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Choice Reviews Online Middlebury Students, Faculty and Staff only Some full text available
Short book reviews of academic titles. 09/01/1988 - present.

New York Review of Books Middlebury Students, Faculty and Staff only
The New York Review of Books has articles on literature, culture and current affairs. It takes as its point of departure that the discussion of important books is itself an indispensable literary activity. Read articles from its inception in 1963.

Book Review Index Unrestricted Resource Some full text available
Davis Family Library Reference Z1035 .A1 B6 1965 - 2007

Reviews using Summon Middlebury Students, Faculty and Staff only
  Summon includes reviews (book, film, music, etc.)
  1.  Search by the title of the item (and author and other details if needed).
  2.  View your results and click on Review in the Content Type box on the left.
  Tip: you can also use the Publication Date limit box if needed.

Additional Sources for Reviews Unrestricted Resource
Search Midcat using a SUBJECT search using the terms Book Reviews.  Also, reviews are published in a variety of places including newspapers and journals.  Consult the databases that index those types of resources using the other sections of this guide (Journals/Magazines; Journals/Magazines of the period; Newspapers).  For literary works, some editions reprint contemporary reviews along with the text of the work (i.e. critical editions). For example, see the critical heritage series in Midcat.

Reviews of the Period

Humanities Index, 1974-1980 Unrestricted Resource
To locate articles in English language journals and magazines on U.S. and international subjects.  Earlier title: International Index to Periodicals and before that Reader's Guide to Periodical Literature Supplement.
Print: Davis Family Library Reference AI3 .S6

International Index to Periodicals Unrestricted Resource
1920 - 1965. Later title: Social Sciences & Humanities Index (no holdings) then split into the separate Social Sciences Index (no holdings) and Humanities Index (have 1974-1980). Use to locate articles in English-language journals and magazines on U.S. and international subjects. For 1907 - 1919, see the earlier title: Reader's Guide to Periodical Literature Supplement (same call number). For articles after 1980, see Academic Onefile.
Print: Davis Family Library Reference AI3 .S6 1920 - 1965

Periodicals Archive Online (PAO) Middlebury Students, Faculty and Staff only Some full text available Resource contains images
Searchable archive of hundreds of digitized journals published in the arts, humanities and social sciences from 1665 - 2000. PAO is searchable with the British Periodicals I & ll collection. Also see Periodicals Index Online for indexing to additional journals titles.

Periodicals Index Online (PIO) Middlebury Students, Faculty and Staff only Link to Article
A database of article citations published in the arts, humanities and social sciences, from articles as far back as 1665, up through 1995.  Includes journals in English, German, Italian, French, Spanish, and other Western languages--with links to full text, when available.

Poole's Index to Periodical Literature Unrestricted Resource
(Special Collections) Ref AI3.P732 1971

  • Indexes articles in 90 British and many American periodicals published from 1802 to 1906.

Note: Print Resource. Some volumes in Main Reference area.

Readers Guide Retrospective (Wilson), 1890-1982 Middlebury Students, Faculty and Staff only
Indexes articles in approx. 375 leading general magazines (mainly popular literature). Available in print as Readers' Guide to Periodical Literature. Includes book, film, and television reviews.
Print volumes: 
Davis Family Library Reference AI3 .S6 (1900 - present)

Note: Online and Print Resource

Social Sciences Index Unrestricted Resource
See the earlier title: International Index to Periodicals (1920 - 1965) or Reader's Guide to Periodical Literature Supplement (1907 - 1919).
Davis Family Library Reference AI3 .S6

Note: Print Resource

Wellesley Index to Victorian Periodicals, 1824-1900 Unrestricted Resource
Tables of contents and author index to 43 major British periodicals.
Davis Family Library Reference AI3 .W4

Note: Print Resource



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Many book reviews published in scholarly journals are indexed in the specialized indexes which cover the literature of the subject.  For example, book reviews of works in the field of history will be found through searching the America: History & Life Index or Historical Abstracts. To identify other specialized indexes, see the list of Guides by Subject.

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