Tommy Nixon
Humanities Librarian
Davis Library Reference
tommy_nixon@unc.edu
(919) 962-1151
Jacqueline Solis
Humanities Librarian
Davis Library Reference
jsolis@email.unc.edu
(919) 962-1151
Davis Reference Desk
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Introduction to Library Research
Many of these sources will require the book's publication date -- be sure to provide the first date of publication rather than the dates of later editions. Consider searching subject-specific databases for reviews of books that fall within particular subject areas.
Academic Search Premier
Features full-text articles from over 4,000 journals and abstracts from over 8,200 scholarly journals.
Includes coverage of The Wall Street Journal, New York Times Book Review and
The Christian Science Monitor.
Coverage: 1975-present
Select "Book review" as "Document Type"
[more info]
LexisNexis Academic
Includes full-text news, business, and legal information. Coverage: 1980-present
Click on the Tab for "News". Under "Select Sources," select
"Book, Movie, Music & Play Reviews."
[more info]
Academic OneFile
Provides full-text articles and references from more than 8,000 journals and magazines. Coverage: 1980-present
Add "and book review" to your searches for titles, authors or keywords
[more info]
New York Times Historical Newspaper
Offers over 3 million pages of full-text and full-image newspaper articles, including New York Times Book Review
Coverage: 1851-2004
For more current issues of the New York Times Book Review, search LexisNexis [more info]
Readers' Guide Retrospective
Provides references from over 500 popular periodicals and magazines (primarily U.S.). Coverage: 1890-1982
Select "Book review" under "Document Type"
[more info]
Periodicals Index Online
Provides references from over 4,700 U.S. and international academic journals. Coverage: 1665-1995
Add "and book review" to your searches for titles, authors or keywords
[more info]
Poole's Index to Periodical Literature
Provides
references from major nineteenth-century American and British periodicals. Some full-text. Coverage: 1802-1907
Add "and book review"
to your searches for titles, authors or keywords [more
info]
Off-campus access available only to UNC-Chapel Hill faculty, students, and staff
More article databases | How do I find articles? | How do I find an article if it's not full-text?
Search the UNC-Chapel Hill Libraries' Catalog
Example of an academic book (at least the catalog record for one)
Advanced Search | Search Tips | How Do I Find Books? | How Do I Read a Call Number?
H-Net Reviews offers reviews of academic books by scholars and researchers.
Amazon includes reviews from Choice, Library Journal, and New York Times Book Review.
Metacritic provides film, DVD, and book reviews.
If you can't find a review of your film online, you can come into the first floor Davis and look in some of the indexes we have.
Book Review Digest
Indispensable for locating reviews for books published before 1980.
Davis Library Reference Row 2
Call number: Z1219 .C96
Book Review Index
Best for locating reviews of academic works.
Davis Library Reference Row 2
Call number: Z1035.A1 B6
Combined Retrospective Index to Book Reviews in Humanities Journals, 1802-1974
Davis Library Reference Row 2
Call number: Z1035.A1 C658
Combined Retrospective Index to Book Reviews in Scholarly Journals, 1886-1974
Davis Library Reference Row 2
Call number: Z1035.A1 C66
