Finding Reviews in Periodical Databases

As a starting place, try searching in OneSearch, our most inclusive database.

You might also want to try a more subject-specific database. For instance, a book on the topic of the science of global warming would most likely be reviewed in journals found in a science database such as Web of Science. If a review of a novel is needed, it is best to search for reviews in our literature-oriented databases, such as the MLA Bibliography.

Search Tips

• Type in the title of the book and the author’s last name in the "KEYWORD" search box.
• On the search screen, you may be able to limit your results to the material type “book reviews.”
• Do not search for the author of your book as “AUTHOR” in the pull-down search menu, as your results will always be zero. In this case, the author refers to the author of the review.
• In the same vein, do not search for the title of the book as “TITLE” in the pull-down menu, as this refers to the title of the article about the review. (In a nutshell, always stick with searching by "KEYWORD" when looking for reviews.)

Book Review Databases

See also: Colorado College Newspapers Research Guide

You might want to use the following print indexes.