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Find Book Reviews

  • Academic Search Premier
    Choose Advanced Search mode and select Book Review from the Document Type drop-down menu.
  • Lexis-Nexis Academic 
    Full-text of newspapers and magazines from the mid-1980s on. Click the News tab and select Book, Movie, Music, Play and Video Reviews in the Select Sources menu. Search for the author and title of the book being reviewed. 
  • ABELL  
    Carries reviews from 1917 on.  Search your author's name in the author slot (not subject!) and limit to reviews in the drop-down menu at the bottom.
  • Book Review Digest 
    Ellis Library Ready Ref. Z1219 .C96, 1905-2003
  • Book Review Index  
    Ellis Library Ready Ref. Z1035.A1 B62,  1965-present
  • Readers' Guide Retrospective (1890-1982)
    Look under the author of the book being reviewed, last name first.Finding Film Reviews

 Find Film Reviews

  • Academic OneFile
    Limit your search By Document Type to Movie Review.
  • Academic Search Premier
    Choose Advanced Search and select Entertainment Review from the Document Type drop-down menu.
  • Art Full Text
    Choose Advanced Search and select Film Reviews from the Document Type drop-down menu.
  • FIAF
    After searching for the film by title, click on Additional Limits and select Review from Article Type menu.
  • Film Literature Index
    Choose Advanced Search and select Reviews from the Document Type drop-down menu.
  • Film Review Annual
    Ellis Library Reference PN 1995 .F463, 1981-2002
  • Proquest Historical Newspapers (New York Times and Wall Street Journal)
  • Lexis-Nexis Academic 
    Full text of newspapers and magazines from the mid-1980s on. Click the News tab and select Book, Movie, Music, Play and Video Reviews in the Select Sources menu. Search for the film title. 
  • New York Times, full-text, 1980-date
  • New York Times Film Reviews
    Ellis Library Reference PN 1995 .N48, 1913-1974
  • Readers' Guide Retrospective (1890-1982) Search by film title.  Use the subject "Moving Picture Plays" (through February 1977) or "Motion Picture Reviews" (after February 1977).
  • Variety, full-text, 1993-date
  • Variety Film Reviews
    Ellis Library Reference PN 1993 .V36, 1907-1992