Book Reviews

One of the most under-utilized research resources, a review usually appears within a year or two of a book's publication. Reviews can be scholarly, and can provide important information about a book's style, quality, and the credentials of the author. Other reviews may just give a summary of a book's content and plot; in either case, a review is a critical reaction to a book, often reflecting a reviewer's tastes or the prevailing current critical opinion; and should be considered a contemporary evaluation of a work, as distinct from the more in-depth analysis of literary criticism (see the Gale series). Below is a very select list of printed indexes for book reviews. The article/research databases above can also be used to find book reviews

Book Review Digest Z1219.B6
New York Times Index (for book reviews) Z5301.F28
Book Review Index Z1035.A1 B6
Gale Literary Criticism Series CLC, NCLC, TCLC
Readers' Guide to Periodical Literature AI3.R48