In contrast to scholarly writing, book reviews are more immediate and often reflect a more popular response to a work.
Why look for book reviews?
The following databases and print indexes will help you locate reviews of specific books or interviews with authors. The databases usually have a tick box or drop-down menu that allows you to limit your search to reviews or interviews.
Provides access to newspapers, journals, magazines, television and radio transcripts, photos, etc. from nearly every country worldwide in 28 languages. It also contains business and financial data on companies from around the world.
Also includes continuously updated newswires.
Date Coverage: Varies
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License terms restrict access to MU students, faculty, and staff only.
User's Guide: http://proquest.libguides.com/factiva
Contains comprehensive indexing of the most popular general-interest periodicals published in the United States and reflects the history of 20th century America.
Date Coverage: 1890-1982
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To find reviews from 19th century and early 20th century periodicals, use these databases:
Provides access to nineteenth-century books, periodicals, official documents, newspapers and archives. Includes Palmer's Index to The Times, Periodicals Index Online, Poole's Index to Periodical Literature, and Wellesley Index to Victorian Periodicals, among others.
Date Coverage: 1790-1919
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Help: http://c19index.chadwyck.com/help/contents.jsp
A full-text collection resources that chronicle the development of America across 150 years that include digitized images of the pages of magazines and journals.
Date Coverage: 1741 - 1900
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Contains full-text magazines published from 1684 through 1912, and collected by the American Antiquarian Society, reflecting many subjects surrounding the development of the United States.