Book Review Article Databases & Electronic Resources
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Publishers Weekly. 1987 to present.
Includes reviews of books for adults, children and young adults in all genres. Full text. Unrestricted access.
Children's Literature Comprehensive Database. 1922 to present for book lists; 1993 to present for book review.
Annotated listings of recommended books, critical reviews of children's books.
Children's Literature Reviews.
Book review sources for teachers, students, parents and librarians.
Book Reviews at the Children's Literature Program. National Center for the Study of Children's Literature. San Diego State University.
Contemporary book reviews on the Parents' Choice site, one of the nation's largest and most highly-regarded independent venues for evaluations of children's culture as expressed in books, toys, video games, etc.
Also useful
Search by the title of the book to find reviews.
Academic
Search Premier. Varies by title; mid-1980s to present.
All subjects. Articles in journals, magazines, newspapers, and more. Some full
text. 
America:
History and Life. 1954 to present.
Journal articles, book and media reviews, and dissertations covering the history
of the United States and Canada from prehistory to the present. Some full text.
Children's
Literature Comprehensive Database
Paragraph-length reviews of young people's books, videos, audio recordings,
and filmstrips gathered from a wide variety of reviewing media and organized
by themes.
HAPI
Online (Hispanic American Periodicals Index). 1970 to present.
Journal articles, book reviews, and original literary works in social science
and humanities journals that regularly contain information on Latin America,
the United States-Mexico border region, and Hispanics in the United States.
Humanities
International Index. 1925 to present.
Journals articles, essays and reviews, as well as original creative works including
poems, fiction, photographs, paintings and illustrations. Some full text.
JSTOR. From
beginning of the title, but not the most recent 3-5 years.
Scholarly journals in the humanities, sciences and social sciences. Full text.
NewsBank
NewsFile Collection. 1992 to present.
U.S. regional and national newspapers, wire services, and broadcasts covering
social, economic, environmental, government, sports, people, the
arts, health, and science issues and events. Full text.
ProQuest
Research Library. Varies by title; earliest 1971 to present.
Articles in journals, magazines, newspapers, and more. Some full text.
Reader's
Guide Retrospective. 1890 to 1982.
Articles in journals and magazines, book reviews, and film critiques. Some full
text. 
