English Studies

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Good for scholarly and popular reviews. Limit Document Type to Review.

General reference magazines and publications covering a wide-range of subject areas including business, health, education, general science and multicultural issues. Includes peer-reviewed publications.

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Good place for reviews of scholarly books.

Great for scholarly book reviews. Do an advanced search and limit to "Reviews."

Full-text access to every page of the TLS with book reviews, film reviews, play reviews and more. TLS offers book reviews for fiction and nonfiction, poetry, and covers film reviews, plays reviews and reviews of exhibitions, opera and theatre. It contains topical essays and criticism in the areas of science and medicine; art and architecture; history, music and religion; politics, economics and philosophy; exploration and sport; as well as engineering and town planning.

Citations of over 1.5 million book reviews from over 500 magazines and newspapers. Most citations include an excerpt of the review and descriptions of the books under review. Links to full-text reviews from JSTOR and other providers.

Comprehensive index of popular and general-interest periodicals in the 20th century America. Directs you to over 3 million articles from 1890 to 1982. Links to full text from JSTOR and other providers.

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Reviews from major papers such as The New York Times. Good for reviews of popular, non-scholarly books.

Academic Search Premier covers the expansive academic disciplines offered in colleges and universities. It provides comprehensive content, including PDF backfiles to 1975 for many journals and searchable cited references for more than 1,000 titles.

An advanced search allows you to limit to book reviews.

An advanced search allows you to limit to book reviews.

Comprehensive, international index to the literature of psychology: journals, dissertations, book chapters, and more. Includes abstracts and links to available full-text articles.

Useful for sociology, social work, and related fields. Add the phrase “book review” to your keyword search.

NoveList Plus is a comprehensive readers' advisory resource for fiction and nonfiction. With an intuitive interface and extensive proprietary content, NoveList Plus answers the question: What should I read next? Includes many book reviews.