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Selected Resources for: Book Reviews (Display only the highlighted/core resources).

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    Academic and Scholarly Articles

  Communication & Mass Media Complete Full Text Available Authentication Required 
    1915-present
Communication & Mass Media Complete (CMMC) originated with the merging of two databases in the fields of communication and mass media studies - CommSearch and Mass Media Articles Index. CMMC indexes around 600 journals and contains full text for over 240 titles.
  CSA Databases Full Text Available Authentication Required 
Choose one or more databases from Cambridge Scientific Abstracts to search simultaneously, including ATLA, CSA Biological Sciences, ERIC, MEDLINE, MLA, PAIS, Physical Education Index, PsycARTICLES, PsycINFO, RILM, TOXLINE and all SAGE Full Text Collections.
  JSTOR Full Text Available Authentication Required 
    1831-2004
Full-text backfiles to over 350 scholarly journals from more than 25 academic disciplines published between the 19th and 21st centuries in the JSTOR Arts & Sciences I, Arts & Sciences II, and Language & Literature collections. JSTOR provides complete journal backruns from the date of initial publication up to a "moving wall" of 3 to 5 years before the present year.
  Web of Science Authentication Required 
    1997-present
The Science Citation Index Expanded, the Social Sciences Citation Index, and the Arts & Humanities Citation Index of the Institute for Scientific Information (ISI). Besides indexing a wide range of journals in the sciences, social sciences, and history, this resource allows you to search for articles that cite a specific author or published work. Coverage from 1997 to the present. Click on the "Web of Science" tab to limit your search to one or more specific citation databases.

    General Indexes to Magazine, Journal & Newspaper Articles

  Academic Search Premier Full Text Available Authentication Required Electronic Library of Minnesota 
    1975-present; updated daily
The world's largest academic multi-disciplinary database, Academic Search Premier indexes nearly 8,050 publications and provides full text for nearly 4,600, including more than 3,500 peer-reviewed journals. Coverage also includes many newspapers and popular magazines and spans virtually every area of academic study since 1975. Updated daily. Access is provided by the Electronic Library for Minnesota (ELM).
  Alternative Press Index Authentication Required 
    1991-present; updated quarterly
Indexes nearly 300 alternative, radical and leftist periodicals, newspapers and magazines from 1991-present.
  LexisNexis Academic Full Text Available Authentication Required 
    varies by title; mostly 1980s-present
Search current news, business information (including business news and corporate financials), and legal news and information. International news sources are also included.
  New York Times Historical (1851-2005) Full Text Available Authentication Required 
    1851-2003
The full text of the New York Times from 1851 to 2005 - covering the entire publishing history of the newspaper back to the first issue. The newspaper text is fully indexed and searchable and the database also contains full-page images, including graphics. Available on the Web through ProQuest.
  ProQuest Newsstand Full Text Available Authentication Required Electronic Library of Minnesota 
    1986-present (most from 1995 on)
Indexing and selected full text access to over 350 newspapers from around the world. Archival coverage begins in 1985 for some titles. Access is provided by the Electronic Library for Minnesota (ELM).

Reference Sources

    General Reference Works

  Book Review Digest
    1905 - present
Contains references to book reviews in popular magazines and book trade periodicals such as Publishers Weekly, including a note about the length of the review and brief excerpts.
Location: Reference Z1219.B72
  Book Review Index
    1965 - present
Indexes book reviews for some 50,000 books annually appearing in around 450 popular and scholarly publications. It covers more scholarly books than those indexed in Book Review Digest, but does not provide any excerpts from reviews. Search by title or author.
Location: Reference Z1035 .A1 B7
  Books in Print Full Text Available Authentication Required 
Contains over five million records of in-print, out-of-print, and forthcoming book, audio book, and video titles from over 44,000 North American publishers. Also includes many book reviews.
  Combined Retrospective Index to Book Reviews in Scholarly Journals, 1886 - 1974
    1886 - 1974
An author and title index to reviews published in the complete runs of 459 scholarly journals. Because of its focus, it doesn't overlap the Book Review Digest, but covers more specialized journals.
Location: Reference Z1035 .A1 C6
  Reader's Guide to Periodical Literature
    1900 - present
Indexes articles and reviews from a range of magazines. A separate book review index is located after the general index.
Location: Reference A13 .R28

Websites

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  Folke Bernadotte Memorial Library Subject Guide for Book Reviews
Includes both print and electronic resources available in the library for finding book reviews.

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