Criticism, reviews

Online Databases

Use the EBSCO databases (especially Academic Search Premier). Use the Guided Search. Type some Keywords (avoid words like the, a, to, from,) from your book's title into the first field and click on the drop down menu for that field. Highlight TITLE. Click in the second field and type the phrase book reviews into the second field. Click on the drop down menu for the second field and highlight SUBJECT.

Example: Find a book review for the book entitled Native Americans and the Early Republic. Do the following:

Choose the EBSCO databases. Click on EBSCOhost Web.
Select Academic Search Premier from the list of EBSCO databases.
Click on Guided Search.
Click in the first search field. Type in the following: Native Americans Early Republic
Click on the drop down arrow for the first search field. Highlight Article title.
Click in the second search field. Type in the following: book reviews
Click on the drop down arrow for the second search field. Highlight Subject.
Click on the Search button.

Internet Resources

Online Literary Criticism Collection (Internet Public Library)

New York Times Book Review

Best Information on the Net (St. Ambrose University)

Criticism and Interpretation (Kentucky Virtual Library)

Print Resources

Book Review Digest (1963 - present)

The Book Review Digest volumes may be found on the index table. Monthly issues for this year are unbound; issues for previous years are bound into single volumes. These issues contain entries for books published in that year. Each entry contains citations for published reviews as well as excerpts from selected reviews. The entries are listed alphabetically by the last names of authors. Each issue and volume also contains a Title Index and a Subject Index.

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