on the check box labeled "Reviews" in the Content Type box. Run your search.
Subject Coverage:
covers many subject areas
Dates of Coverage:
unavailable
Update Frequency:
unavailable
Size:
more than 227 journals