This is by no means an exhaustive list of book review resources. If you find that none of the items listed below are able to provide you with what you need, feel free to stop by the Reference Desk. Or, you can always schedule a reference consultation with someone who specializes in your subject area.
Note: When looking for book reviews on a specific title, searches are more successful if the exact title, author, and publication date is known.
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Review Digest Plus (1983-Present) - Popular and
academic/scholarly. Provides citations to reviews found in the print
version of Book Review Digest, plus those found in other H.W. Wilson
indexes such as: Art Index, Humanities Index, Social Sciences Index,
Readers' Guide to Periodical Literature, Education Index, and more.
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Books in Print (1979-present) - Provides reviews and review citations for in-print and out-of-print titles. |
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Choice Reviews Online (1988-present) - Primarily academic/scholarly titles. NOTE: Only 5 FAU users may be connected at a time. |
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Historical New York Times (1895 to three years before the current date) - Access book reviews that have been published in the New York Times. Limit your search by selecting "Review" from the Document Type pull-down menu. |
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ProQuest Newspapers - Features book reviews that were published in 5 major U.S. newspapers: The New York Times (1999 to date), Los Angeles Times (1985 to date), Washington Post (1987 to date), Christian Science Monitor (1988 to date), and Wall Street Journal (1984 to date). For older New York Times reviews, see Historical New York Times above. Limit your search by selecting "Book Review" from the Document Type pull-down menu. |
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America: History and Life - Covers U.S. and Canadian history from prehistory to the present. Do an "Advanced" search and click the magnifying glass next to the "Document Type" search box. Checkmark "Book Review," then click on "Paste Terms." |
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ARBA Online - Geared mainly for librarians, this database provides reviews to reference materials found in libraries. |
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Ethnic NewsWatch/Ethnic NewsWatch: A History (1960-present) - Access book reviews published in newspapers, magazines, and journals of the ethnic, minority, and native presses. Do an "Advanced" search and from the "Document Type" pull-down menu, select 'Book Review." |
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Film Literature Index - Select the "Advanced Search" option, then go down to the "Filter By" section and from the "Document Type" pull-down menu, select "book reviews." |
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GenderWatch - Useful for locating scholarly and popular reviews on women's and gender studies, and Select the "Advanced Search" tab. In the "More Search Options" section, select "Book review" from the "Document Type" pull-down menu. |
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H-Net Reviews - From Humanities & Social Sciences Online. Free open-access site that provides timely reviews of recently-published academic titles in the humanities. Most reviews are written by experts in the field. |
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JSTOR - Provides reviews of academic/scholarly titles in the humanities, social sciences, business, ecology, arts, and ethnic studies. Use the "Advanced Search" option and checkmark the "Review" box under the "Narrow Your Search To:" options. |
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Music Index - Select the "Expert" search option from the opening page. Scroll down to the "Search Options" section, then select "Printed Material Review" from the "Document Type" pull-down menu. |
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Project Muse - Academic/Scholarly. Select the "Advanced Search" option, then limit your search "By Type" to "Reviews." |
Not everything is available online or electronically. Locating book reviews for older titles often requires the use of print resources. They are located in either the Reference area (REF), Current Periodicals and Microforms area (CPM), or the general circulating collection (2nd-4th floors) of the Boca Raton FAU library and, since they are non-circulating, they can only be viewed in the library.
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Cumulative Book Review Digest (1905) - REF Z1219 .C96 (Located in Indexes/Abstracts compact shelving in Reference) |
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Book Review Digest (1906-1983) - REF Z1219 .C96 (Located in
Indexes/Abstracts compact shelving in Reference)
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New York Review of Books - AP2. N655 (Current issues are located in CPM, back issues may be located in CPM as microfilm or microfiche or in the general circulating collection.) |
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The London Review of Books - AP4 .L535 (Current issues are located in CPM.) |
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TLS, The Times Literary Supplement - AP4 .T45 (Current issues are located in CPM, back issues are located in CPM as microfilm.) |
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