Reviews (Book and Film)

See also guide on Locating Book Reviews in Wilson Library.

This resource is licensed by the MINITEX Library Information Network with state appropriations from the Minnesota Higher Education Services Office (MHESO) and the Minnesota Department of Education
Expanded Academic includes both scholarly and popular publications, some of which contain book reviews. To find a review, do a keyword search on the title of the book you need.

Indexes articles, editorials, reviews, interviews, obituaries, speeches, fiction, songs, recipes, regular columns from 250 publications. The bibliographic citations cover North American alternative, radical and left analysis and opinion sources concerning cultural, economic, political, and social change.
The Libraries' subscription to this resource allows for 5 users at any one time. If you get a busy signal, please wait a few minutes and try accessing the site again.

Reviews print and electronic reference works published since 1997. The reviews are "written by librarians for librarians." AKA American Reference Books Annual, ARBAonline's reviews cover reference sources from more than 400 publishers in over 500 subject areas. Updated monthly.

"Published by the American Library Association, Booklist magazine delivers over 8,000 recommended-only reviews of books, audiobooks, reference sources, video, and DVD titles each year."--From site.
From the Find It window, click Academic Search Premier, then browse or search through the years 2002-present.

Includes more than five million review citations from over 5,800 books and periodicals, with linking to more than 630,000 full-text reviews; Please note: Our BRI license allows for five (5) U of MN - TC users at a time -- if you are denied access, please wait a few minutes and try again.

CHOICE reviews significant current books and electronic resources of interest to those in higher education. ChoiceReviews is the Internet version of the print magazine CHOICE: Current Reviews for Academic Libraries. Each year CHOICE publishes more than 6,500 reviews by subject experts. ChoiceReviews.online provides Web access to the entire database of CHOICE reviews published since September 1988. The database is updated monthly, generally at mid-month, with reviews that will be printed in the next monthly issue of CHOICE.

International bibliography of book reviews of scholarly literature.

This product includes ten core literature reference series (Contemporary Literary Criticism, 20th Century Literary Criticism, Nineteenth Century Literary Criticism, Literature Criticism 1400-1800, Classical and Mediaeval Criticism, Shakespearean Criticism, Poetry Criticism, Short Story Criticism, Drama Criticism, Children's Literature Review). Each CIC institution holds print copies of most of these series, and most libraries hold annual subscriptions allowing electronic access to newly published material. The content is targeted to support undergraduates, and the CIC agreement includes access for the campuses in Duluth, Morris and Crookston.

"Established in 1976, the Midwest Book Review publishes several monthly publications for community and academic library systems in California, Wisconsin, and the upper Midwest."--From site.

"The premier literary-intellectual magazine in the English language... Every two weeks... writers publish essays and reviews of books and the arts, including music, theater, dance, and film."--From site.

Although you must register (for free) to get access, the New York Times Book Review offers full-text book reviews from 1996 to the present. You can read the Sunday Book Review, online, too.

Find full-text reviews in 150 newspapers using the Advanced Search.

Path: Basic Search > Type in keywords > More Search Options > Article Type > Reviews (There are nine different types of reviews, including books, movies, and more.)

Extensive book review database for reviews in Publishers Weekly or on PublishersWeekly.com since 1987.--From site.

A core list of hand-selected print and electronic titles for academic libraries, recommended by more than 300 subject editors and contributors. RCL is the long-awaited successor to the third edition of Books for College Libraries, published in 1988. This collection of recommended titles covers 58 curriculum-specific subject areas.and serves as the basis for a suite of resources for curriculum-development, student research, reference, and bibliographic instruction.
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[Reviews of Books] "collect(s) book reviews from major online media sites that are available without having to register at a site or pay to read them. We try to find full-length reviews of books that help the reader gather the information they seek to determine if the book is worth their money or not."--From site.

Updated bimonthly, this core database for the field of sociology contins information on sociology and social policy worldwide. All citations and abstracts are in English. The database officially covers 1963 to the present, but includes many citations from the 1950s as well as key Web sites linked by topic.

Guide to library resources for film reviews.

This resource is licensed by the MINITEX Library Information Network with state appropriations from the Minnesota Higher Education Services Office (MHESO) and the Minnesota Department of Education
Expanded Academic includes both scholarly and popular publications, some of which contain book reviews. To find a review, do a keyword search on the title of the book you need.

Art Full Text, produced by The HW Wilson Company, is a bibliographic database that indexes and abstracts articles from periodicals published throughout the world. There is full-text coverage for selected periodicals. Coverage includes English-language periodicals, yearbooks, and museum bulletins, as well as periodicals published in French, Italian, German, Japanese, Spanish, Dutch, and Swedish. In addition to articles, Art Full Text indexes reproductions of works of art that appear in indexed periodicals. Indexing coverage begins 1984; abstracting coverage begins with January 1994. The abstracts range from 50 to 300 words and describe the content and scope of the source articles. Full-text coverage begins in 1997.

Use to find articles from over 300 film-related periodicals (journals indexed). Can also be used to look up silent film holdings around the world. Canceled March 18, 2008
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This is one of the most comprehensive movie websites on the internet. IMDB is an easily searchable database and indexes over 280,000 films ranging from the dawn of cinema to current date. Each film in the database contains cast information, plot summary, awards, credits, and much more. Links to full text film reviews are also included. Published by Internet Movie Database, Inc.

Find many types of reviews.
On the Search tab, choose News [the default is General]. On the News search page, enter your Search Terms. Then, next to Select Sources, choose Book, Movie, Music, Play and Video reviews. Press the Search button to run the search.

"The Movie Review Query Engine [since 1993] is...largest online database for movie reviews...provides a searchable index of all published and available movie reviews."--From site.

Browse or search 28,000 New York Times movie reviews. Included in the free review archive are all films reviewed since 1960, reviews of all Best Picture Academy Award winners, as well as The New York Times guide to the Best 1,000 Movies Ever Made.

Find full-text reviews in 150 newspapers using the Advanced Search.

Path: Basic Search > Type in keywords > More Search Options > Article Type > Reviews (There are nine different types of reviews, including books, movies, and more.)