Finding Book Reviews

• Search for Book Reviews by the author and title of the original work. Limit your search to the year the work was published and the new few years.


• Definition & info you need to gather before you search (from UC Santa Barbara Library)

Print Sources (starting with 1900)

• Book Review Digest (1965-present, also online )
  Shelved near the Circulation Desk on the first-floor of Benner Library
  About the Book Review Digest


• Book Review Index (1905-2010, also online: 1983-present)
  Shelved near the Circulation Desk on the first-floor of Benner Library
  About the Book Review Index


• Reader’s Guide to Periodical Literature (1900-2011)
  Shelved near the Instruction Lab on the first-floor of Benner Library
  About the Reader’s Guide (including link to some online content from early 1900s)

Online Sources (popular & scholarly reviews)

• ATLA Religion Database with ATLASerials: Scholarly reviews. Under “Publication Type,” choose “Review.”


• Summon: Search most of Benner Library’s databases at once, then limit “content Type” to “Book Review”


• JStor: Scholarly reviews. Narrow the “Item Type” to “Reviews.”


• Academic Search Premier Popular and scholarly reviews; under “Document Type,” Choose “Book Review.”


• Choice Reviews Online Reviews by librarians and faculty—includes readership level.