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Finding Book Reviews in Catalyst
To Find Book Reviews: Search by author (into the author/creator field) and title (into the title/series field). Then, add another search box and enter the word "review" and chose the any "fields/contains," then hit search.
Current
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Academic Search PremierDescription: Indexes a broad range of scholarly and trade periodicals.
To Find Book Reviews: Type author's name and/or book title into the search box. Select "Book Review" from the "Document Type" box under "Limit Your Results." Then, click "Search." -
Nexis UniDescription: Searches primarily news sources.
To Find Book Reviews: Enter search terms into the search box (such as the author's name and/or book title) and click "Search." Then select "Subject" from the left-hand menu and select "Reports, Reviews & Sections." This will lead to the option to select "Arts Criticism and Reviews," located below "Reports, Reviews & Sections." -
Project MUSEDescription: A broad, multi-disciplinary collection of the full text of scholarly journals with an emphasis on recent publications.
To Find Reviews: Search by title and/or author, then on the left-hand side of the result list use the "Content Type" box to limit to "Reviews." -
ProQuest Research LibraryDescription: Access to thousands of newspapers, popular magazines, and trade publications, as well as scholarly journals.
To Find Book Reviews: Type the author's name and/or book title into the search box. On the left side of the screen, near the bottom of the search options, click on the "Document Type" drop-down box, and then select "Review." -
Web of ScienceDescription: Many book reviews of all types are included in this citation database.
To Find Book Reviews: Begin by typing an author's name and/or book title into the search box and clicking "Search." On the left side of the results page, where it says "Refine results," scroll down to find the section titled "Document Types," and then select "Book Reviews." You can further refine your book review search by applying other filters (i.e. "Publication Titles") on the left side of the results page.
Historical
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JSTORDescription: Scanned pages of the core journals of each discipline. Usually does not include the most recent 5 years of a title, but includes everything else.
To Find Book Reviews: Search using the Advanced Search page for the title of book as "Exact Phrase." Limit search to "reviews" or "other items." -
Readers' Guide RetrospectiveDescription: Best for popular, trade, and news publications such as The New Yorker, The New York Times Review of Books, and History Today. This set is remarkable in that it indexes these periodicals between 1890 and 1982.
To Find Book Reviews: Type author's name and/or book title into the search box. Select "Book Review" from the "Document Type" box under "Limit Your Results." Then, click "Search." -
Periodicals Archive OnlineDescription: Older issues are indexed here as far back as the 1800s.
To Find Book Reviews: Type the author's name and/or book title into the search box. On the left side of the screen, near the bottom of the search options, click on the "Document Type" drop-down box, and then select "Review." -
ProQuest Historical NewspapersDescription: Full text of the Chicago Defender (1910 - 1975), The New York Times (1851 - 2005), The LA Sentinel (1934-2005), The LA Times (1881 - 1986), The Minneapolis Tribune (1867-1922), and The Wall Street Journal (1889 - 1991).
To Find Book Reviews: Type the author's name and/or book title into the search box. On the left side of the screen, near the bottom of the search options, click on the "Document Type" drop-down box, and then select "Review."
Book Review Sources in Print
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Book Review Index (1965- 1968, 1980-2011)Call Number: Ref Z1035.A1 B62Availability and more information from Catalyst...
Sources are abbreviated, but there is an abbreviation guide at the beginning in the section called "Publications Indexed."
Reviews are generally published just as a book comes out, but sometimes it can take a year or more to get a good scholarly review out there. So start with the volume that represents your book's publication year and then check the next couple of volumes.
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Book Review Digest (1905-1975)Call Number: Ref Z1035.A1 B6Availability and more information from Catalyst...
Good for historical sources.
