Research Guides: How To Find...: Book Reviews

Search Our Catalog for Reviews

To use our library's catalog to locate full-length Book Reviews, try these steps:

Locate the Library's Catalog
Select the Articles option at the top of the advanced search box.
Search for the title of your book
On the right side of the page, under "Tweak your Results" locate Resource Type from among the limiters and select Reviews
You should now see a wide variety of articles reviewing your book (Please note that film reviews will also be included in this list of results.) Not finding what you're looking for?:
- Add the last name of the author to your search (e.g. ulysses joyce)
- Add the genre or type (e.g. "young adult, graphic novel") to your search
- If your book has a long title, exclude the subtitle from your search
To begin reading a review, select View Online on an entry to browse the collection of databases containing your desired article. An entry containing the phrase Full-Text Available should be linked to at least one database containing the full text.

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Professional Book Review Resources

Book Review Index Online This link opens in a new window
A comprehensive online guide to book reviews that includes more than five million review citations from thousands of publications, with linking to more than 630,000 full-text reviews.
JSTOR This link opens in a new window
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JSTOR offers a number of scholarly book reviews. To access them, popen the JSTOR Link, choose Advanced Search. Then limit your search to "Include only content I can access
and to "Item Type = Review". Enter the book title for which you would like to see published book reviews.

Booklist
Booklist is published by the American Library Association and is a journal focused on book reviews.
Book Marks
Book Marks is a great starting point for finding book reviews, as they collect reviews from several types of publications. The downside is that many of the reviews are still paywalled. Use this source to identify reviews you might like to read, then search any paywalled reviews in the library catalog!
Horn Book Magazine
Professional reviews of children's and young adult literature
Kirkus Reviews
Kirkus Reviews is a book review journal providing reviews for both well-known authors and for new or self-published authors.
New York Times Book Reviews & News
Well regarded reviews of many different types of literature. Use the search features to jump to a specific title.

Note: The following resources provide both full-length reviews and review excerpts. Not finding what you're looking for? Check out our catalog search instructions above.