Recommended databases for book reviews
Choice Reviews Online
Find reviews of academic books, electronic media, and Internet resources of interest to those in higher education.
New York Review of Books
Find reviews of current English language books and critical essays on books and authors. Includes all volumes from 1963 to the present.
Book Review Index Online
Explore a comprehensive online index of book reviews from thousands of publications.
Other databases with book reviews
Many library databases can search specifically for book reviews published in academic journals, magazines, newspapers, and other publications. Limit your search to book reviews or reviews (often under document or item type).
Academic Search Ultimate
Find peer-reviewed journals, full text periodicals, reports, and books across multiple subjects.
JSTOR
Find articles, book reviews, and more from thousands of academic journals across the social sciences, humanities, arts, and sciences.
Periodicals Archive Online
Find articles in the arts, humanities, and social sciences.
Readers' Guide Retrospective
Search an index of articles published in the most popular general-interest periodicals published in the United States.