- Academic Search Premier, (1980s-present, partially full-text)
Good starting point for all academic disciplines. Search by adding title and author of book you want as keywords, then set "document type" to "book review."
- ProQuest Central,(1970s - present, date varies by subject, partially full-text)
Large multidisciplinary database and over 160 subjects areas are covered extensively. Search by adding title and author of book you want as keywords, then set "publication type" to "review".
- JSTOR, (1665-present, Over 1,000 journals, full-text) BETA version
Search by typing title of book in quotes and add author while searching in "full text", click: Limit to: Review.
NOTE: For JSTOR, "present" means it is current until that specific "moving wall" of any title. The "moving wall" represents the time period between the last issue available in JSTOR and the most recently published issue of a journal. Moving walls are generally represented in years.
- LexisNexis Academic, (1969-present, full-text)
LexisNexis Academic is a great place to find reviews that appear in newspapers and magazines on all subject areas. It is not a good source for reviews published in scholarly journals. For newspapers, like the NY Times -- Click on the News tab, then the All News option. There, you will see check boxes for different types of critical reviews.
- Reader's Guide Retrospective: 1890-1982, (all subject areas, citations only)
Search, by adding title and author of book you want as keywords, then set "publication type" to "review."
In addition to our subscription databases, Google Scholar has quality sources including full text journal articles in all disciplines.
