Reference

Book reviews are critical articles or essays in which reviewers evaluate recently published books. They generally appear within a year or two of a book's publication. To locate a review of a particular book, you will need to know:

• the book's title
• author
• approximate year of publication

This information may be available from results in Discover, the main Library search box. For assistance finding additional information on a book or author, consult the Library's Finding Journal Articles page.

For reviews of older books, you may need to use the following -- including print resources in the Reference Area:

• Book Review Index : a Master Cumulation, 1965-1992: Frost Reference Z1035.A1 B62 1985
• Book Review Digest (1905-1999): Frost Reference Z1219 .C95
• Combined Retrospective Index to Book Reviews in Scholarly Journals, 1886-1974: Frost Reference Z1035.A1 C64
• Combined Retrospective Index to Book Reviews in Humanities Journals, 1802-1974: Frost Reference Z6265 .C65 1982
• Index to Book Reviews in the Humanities (1960-1990): Frost Reference Z1035.A1 I6

You can also check these online resources for older reviews in publications:

Reviews of popular and academic books can also be found at the following websites:

Contact Us for assistance finding more book reviews.