Library Guides: Finding Book and Film Reviews: Book Reviews

Web Resources

Amazon.com
Editorial reviews can be found within the product information for each book.
The New York Times on the Web: Books
Allows users to search for New York Times Book Reviews dating back to 1981.

Google Books

You can find editorial book reviews on Google Books by using the Reviews link on the left side of the page, and then limiting the results to Editorial Reviews on the right.

Discussions about Scholarly Book Reviews

The Endangered Scholarly Book Review
The Chronicle of Higher Education 2012
Book Reviewing in the Sciences: A Conversation
American Scientist 2012
Scholarly book reviewing in the social sciences and humanities: the flow of ideas within and among disciplines
Greenwood Press 1998

Databases

Discover@MU
Search for a book title, then find Format tab located on the sidebar. Limit to "review". Note: "review" as a format includes other types of reviews. For more specificity, limit under Subject to "books -- reviews".

Academic Search Complete
Academic Search Complete provides full-text for 9000 journals, including more than 7850 peer-reviewed journals. It also offers indexing and abstracts for more than 13,780 journals.

Date Coverage:Varies; primarily 1970s-present with some titles covering earlier dates

Maximum Users: Unlimited

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Reader's Guide Retrospective 1890-1982
Select Book Review from the Document Type drop-down menu and search for the title of the book or the author's name.

Date Coverage: 1890-1982

Maximum Users: Unlimited

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ABELL
Carries reviews from 1917 on. Search your author's name in the author slot (not subject!) and limit to reviews in the drop-down menu at the bottom.

Date Coverage: 1920-present

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License Terms: http://mulibraries.missouri.edu/search/databases/proquestlicense.htm

Search Guide: http://lion.chadwyck.com/infoCentre/students/stud_contents.jsp

Reference Books (Print Resources)

Book Review Digest by H.W. Wilson Company
Call Number: Z1219 .C96
Publication Date: 1905-2003
Ellis Library Ready Reference
Book Review Index by Gale Research Company
Call Number: Z1035.A1 B62
Publication Date: 1965-2007
Ellis Library Ready Reference

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Created By:

Christina Lynn Virden

Graduate Reference Assistant

2012-2014