Simpson Library: Book Reviews: Reviews in Reference Books

Reviews in reference books

These books are shelved in the Reference section, which is on the first floor of Simpson Library.

Note the dates that each reference book covers. For example, if you're looking for a review of a book that was published in 1890, for example, you won't find it in Book Review Digest, which only has coverage back to 1905.

Book Review Digest
Call Number: REFB Z 1219 .C96

Publication Date: 1905 - present (annual)

Lists book reviews from American, Canadian, and British magazines and newspapers. Includes excerpts from many of the reviews. Be sure to check annual volumes corresponding to a book's publication date, as well as 1 to 2 succeeding volumes.
Combined Retrospective Index to Book Reviews in Scholarly Journals, 1886-1974
Call Number: REFB Z 1035 .A1 C64

Includes references to more than 1,000,000 reviews in some 450 scholarly journals.
National Library Service Cumulative Book Review Index, 1905-1974
Call Number: REFB Z 1035 .A1 N35

Cites book reviews from the periodicals Choice, Library Journal, and Saturday Review. Includes references to reviews listed in the Book Review Digest (see above).
The Literary Index to American Magazines, 1850-1900
Call Number: REFB PN 523 .W38 1996
The Literary and Historical Index to American Magazines, 1800-1850
Call Number: REFB PN 523 .W371 2004
The Literary Index to American Magazines, 1815-1865
Call Number: REFB 523 .W37x 1980
Guide to Critical Reviews of United States Fiction, 1870-1910
Call Number: REFB PS 371 .E35