Book Reviews: Selected Resources: Online Sources - Retrospective
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: Jan 8, 2024 3:34 PM
Online Sources - Retrospective
- American Periodicals Series (APS) Online This link opens in a new windowThis portion of the American Periodical Series covers popular magazines and scholarly journals published 1741-1900. For best results, use Advanced Search and select Review under Document Type.
- JSTOR This link opens in a new windowPresents the full text, in facsimile form, of the complete back files of important scholarly journals, generally from the first volume through issues published prior to the most recent three years. Select Advanced Search and narrow your search by clicking on Reviews.
- Readers Guide Retrospective, 1890-1982 This link opens in a new windowContains comprehensive indexing of the most popular general-interest periodicals published in the United States and reflects the history of 20th century America .
Select Book Review under Document Type. - Periodicals Index Online This link opens in a new windowIndexes academic and popular periodicals published from as early as 1665 to the present in the humanities and social sciences. Leads to citations to articles published in English, German, Italian, French, Spanish and other Western languages. To restrict your search to book reviews, use Advanced Search and select Review under Document Type.