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1971 to present, some full text. ProQuest Research Library, an index to hundreds of periodicals, also includes citations to book reviews. The best way to search for reviews is by using a combination of the book title and author's last name on separate lines in your search, and limiting your results to book reviews. Click More Search Options at the bottom of the screen, and locate the Document Type dropdown menu. Select Book Reviews from the list, and click the yellow Search button.

Late 19th century to three years ago. JSTOR provides access to the backfiles of several hundred important scholarly journals in a wide range of disciplines. To access citations to book reviews, type your book's title in the top box. Scroll down and select the relevant disciplines from the list. Scroll down to the bottom of the search page, and click Reviews in the Limit by type box. Click Begin Search.

1990-present. LexisNexis provides access to articles from thousands of newspapers and journals, the majority of which are full text. To access book reviews, select the News category from the main screen. From the next screen, select Arts & Sports. Be sure that Book, movie, music & play reviews is selected in the source field. Specify the dates you'd like to search; the default is the most recent six months.

Coverage varies. The Web of Science, which indexes over 8000 academic journals, is comprised of the Science Citation Index and the Social Sciences Citation Index. To access citations to book reviews, click on cited reference search. Enter the name of the cited author (the book author) and the cited work (book title is limited to an abbreviated 20 characters).

It is important to note that an author's entire name is not indexed. Usually, only the author's last name and first initial are indexed, though in some instances the middle initial is also included. The asterisk (truncation) after the m allows for broader search, picking up Atwood's middle initial if it is ever used.

Once you get results from your search, the next step is to limit the search set to book reviews only. Check the boxes next to the titles of interest, and scroll down to the section labelled "Restrict search by languages and document types." Under the document type limit, you will see the option for book review. Highlight it, and then click on the button labelled Finish Search.

A comprehensive online guide to book reviews with over five million review citations from thousands of publications. Covers 1965-present.

"Since 1979, the London Review of Books has stood up for the tradition of the literary and intellectual essay in English. Each issue contains up to 15 long reviews and essays by academics, writers and journalists. There are also shorter art and film reviews, as well as poems and a lively letters page."

Index (and some full text) to journal articles in the arts, humanities, and social sciences, from the 17th century to 1990s. Includes periodicals in English, German, Italian, French, Spanish, and other Western languages.

Weekly magazine providing full-text reviews of recent publications in multiple disciplines, including literature, philosophy, history, politics, and the arts.

Provides indexing of general-interest periodicals published in the United States and reflects the history of 20th century America.

1965-2004. Gathers reviews from over 500 periodicals. Author and title indexes are provided. No excerpts or ratings of the reviews are provided.

1954 - present. Covering the history of the United States and Canada, America: History and Life indexes book reviews from around 140 journals. Select document type "Book Review."

C1929 - present. Covering the field of art, Art Index indexes articles from periodicals, museum bulletins, yearbooks, and more. Connect to Art Index, then click the boxes at the top of the screen for Art FullText and Art Retrospective. To access citations to book reviews, type the book title into the first box and use the drop-down Document Type menu to select Book Review. Click Start to conduct the search. Look for the blue or red icons above the more! button; these lead to full text of the reviews.

1963 to present. Sociological Abstracts indexes over 2,000 journals, books, and dissertations in the field of sociology and related disciplines. To access citations to book reviews, click on Advanced Search. Put the book title in the first box in the top row. In the second row, change the drop-down menu to Publication Type (PT) and type book review in the box to the left. Click "Search." Your results will be limited to book reviews only.