LibGuides: ENGL 126 Research Writing: Humanities (Bones): Find Reviews &amp; the Popular Conversation

Find Reviews, Interviews, & the Popular Conversation on Literature

Look for book reviews, analysis and author interviews in library periodical databases.

Use relevant keywords
Use limiters to select newspapers and magazines at Source Type
Use limiters to limit to reviews under Document Type
Limit to full-text if you want to only see articles you can immediately download
IMPORTANT: Avoid reviews that merely summarizes and give a thumbs up or down. Look for lengthier, substantive articles that discuss ideas, style, character, context, and more.

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ProQuest Combined Databases This link opens in a new window
Search millions of articles from ProQuest's electronic collections, including a digital newspaper archive, thousands of academic journals, and popular magazines like Newsweek and Rolling Stone.
Database Tutorial: ProQuest Advanced Search
Database Tutorial: How to Select & Cite Sources in ProQuest (and more)
Academic Search Complete (EBSCO) This link opens in a new window
Search more than 18,000 academic journals and magazines from a wide variety of disciplines including more than 7500 full text peer-reviewed journals.
JSTOR This link opens in a new window
Search 2,000 full-text scholarly peer-reviewed journals in Science, Social Sciences, Humanities and Health Sciences
Academic OneFile (Gale) This link opens in a new window
Search over 17,000 scholarly journals and other authoritative sources covering biology, chemistry, criminal justice, economics, environmental sciences, history, marketing, political sciences, and psychology. Access articles from Nature, The Economist, New York Times, and thousands of podcasts and transcripts from NPR and CNN as well as videos from BBC Worldwide Learning.
Database Tutorial: Academic OneFile Advanced Search(Gale)

Holman Library One Search (Advanced Search)
Use the advanced search options to select source type (books, videos, scholarly peer-reviewed articles), online format, date ranges and more .
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Gale Literature This link opens in a new window
Search for literary work overviews and author biographies plus scholarly literary criticism and analysis of authors and their works - novels, short stories, poetry, and drama including Shakespeare plays.

To find Reviews and News in Gale Literature Limit to Reviews and News at Content Type as shown in the image below.

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Films on Demand This link opens in a new window
Search or browse for films on many topics, such as Anthropology, Biology, Business & Economics, Careers, and many more.

LA Review of Books You Tube Channel
National Public Radio (NPR)
Independent and topical radio news. Be sure to check the long list of programs distributed through NPR.
National Public Radio (NPR): Fresh Air
Fresh Air Fresh Air from WHYY, the Peabody Award-winning weekday magazine of contemporary arts and issues

Look for useful online journals, arts magazines, and other culture resource sites that review and discuss literature.

Be sure to assess what kind of source you've found and if the content is informed and substantive.

LA Review of Books
LA Review of Books offers free online reviews, interviews, and more. "The Los Angeles Review of Books is a nonprofit organization dedicated to promoting and disseminating rigorous, incisive, and engaging writing on every aspect of literature, culture, and the arts."
Seattle Times Book Reviews
Browse Seattle Times book reviews online
The Root It's Lit - book reviews
New Yorker book reviews
Browse book reviews in The New Yorker