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Book Reviews

Book reviews are critical evaluations of books, usually appearing in newspapers, magazines and academic journals soon after a book is published. Some reviews aren't much more than a "thumbs up" or "thumbs down" for a book. Other, more critical reviews, provide insights into the meaning, context, and merits of the books they review.

To find book reviews, it helps to have the title, author, and date of publication before you start searching! If you're not sure of them, start with Amazon or WorldCat: the World's Largest Library Catalog.

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START HERE! Book Reviews in journals, magazines, and newspapers

Academic Search Ultimate
To find book reviews (1) type the title of the book in the search box (2) type the author's name in the second box and (3) scroll down the search page and highlight "Book Review" in the "Document type" box.

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JSTOR Journal Archive
JSTOR is best for getting reviews of scholarly books. Enter the book title and author in the search boxes and then check "Review", under "Item Type", to limit your search to book reviews.
Literature Resource Center
Enter the book title in the "Name of Work" search box; author's name in "Person-By or About" box. Then scroll down, find the "by content type" check boxes, and take the check out of all content types except News and Reviews.

Literature Resource Center includes most, but not all, of: Contemporary Authors, Contemporary Literary Criticism, the Dictionary of Literary Biography, and other selected Gale literary resources.
Gale Literary Index is a master index to every literary series published by Gale in print--including some series not included in LRC. This index is helpful if you have access to the print versions of the Gale resources.
Newspaper Source
To find book reviews (1) type the title of the book in the search box (2) type the author's name in the second box and (3) scroll down the search page and highlight "Book Review" in the "Document type" box.

Websites with Book Reviews

Amazon Books
Amazon provides customer reviews and ratings of books as well as brief "editorial reviews" from sources such as the New York Times, Booklist and Library Journal.
New York Review of Books
Includes partial reviews back to1963.
New York Times Books
Search for book reviews in the New York Times.
Washington Post Bookworld
Reviews from the Washington Post.

Book Reviews:

Book Reviews

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