Research Guides: Book Reviews Research Guide: General Resources

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Academic Search Complete
Academic Search Complete contains book reviews from a variety of popular and scholarly publications. To search for a book review enter the author's last name and also keywords from the title. You must be a current MSU faculty/staff member or student to access this resource.
EBSCO Discovery
Searches across multiple databases; using the "Refine Your Results" option on the left side of the screen, you can limit results under "Source Types" to "Reviews."
JSTOR
JSTOR is an excellent source for scholarly publications in the humanities and social sciences from time periods not covered in these other sources. Use the author's last name and keywords from the title on the search screen to find reviews. You can also limit your search by checking the "Reviews" box on the Advanced Search screen. You must be a current MSU faculty/staff member or student to access this resource.

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http://muse.jhu.edu/about/tools/index.html
Gale Literature: Book Review Index
Gale Literature: Book Review Index includes more than 5.6 million book reviews, allowing users to conduct research in numerous disciplines, including literature, history, education, psychology, and more. The benchmark reference for reviews of every kind, the original print edition of Book Review Index provides quick access to reviews of books, periodicals, books on tape and electronic media representing a wide range of popular, academic and professional interests.

H-Net Reviews
H-Net is often the best place to look for a review on a recently released book. The reviews on this free site cover books related to the humanities.

Book Review Digest
Bronx, New York: H. W. Wilson. 1907--present Ref Z1219 .C96 (low shelves)

This yearly publication indexes the reviews of English-language books, both fiction and non-fiction, from nearly 100 popular periodicals. Book reviews are organized by the author's last name. Comprehensive indexes covering 1905 to 1974 and 1975 to 1984 are also available.
Book Review Index
Detroit, Michigan: Gale Research Company. 1965--present
Ref Z1035.A1 B6 (low shelves)

Published yearly, this index contains reviews from both scholarly and popular periodicals. Entries are arranged by the author's last name. There is a comprehensive index covering 1969 to 1979.

Literary Reference Center (EBSCO) This link opens in a new window
Literary Reference Center is a full-text database provides a broad spectrum of information on thousands of authors and their works across literary disciplines and timeframes.
Tutorial: http://support.ebsco.com/help/?int=lrc&lang=en&feature_id=none&TOC_ID=Always&SI=1&BU=0&GU=0&PS=0&dbs=lfh

National Library Service Cumulative Book Review Index, 1905-1974
Princeton, New Jersey: National Library Service Company, 1975. 1905-1974
Ref Z1035.A1 N3 V.1

A cumulative index of a number of book review sources, this set can be helpful if the date of the book's publication is unknown.
Poole's Index to Periodical Literature
Gloucester, Mass. : P. Smith, 1963, c1882. 1802-1906
Ref AI3 .P7 1963 (low shelves)

Covering both U.S. and British periodicals from the 19th century, Poole's has book reviews in two locations. For fiction, reviews are listed under the author's name and for those with a subject, the book review can be found under the subject heading.
Reader's Guide to Periodical Literature
Minneapolis, Minnesota. : H. W. Wilson. 1890--present
Ref AI3 .R47 (low shelves)

Book reviews can be found under either the author or the title main entry. From 1976 to the present there is a separate "Book Review" section at the end of each volume.