Finding Book Reviews in the FIU Libraries

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Indexes 109 English language publications for book reviews of fiction and non-fiction; Provides many full-text reviews.

a great place to search for books published long ago as well; JStor is an archival database that goes back to the 1800s.

Librarians use reviews to help them choose books for libraries, so it makes sense that the professional library science literature is full of book reviews!

Subjects consist of literature, language and linguistics, folklore, literary theory & criticism, dramatic arts, as well as the historical aspects of printing and publishing; Listings on rhetoric and composition and the history, theory and practice of teaching language and literature are also included.

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This is especially useful if your book was a popular novel published long ago as the Retrospective coverage goes back to the early 1890s. Full text coverage begins in 1994. Allows search of Readers' Guide Full Text and Reader's Guide Retrospective concurrently. Allows you to limit search to document type "Book Review".