Contemporary Reviews
- Nexis Uni (LexisNexis) This link opens in a new windowUse the News search box and "book review" with your search terms to explore newspapers and magazines.
- JSTOR This link opens in a new windowUse the book review search option to quickly find book reviews in scholarly publications.
- New York Review of BooksPrint - the previous two years are available to browse in the Periodical Room on the 4th floor of JPL.
Microfilm - if you need the years 1995 - 2008, they are available in microfilm. As the Information Desk for assistance.
Online - the years 1980 - 1985 are available here. - Times Literary Supplement (TLS)Includes reviews from 1994 - present.
- Book Review Digest+ (EBSCO) This link opens in a new windowOffers citations and excerpts of reviews of English language fiction and non-fiction books contained in over 100 periodicals published in the United States, Canada, and Great Britain. From 1983 to present.
Historical Reviews
- Historical Newspapers (ProQuest) This link opens in a new windowSearch seven national newspapers including The New York Times, Chicago Tribune, and the Christian Science Monitor. Date ranges depend on the newspaper, with the oldest going back to 1791.
- JSTOR This link opens in a new windowUse the Book Review search option to narrow your search to book reviews on specific titles.
- American Periodicals Series Online, 1741-1940 (ProQuest) This link opens in a new windowOffers full-image access to over 1,100 periodicals published in America between 1741 and 1940.
- Poole's Index to Periodical LiteratureAvailable in print, vol. 1-6. Covers the years 1802 - 1906. Call number: AI3 .P7 1963 .
- African American Newspapers (Readex) This link opens in a new windowA large collection of full-text / full-image African American newspapers from all around the country. Covers the 19th and 20th centuries.
- Hispanic American Newspapers 1808-1980 (Readex) This link opens in a new windowA collection of hundreds of searchable full-text / full-image newspapers published in the United States by Hispanics during the 19th and 20th centuries. Papers may be in Spanish, English, or both Spanish and English. Based on Nicolás Kanellos' "Recovering the U.S. Hispanic Literary Heritage Project."
- Book Review Digest (archives)Links to 1905 - 1922 issues of Book Review Digest in HathiTrust.