You may want to consult with a librarian if you do not have the full name of the author, or the full name of the work, or the date of publication.

Print Resources  |  Electronic Resources  |  Web Resources  

Print Resources

Many professors direct their students to use paper indexes to find book reviews.  Commonly, these indexes are arranged by year.  Within each yearly volume, the arrangement is by the author's last name.

Book Review Digest, 1905 to current
Indexes/Abstracts Area, Main Floor

Book Review Index, 1965 to current
Indexes/Abstracts Area, Main Floor

Combined Retrospective Index to Book Reviews in Scholarly Journals, 1886-1974
Indexes/Abstracts Area, Main Floor

An Index to Book Reviews in the Humanities, 1961 to 1990
Indexes/Abstracts, Main Floor

The New York Times Book Review Index, 1896-1970
Indexes/Abstracts Area, Main Floor

The New York Review of Books, 1963 to current
Periodicals Collection, Main Floor

Many of our electronic databases allow you to limit your search to book reviews.  Often you will use a drop down menu, from which you can select to limit your search to
book review.  Note:  A librarian can help you to quickly locate the book review limit feature.

Academic Search Premier

JSTOR
JSTOR commonly covers from the date a journal began publication until the last five to seven years. 

Project Muse
Project Muse picks-up the most recent years of many of the publications found in JStor.

Proquest Research Library

Wilson Omnifile

BookBrowse
Use the Search BookBrowse feature to locate a specific author or title.  This Web site contains reviews for recently published books.

BookPage
Use the Archives link to locate book reviews from 1996 to present.

New York Review of Books 
Use the Archive feature to search for book reviews from 1963 to present.

New York Times on the Web: Books
Use the Book Search feature to find book reviews from 1996 to present.