Research Finding Tools: Book Reviews

Databases

Academic Search Premier
  This database provides access to over 8040 multi-disciplinary publications, many in full-text. Covers 1975 to present.
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ChoiceReviews Online
  The internet version of the print magazine CHOICE: Current Reviews for Academic Libraries provides web access to the entire database of CHOICE reviews published since September 1988. The newest reviews appear, arranged by academic discipline and broad cross-disciplinary topic. They are also searchable by using Advanced Search.
Combined Retrospective Index to Book Reviews in Scholarly Journals
  The set provides author and title access to over one million book reviews which appeared in 459 scholarly journals, 1886-1974.
 
Print index in the Rolvaag Reference Room
(RR Z1035.A1.C6; 1886-1974; 15 volumes)
Contemporary Authors
  Provides complete biographical and bibliographical information and references on more than 120,000 U.S. and international authors.
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Print index in the Rolvaag Reference Room
(RR PN451 .C6)
Index to Book Reviews in the Humanities
  Indexes book reviews in humanities periodicals by author and title.
 
Print index in the Rolvaag Reference Room
(RR Z1035.A1 I6; 1960-1990)
Literature Criticism Online
  Online versions of Classical and Medieval Literature Criticism, Contemporary Literary Criticism, Literature Criticism from 1400 to 1800, Nineteenth-Century Literature Criticism, Poetry Criticism, Shakespearean Criticism, Short Story Criticism, and Twentieth-Century Literary Criticism.
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Social Sciences Index
  An index to 350 core English-language social science journals. Preceded by: Social Sciences & Humanities Index [RR AI3 .R47] (1965/66-1974); International Index [RR AI3. R282] (1955-1958); International Index to Periodicals [RR AI3 .R47] (1907-1955)
 
Print index in Rolvaag Storage Basement
(RR AI3 .R472; 1974-2006)

Websites

Metacritic
Brings together critical reviews of movies, music, games, books, and TV shows from newspapers, magazines, etc.