Book Reviews: Finding Book Reviews

How to Begin:

To find a book review, you must have the following correct information.  Usually this is found in the first few pages of the book:

• Year the book was first published--or year of important edition update you want.
• Author's full name.
• Complete title of book.

To Verify That This Information Is Correct:

If it is difficult to find the author's name, book title, or publication date, check these resources which should list this complete information.

• Library Catalog
  
• Florida University Libraries Catalog (Statewide Public Universities in Florida)
  
• WorldCat (Online database, lists books from over 60,000 libraries worldwide.)

Best Search Strategy

Here are some helpful tips when searching for your book review:

Use the publication date of your book, then add 1-2 years, and consult sources that fall within these time periods.  For example, 1968:  search sources that have cover 1968-1970. 

Once you're in the proper source for the date of the book, then search by title or author.

Sources will usually give:  A summary of the review (a citation) or the entire review. If just a summary is given, the entire review can be found

Use the best general sources first, then go to specific sources for your subject area.

Source: http://libguides.library.umkc.edu/book-reviews