Research Guides: Literature Research Guide: Book Reviews

Top Library Databases for Book & Film Reviews

Academic Search Complete This link opens in a new window
This collection offers full text coverage of information in many areas of academic study. Includes scholarly articles, magazine articles, & articles from newspapers.
Library, Information Science, and Technology Abstracts with Full Text (LISTA) This link opens in a new window
Provides full text of journal articles and indexing of books, research reports and conference proceedings.
Literary Reference Center Plus
Literary Reference Center Plus is a comprehensive database that provides a broad spectrum of information on thousands of authors and their literary works, including articles, biographies, and reviews.
Nexis Uni This link opens in a new window
Database for news and for reviews.

Each of these databases has a different core set of journals & magazines, some of which provide book reviews as well as articles. You can search one or all four at the same time!

Featured Magazines & Journals with Book & Film Reviews

Booklist
The New York Times via the database NexisUni
This link will take you to all of the articles NexisUni has access to in the New York Times. When prompted, click "Continue." List of results defaults to the most current first. You can then change the search terms to search in the publication or use the options under Narrow By or Filter Results to manipulate your results, or ask a librarian for help.
Publisher's Weekly
Includes book, poetry, film, & television reviews.

Quick Tips for Finding Book Reviews in the Databases

Type in part or all of your book title in quotes to find an exact match.
Or type in part of the book title & the author's last name.
Then look for the option to limit your results to Book Reviews.

Here's how to search for book reviews on the book, Dust Tracks on the Road.

Type in the title, in quotes:

Select Book Reviews:

Look for the Book Review icon in your results: