Book Reviews: Selected Resources: Online Sources - Current
This guide will enable you to locate reviews of popular and/or scholarly books. Most popular books are reviewed within six months of publication. Scholarly books are often reviewed as late as two to five years after publication.
Last Updated: Sep 15, 2020 5:53 PM
Online Sources - Current
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ABELLThis database includes book reviews and literary criticism of world literature, some dating back to 1920. For best results, limit your search by checking the box for Reviews.
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Academic Search CompleteThis database is multi-disciplinary with indexing of more than 10,000 academic journal titles, half with full text coverage. Many have backfiles dating to 1975. Limit your search by selecting Book Review under Document Type.
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Choice Reviews OnlineCHOICE reviews significant current books and electronic resources covering many fields within the Arts & Humanities, Social & Behavioral Sciences, and Science & Technology.
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Ethnic NewsWatchFollow the instructions on this page to locate book reviews via Ethnic NewsWatch: http://libguides.scu.edu/c.php?g=175641&p=1158537
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FactivaSee this page for tips on searching for book reviews in Factiva: http://libguides.scu.edu/c.php?g=175641&p=1158547
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Literature Resource CenterUse Advanced Search, enter author and title, and then limit by Content Type to Reviews and News to locate book reviews.
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ScienceDirect - (Elsevier)Leads to citations from the Elsevier Science Journals. Full text coverage of nearly 1800 titles.
Select Advanced Search, then click on the Journals tab, and click in the box to limit to Book Review.
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