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Related resources

Library catalog

Interlibrary loan

Writing help (PLTC)

Citing sources

full text reviews

• Academic Search Complete - from 1975
• Expanded Academic ASAP - from 1980
• LexisNexis Academic - from the 1980's
• Book Review Digest Plus - from 1983
• ChoiceReviews Online (on-campus only)

reviews in newspapers

• New York Times Historical - 1851-2003
• Boston Globe - from 1980
  
• Los Angeles Times - from 1985
• Times of London 1765-1985; microfilm 1788-present

citations & abstracts of reviews - click on Find It! button for full text

• MLA Bibliography - from 1963
• Book Review Index Plus - from 1965
• Readers' Guide Retrospective - 1890-1982
• Periodicals Index Online - 1665-1995
• Web of Science > Cited Reference Search
• Combined Retrospective Index to Book Reviews in Scholarly Journals [social sciences] - Clapp Ref Z1035.A1 C64 - 1886-1974
• Combined Retrospective Index to Book Reviews in Humanities Journals - Clapp Ref Z1035.A1 C63 1982 - 1886-1974

• New York Review of Books - 1963-present, in Opinion Archives
• New York Times Book Review - 1981-present
• London Review of Books on campus only - September 2000-present; 1981-four years ago in microfilm
• TLS - Times Literary Supplement - 1902-present, microfilm; recent issues in print in Newspapers area, Brackett Reading Room

• tip: in the library catalog, do a subject search for your author, then click on "[author] -- criticism & interpretation"
  
  
• if it's not in our catalog, click on the NExpress button to request the book
  
  
• or search WorldCat and request a copy (click on the Find It! Wellesley button)

• H-Net Reviews - scholarly reviews in the humanities & social sciences
• Arts and Letters Daily - Chronicle of Higher Education
• AcqWeb's Directory of Book Reviews on the Web

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Wellesley College Library • WCIS • Laura Reiner • last modified: November 16, 2009