Critical Reviews

This guide has links to reviews for several kinds of works. Some links lead to free websites, and others to library databases. (Most of the links under "Book Reviews -- scholarly/academic books" are library databases; many of the remaining links lead to free websites.) If you are off campus and click on a database, you can access it by logging into ALADIN.

Book Reviews -- scholarly /academic books

• Academic Search Premier [Next to Document Type , select book review]
• Lexis-Nexis Academic [Select Guided News Search, then Arts & Sports in Step One]
• JSTOR [Be sure to check the reviews box in the Limit by Type section]
• Library Literature [Select Book review in the Limit to Record Type Phrase pull-down menu]
• ProQuest General [Select Guided under Search Methods and select book review in Article Type]
• Project Muse [Select Advanced Query and highlight Reviews in the "Limit Search to" pull-down menu]
• Directory of Book Reviews on the Web
• H-Net Reviews in the Humanities and Social Sciences

Book Reviews -- popular books

• Amazon.com
• Librarian's Index to the Internet
• Salon.com
• Yahoo: Literature Reviews
• Electronic Book Review

Movie and Television Reviews

• Lexis-Nexis Academic [Select Guided News Search, then Arts & Sports in Step One]
• Box Office Online
• The Internet Movie Database
• Movie Review Query Engine
• Salon.com

Music Reviews

• Lexis-Nexis Academic [Select Guided News Search, then Arts & Sports in Step One]
• Billboard Reviews [Contains reviews for albums, live music, and books on popular music]
• Gramofile [Contains classical music reviews; requires free registration]
• BBC Music Reviews [Contains reviews for various musical genres]
• Worldwide Internet Music Resources
• Allmusic [Contains newly-released CD reviews for various musical genres]

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