To Find a Book Review
Health Professions Campus Library

Book reviews can provide you with a brief summary and critical analysis of a book. While the analysis will not be as comprehensive in scope as a textbook or an article from a research journal, reading reviews is often a good way to find materials relevant to your research.

Here are a few Research Databases in which you can find book reviews:

Note:  If you are accessing the Research Databases from any off-campus location, you will be prompted for your PUNetID/password.

 

PsycINFO

 

Quick Guide

In the PsycINFO (Ovid) search screen:

 

1.  Select the type of search (Keyword, Author, Title)

2.  Enter your search terms

3.  Deselect “Map Term to Subject Heading” and click on “Search”

4.  When the search is complete (the number of results will show in the Search History table), click on “More Limits” below the search box

5.  Select the search you wish to limit (the default will be your most recent search)

6.  Scroll down to the “Document Types” limit and select “Review”

7.  Click on “Limit a Search

 

Lexis Nexis Academic

Includes book reviews from major newspapers and some selected journals. 

Quick Guide

To see articles in newspapers

Click News

Step 1: Select General News

Step 2: Select Major papers

Step 3: Enter search term(s)

Step 4: Select all available dates

To see articles in journals

Click News

Step 1:  Select General News

Step 2: Select Magazines and Journals

Step 3: Enter search term(s); such as, name of book OR author OR combination of author/title
Step 4: Select All available dates

Academic Search Premier

Covering all subjects, this database indexes and abstracts more than 1,800 journals and general interest magazines, of which more than 900 include the full text. 

Quick Guide

Type name of book OR author OR combination of author/title

Limit your search

1.  Area below search boxes

2.  Go to the Document Type area

3.  Select Book Review

4.  Select SEARCH Button

Wilson OmniFile Full Text Mega / Wilson Book Review Digest Plus

OmniFile Full Text Mega is a multi-disciplinary database providing the complete content from six of Wilson's full-text databases: Education, General Science, Humanities, Readers' Guide, Social Sciences and Wilson Business. 

Also, Book Review Digest Plus brings together the rich data of Book Review Digest, which includes descriptive summaries of books as well as excerpts of book reviews, with all the book review citations and full text of book reviews from eleven other H. W. Wilson indexes. 

Quick Guide

Select OmniFile or Book Review Digest (or both!)

Type name of book OR author OR combination of author/title

Limit your search

1.  Go to the Document Type area and select “Book Review”

2.  Limit to Peer Reviewed, if desired